A utility-interfaced phase-modulated high-frequency isolated dual LCL DC/AC converter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1008-1019

  Li, Xiaodong ^a   Bhat, Ashoka K S ^b  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DC AC power conversion; high frequency transformer; resonant power conversion; utility interconnection

Indexed keywords

DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS; PHASE MODULATION; POWER CONTROL; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

DC/AC POWER CONVERSION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; PROTOTYPE CIRCUITS; RESONANT INVERTERS; RESONANT POWER CONVERSION; SINGLE-PHASE UTILITY; UTILITY INTERCONNECTION;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

EID: 80054818578     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2158044     Document Type: Article

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