A three-level dc-dc converter with wide-input voltage operations for ship-electric-power-distribution systems

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1856-1863

  Song, Byeong Mun ^a   McDowell, Robert ^a   Bushnell, Andrew ^a   Ennis, Joel ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DC POWER SUPPLY; SHIP ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SOFT SWITCHING CONVERTER; THREE LEVEL DC-DC CONVERTER; WIDE INPUT VOLTAGE OPERATIONS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS);

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 8144226995     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.835485     Document Type: Article

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