Evaluation of magnetic materials for very high frequency power applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 425-435

  Han, Yehui ^a   Cheung, Grace ^b   Li, An ^c   Sullivan, Charles R ^d   Perreault, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INTERSIL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic materials; Resonant inductor; Steinmetz parameters; Very high frequency (VHF)

Indexed keywords

CORE LOSS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLUX DENSITIES; INDUCTOR CURRENTS; LOSS CHARACTERISTICS; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; POWER CONVERSION; QUALITY FACTOR Q; RESONANT INDUCTORS; RF FREQUENCIES; STEINMETZ PARAMETERS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY POWER;

COREMAKING; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 83655192841     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2159995     Document Type: Article

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