Improved core-loss calculation for magnetic components employed in power electronic systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 964-973

  Mühlethaler, Jonas ^a   Biela, Jürgen ^b   Kolar, Johann Walter ^a   Ecklebe, Andreas ^c  

^a Power Electronic Systems Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core losses; dual active bridge (DAB); ferrite; relaxation; Steinmetz

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CORE LOSS; DUAL ACTIVE BRIDGES; LOSS MODEL; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MODELING APPROACH; POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; RECTANGULAR SHAPES; RELAXATION; RELAXATION EFFECT; STEINMETZ; ZERO VOLTAGE;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; FERRITE; MAGNETIC CORES; MODELS;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 84855713822     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2162252     Document Type: Article

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