Soft-switching boost converter with a flyback snubber for high power applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1108-1119

  Wu, Tsai Fu ^a   Chang, Yong Dong ^a   Chang, Chih Hao ^a   Yang, Jeng Gung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active snubber; boost converter; current stress; flyback snubber; passive snubber

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SNUBBER; BOOST CONVERTER; CURRENT STRESS; FLYBACK; PASSIVE SNUBBERS;

SOFT SWITCHING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84863174196     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2126024     Document Type: Review

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