A capacitively coupled contactless matrix charging platform with soft switched transformer control

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 249-260

  Liu, Chao ^a   Hu, Aiguo Patrick ^a   Wang, Bob ^a   Nair, Nirmal Kumar C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capacitively coupled power transfer (CCPT); matrix charging pad; soft switched transformer

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; SOFT SWITCHING;

CAPACITIVELY COUPLED; CONTACT LESS; CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER FLOWS; POWER SUPPLY; POWER-LOSSES; SOFT SWITCHED TRANSFORMER; VARIABLE COUPLING;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

EID: 84866241812     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2172174     Document Type: Article

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