Calorimetric loss measurement system for air and water cooled power converters

2013 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sverko, M ^a   Krishnamurthy, S ^a  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Component for measurements; High frequency power converter; Measurement; Wide bandgap devices

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETER DESIGN; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; HIGH FREQUENCY POWER CONVERTER; LOSS MEASUREMENT; POWER-LOSSES; THREE-PHASE INVERTER; WIDE BAND GAP;

CALORIMETERS; MEASUREMENTS; POWER CONVERTERS; SILICON CARBIDE;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84890171025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPE.2013.6634469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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