Switching performance optimization for high frequency high power 3-level neutral point clamped phase leg

2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3949-3956

  Jiao, Yang ^a   Lu, Sizhao ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SWITCHING FREQUENCIES; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; OPERATING CONDITION; PARASITIC INDUCTANCES; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING PERFORMANCE; SWITCHING TRANSIENT;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 84891051883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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