Optimal inductor design for 3-phase voltage-source PWM converters considering different magnetic materials and a wide switching frequency range

2014 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 891-898

  Burkart, Ralph M ^a   Uemura, Hirofumi ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

BOOST INDUCTORS; CORE MATERIAL; CURRENT RIPPLES; INDUCTOR DESIGN; MULTI DOMAINS; PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; STORED ENERGY; VOLTAGE-SOURCE PWM CONVERTERS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84906706973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2014.6869693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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