10kV SiC-based isolated DC-DC converter for medium voltage-connected Solid-State Transformers

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 2015-May, Issue May, 2015, Pages 1096-1103

  Rothmund, D ^a   Ortiz, G ^a   Guillod, Th ^a   Kolar, J W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON CARBIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETER; HIGH OPERATING FREQUENCY; ISOLATED DC-DC CONVERTERS; MEDIUM FREQUENCY TRANSFORMER; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLID STATE TRANSFORMER (SST);

DC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 84937920473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2015.7104485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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