Power electronic converters for drives

Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives: Technology and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 80-137

  Van Wyk, J D ^a  

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Author keywords

Converters; Motion control; Switches; Switching converters; Topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960149294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1109/9780470545553.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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