A new gating scheme controlled soft-switching DC-to-DC bridge converter

Proceedings of the International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 8-15

  Bhat, A K S ^a   Luo, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

dc to dc converter; new gating scheme; soft switching; Zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SPICE; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

BRIDGE CONVERTER; DC-TO-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FULL BRIDGE; LOAD CURRENTS; NEW GATING SCHEME; P-SPICE SIMULATION; PWM CONVERTER;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84961616454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PEDS.2003.1282668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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