VHDL-AMS simulation of integrated power systems: A unified solution for multi-domain multi-level abstraction analysis

2008 5th International Conference on Integrated Power Systems, CIPS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Castellazzi, Alberto ^a   Ciappa, Mauro ^a   Mermet Guyennet, Michel ^b   Fichtner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-THERMAL MODEL; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; INTEGRATED DEVICE; INTEGRATED POWER SYSTEMS; MULTI-LEVEL ABSTRACTION; REAL APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; UNIFIED SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84991256724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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