Power-Switching Converters, Third Edition

Power-Switching Converters, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-619

  Ang, Simon ^a   Oliva, Alejandro ^a  

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DOI: 10.1201/b12120     Document Type: Book

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