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Comparative Analysis of Semiconductor Power Losses of Galvanically Isolated Quasi-Z-Source and Full-Bridge Boost DC-DC Converters Cover

Comparative Analysis of Semiconductor Power Losses of Galvanically Isolated Quasi-Z-Source and Full-Bridge Boost DC-DC Converters

Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering
Volume 8 (2015): Issue 1 (July 2015)
By: Roman Kosenko,  Liisa Liivik,  Andrii Chub and  Oleksandr Velihorskyi  
Open Access
|Jul 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ecce-2015-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2255-9159
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Language: English
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Published on: Jul 24, 2015
Published by: Riga Technical University
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Keywords:
DC-DC power converters,
Energy efficiency,
Pulse width modulation converters,
Semiconductor device modeling
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