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ANN Optimised RPWM Technique for Minimisation of Conducted EMI in Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverters

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2025-0028 | Journal eISSN: 2543-4292 | Journal ISSN: 2451-0262
Language: English
Page range: 406 - 423
Submitted on: Sep 10, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 13, 2025
Published on: Dec 16, 2025
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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