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Title: Variable-Frequency Explicit Model Predictive Control of Wide Band Gap DC/DC Converter with Critical Soft Switching
Award ID(s):
1653574
NSF-PAR ID:
10098067
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Applied Power Electronic Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2995 to 2999
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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