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Title: Variable-Frequency Critical Soft-Switching of Wide-Bandgap Devices for Efficient High-Frequency Nonisolated DC-DC Converters
Award ID(s):
1653574
NSF-PAR ID:
10224426
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume:
69
Issue:
6
ISSN:
0018-9545
Page Range / eLocation ID:
6094 to 6106
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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