PhotoVoltaic DC-DC module integrated converter for novel cascaded and bypass grid connection topologies - Design and optimisation

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Walker, Geoffrey R ^a   Pierce, Jordan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOSFET DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

MODULE INTEGRATED CONVERTERS (MICS); POTENTIAL OPTIMIZATIONS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 42449090625     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2006.1712242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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