Boost converter with a reconfigurable inductor

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1695-1700

  Benavides, N D ^a   Chapman, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boost converter; Dc dc; Photovoltaic; Reconfiguration; Solar; Variable inductance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

BOOST CONVERTER; BOOST CONVERTERS; CURRENT RIPPLES; DC-DC; ENERGY CAPTURE; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; PEAK CURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURATION; SOLAR; VARIABLE INDUCTANCE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 47049101157     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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