High-voltage GaAs photovoltaic laser power converters

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-175

  Schubert, J ^a,b   Oliva, Eduard ^a   Dimroth, F ^a   Guter, W ^a   Loeckenhoff, R ^a,c   Bett, A W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IPT   (Germany)

^c AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Converters; Laser accessories; Photovoltaic (PV) cell fabrication; PV cell measurements; PV power systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRON TUBES; FABRICATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LASER ACCESSORIES; MONOCHROMATORS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER TRANSMISSION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TUNNEL DIODES;

CONVERTERS; DC - DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY CONVERTERS; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GAAS; HIGH VOLTAGES; INTERBAND; LASER POWER CONVERTERS; LOW OUTPUT VOLTAGES; MONOCHROMATIC LASERS; MULTIJUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) CELL FABRICATION; POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; PV CELL MEASUREMENTS; PV POWER SYSTEMS; SINGLE CHIPS; SUB-CELLS;

LASERS;

EID: 59849125041     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2008.2010603     Document Type: Article

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