A multilevel inverter for photovoltaic systems with fuzzy logic control

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4115-4125

  Cecati, Carlo ^a,b   Ciancetta, Fabrizio ^c   Siano, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b DigiPower Ltd   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); fuzzy logic (FL); multilevel converter topologies; photovoltaic (PV) systems; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ANGLE GENERATORS; DC/DC BOOSTER; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; FULLY INTEGRATED; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS; H-BRIDGES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MIXED MODE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL CONTROLLERS; PULSEWIDTH MODULATED INVERTERS; PV SYSTEM; PWM SWITCHING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TWO STAGE;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); FUZZY SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LOGIC GATES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOPOLOGY;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 77950332903     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2044119     Document Type: Article

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