1 MHz cascaded Z-source inverters for scalable grid-interactive photovoltaic (PV) applications using GaN device

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2738-2745

  Liu, Liming ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Zhao, Yi ^b   He, Xiangning ^b   Shen, Z John ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascaded Z Source Inverter; Gallium Nitride (GaN) Device; Photovoltaic (PV) System; Z Source Network Design

Indexed keywords

AC CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM; HIGH FREQUENCY; LOW LOSS; LOW VOLTAGES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING CONTROLS; OUTPUT FREQUENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SYSTEM; PV SYSTEM; SINGLE PHASE; Z-SOURCE; Z-SOURCE INVERTER;

ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 81855173544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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