An integrated boost resonant converter for photovoltaic applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1199-1207

  York, Ben ^a   Yu, Wensong ^a   Lai, Jih Sheng ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated boost resonant (IBR); isolated dc dc microconverter; photovoltaic (PV)

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSIONS; COMPONENT COUNT; CONVERTER DESIGN; CONVERTER SYNTHESIS; EFFICIENT POWER; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GALVANIC ISOLATION; INTEGRATED BOOST RESONANT (IBR); ISOLATED DC-DC MICROCONVERTER; LOAD RANGE; LOSS ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; POWER OUT PUT; RESONANT CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84867792000     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2207127     Document Type: Article

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