High efficiency cascaded quasi-z-source photovoltaic inverter module using eGaN FETs

2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1615-1621

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Liu, Liming ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADED STRUCTURE; DETAIL DESIGN; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENHANCEMENT MODES; EQUIVALENT MODEL; GRID-CONNECTED; INVERTER SWITCHING FREQUENCY; LOW VOLTAGES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PEAK EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; POWER MODULE; POWER-LOSSES; PV PANEL; SINGLE STAGE;

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; EXHIBITIONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NITRIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84870867878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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