Comparison of a soft switched TCM T-Type inverter to hard switched inverters for a 3 phase PV grid interface

15th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference and Exposition, EPE-PEMC 2012 ECCE Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leuenberger, D ^a   Biela, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON MODE VOLTAGE; DC-LINK; EUROPEAN EFFICIENCIES; FULL-BRIDGE INVERTERS; GRID INTERFACES; MEDIUM-SCALE; MODEL BASED OPTIMIZATION; PEAK EFFICIENCY; PHASE INVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC GRIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT; POWER DENSITIES; SIC TRANSISTORS; SOFT-SWITCHED; SWITCHING LOSS; THREE PHASE; TRANSFORMERLESS;

EFFICIENCY; MOTION CONTROL; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER PLANTS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOFT SWITCHING; TOPOLOGY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84874257512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEPEMC.2012.6397397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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