Origin of cross-coupling effects in distributed DC-DC converters in photovoltaic applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4625-4635

  Huusari, Juha ^a   Suntio, Teuvo ^b  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cascaded converters; dc dc power conversion; photovoltaic (PV) power systems

Indexed keywords

CASCADED CONVERTERS; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; MAXIMUM POWER EXTRACTIONS; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84875189507     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2235860     Document Type: Article

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