Submodule integrated distributed maximum power point tracking for solar photovoltaic applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2957-2967

  Pilawa Podgurski, Robert C N ^a   Perreault, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC power converters; Energy harvesting; Photovoltaic cells; Power integrated circuits; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DIGITAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DIRECT INTEGRATION; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84877826197     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2220861     Document Type: Article

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