All-in-one photovoltaic power system: Features and challenges involved in cell-level power conversion in ac solar cells

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 12-23

  Imtiaz, Abusaleh M ^a   Khan, Faisal H ^a   Kamath, Haresh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERTER SWITCHES; CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; FABRICATION PROCESS; ILLUMINATION LEVELS; METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL;

COST ACCOUNTING; EMPLOYMENT; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); JUNCTION GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; MOSFET DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; WAGES;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84879059254     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIAS.2012.2215658     Document Type: Article

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