A high-performance photovoltaic module-integrated converter (mic) based on cascaded quasi-z-source inverters (qzsi) using egan fets

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2727-2738

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

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallium nitride field effect transistors; Moduleintegrated converter (MIC); Quasi Z source inverter (qZSI)

Indexed keywords

CASCADED STRUCTURE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENHANCEMENT MODES; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC; HIGH POWER DENSITY; MODULEINTEGRATED CONVERTER (MIC); PROTOTYPE DESIGNS; QUASI-Z-SOURCE INVERTER (QZSI);

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 84879545689     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2219556     Document Type: Article

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