Design, analysis, and implementation of solar power optimizer for DC distribution system

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1764-1772

  Chen, Shih Ming ^a   Liang, Tsorng Juu ^a   Hu, Ke Ren ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Richtek   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84885158941     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2213270     Document Type: Article

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