Analysis and implementation of a single-stage flyback PV microinverter with soft switching

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1819-1833

  Sukesh, Nikhil ^a   Pahlevaninezhad, Majid ^a   Jain, Praveen K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternating current (ac) modules; flyback inverter; photovoltaic (PV); variable switching frequency; zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

MOSFET DEVICES; SOFT SWITCHING;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BIDIRECTIONAL SWITCH; FLYBACK INVERTER; METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR; NEGATIVE CURRENTS; OUTPUT CAPACITOR; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REACTIVE CURRENTS;

ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

EID: 84887311477     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2263778     Document Type: Article

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