A 60-kW 3-kW/kg Five-Level T-Type SiC PV Inverter with 99.2% Peak Efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 9144-9154

  Shi, Yanjun ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Xie, Ren ^a   Shi, Yuxiang ^b   Li, Hui ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABB INC   (United States)

Author keywords

DC AC power converters; Photovoltaic (PV) systems; Silicon carbide mosfet

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETISM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHES; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TOPOLOGY;

DC-AC POWER CONVERTERS; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER HARMONIC FILTERS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION; SILICON CARBIDE MOSFETS; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 85023742778     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2701762     Document Type: Article

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