[HTML][HTML] GaN power converter and high-side IC substrate issues on Si, pn junction, or SOI

S Mönch, M Basler, R Reiner, F Benkhelifa… - e-Prime-Advances in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The lateral GaN power semiconductor technology enables monolithic integration of
complete power converter topologies such as half-bridges, multi-phase and multi-level …

A new single DC source five-level boost inverter applicable to grid-tied systems

MG Marangalu, NV Kurdkandi, P Alavi… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a single source five-level boost inverter has been proposed and analyzed. The
proposed structure includes a five-level inverter and a single-input multi-output (SIMO) boost …

A new six-level transformer-less grid-connected solar photovoltaic inverter with less leakage current

NV Kurdkandi, MG Marangalu… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel structure of the transformer-less grid-connected inverters. The
proposed inverter is combined with six power switches and two power diodes which can …

A modified switched-capacitor based seventeen-level inverter with reduced capacitor charging spike for res applications

MG Marangalu, NV Kurdkandi… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a grid-connected system for renewable energy source (RES)
applications. The proposed system consists of a modified switched-capacitor (SC) based …

A new transformer-less common grounded three-level grid-tied inverter with voltage boosting capability

NV Kurdkandi, MG Marangalu, SS Vala… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new transformer-less three-level grid-tied inverter is proposed in this article. By employing
the switched-capacitor (SC) modules, a new topology is derived. The proposed topology has …

A 99.74% efficient capacitor-charging converter using partial power processing for electrocalorics

S Mönch, R Reiner, K Mansour… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work combines a 99.2% efficient gallium nitride (GaN)-based low-voltage fast-switching
half-bridge converter with an Si-based high-voltage slow-switching and almost lossless …

An improved asymmetrical multi‐level inverter topology with boosted output voltage and reduced components count

MSB Arif, U Mustafa, MD Siddique… - IET Power …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an improved Multi‐level Inverter topology utilizing the concept of
boosting‐capacitor and two DC sources with reduced switches count for generating 17‐level …

A new transformer‐less common grounded five‐level grid‐tied inverter with leakage current elimination and voltage boosting capability for photovoltaic applications

N Vosoughi Kurdkandi, MG Marangalu… - IET Renewable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to serious Concerns such as air pollution, global warming, and fossil fuels shortcoming,
renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic applications are dramatically being …

Single-phase two-stage transformerless grid-connected inverter for photovoltaic applications

NV Kurdkandi, MG Marangalu… - 2021 12th Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a single dc source five-level grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) inverter. In the
proposed topology generates a five-level output voltage waveform using only one input dc …

An improved nine‐level switched capacitor‐based inverter with voltage boosting capability and limitation of capacitor current spikes for PV applications

NV Kurdkandi, MG Marangalu, Y Naderi… - IET Renewable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To proceed to a net zero carbon world and to mitigate the environmental challenges
associated with it, integration speed of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic (PV) …