DC microgrid technology: system architectures, AC grid interfaces, grounding schemes, power quality, communication networks, applications, and standardizations …

D Kumar, F Zare, A Ghosh - Ieee Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To meet the fast-growing energy demand and, at the same time, tackle environmental
concerns resulting from conventional energy sources, renewable energy sources are getting …

Second-Life Batteries: A Review on Power Grid Applications, Degradation Mechanisms, and Power Electronics Interface Architectures

A Hassan, SA Khan, R Li, W Su, X Zhou, M Wang… - Batteries, 2023 - mdpi.com
The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing due to governmental policies focused
on curbing climate change. EV batteries are retired when they are no longer suitable for …

Enhancing microinverter energy capture with submodule differential power processing

S Qin, CB Barth… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Differential power processing (DPP) is a power electronics system architecture that
configures dc-dc converters in parallel with the PV string to improve its power yield. The …

A series-stacked power delivery architecture with isolated differential power conversion for data centers

E Candan, PS Shenoy… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an alternative method to achieve more efficient dc power distribution and
voltage regulation for future data centers is presented. This paper describes a series …

Decoupled and distributed maximum power point tracking of series-connected photovoltaic submodules using differential power processing

R Bell, RCN Pilawa-Podgurski - IEEE Journal of Emerging and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a distributed maximum power point tracking control scheme for
photovoltaic (PV) systems at the submodule level. The system employs isolated differential …

Efficient voltage regulation for microprocessor cores stacked in vertical voltage domains

C Schaef, JT Stauth - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to exponential (Moores law) scaling of advanced CMOS technologies, the challenges
associated with delivering power to performance and mobile computing systems are …

A resonant switched-capacitor converter with GaN transistors for series-stacked processors with 99.8% power delivery efficiency

A Stillwell… - 2015 IEEE Energy …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The series-stacked architecture provides a method to increase power delivery efficiency to
multiple processors. With a series-stack, Differential Power Processing (DPP) is needed to …

Hot-swapping analysis and implementation of series-stacked server power delivery architectures

E Candan, D Heeger, PS Shenoy… - … on Power Electronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current data center power delivery architectures consist of many cascaded power
conversion stages, where the system-level power conversion efficiency is reduced each time …

A series-stacked power delivery architecture with hot-swapping for high-efficiency data centers

E Candan, D Heeger, PS Shenoy… - 2015 IEEE Energy …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current data center power delivery architectures consist of many cascaded power stages,
where the system-level efficiency is dependent on the efficiency of the power elements …

Series-connected current-source-mode multiple-output converters with high step-down ratio and simple control

XL Li, Z Dong, KT Chi - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a two-stage transformerless multiple-output converter is proposed for
applications requiring a high voltage step-down ratio. The proposed circuit transfers power …