Owing to the advantages of high efficiency, high energy density, electrical isolation, low
electromagnetic interference (EMI) and harmonic pollution, magnetic integration, wide …

An ever-increasing interest on integrating solar power to utility grid exists due to wide use of
renewable energy sources and distributed generation. The grid-connected solar inverters …

PV systems are penetrating the energy generation market rapidly and their output strongly
depends on environmental conditions. To maximize the energy yield, the utilization of power …

A novel bidirectional dc-dc converter based on the quasi-Z-source (qZS) topology is
presented in this paper. During battery discharge, it operates as the conventional qZS full …

In this paper, the wear-out performance of an impedance-source photovoltaic (PV)
microinverter (MI) is evaluated and improved based on two different mission profiles. The …

In this paper, the concept of an Optiverter is proposed as a novel class of photovoltaic (PV)
module level power electronics systems. Functionally, the Optiverter is a hybrid technology …

A multiphase quasi-Z-source (qZS) dc-dc converter was proposed for distributed energy
generation applications. It contains single-switch qZS isolated dc-dc cells with a voltage …

The paper focuses on galvanically isolated series-resonant dc-dc converters with a low
quality factor of a magnetically integrated resonant tank. These converters can be controlled …

This paper presents a novel soft-switching galvanically isolated buck-boost dc-dc converter
as a module-integrated converter for photovoltaic (PV) applications. It features three major …

This paper presents an overview of microinverters used in photovoltaic (PV) applications.
Conventional PV string inverters cannot effectively track the optimum maximum power point …