Power converter circuitry for photovoltaic devices

Ayyanar, Rajapandian; Xia, Yinglai; Roy, Jinia

Power converter circuitry for photovoltaic devices

Patent · 29 December 2020

OSTI ID:1771778

Ayyanar, Rajapandian; Xia, Yinglai; Roy, Jinia

Power converter circuitry includes a direct current (DC) input comprising a first DC input node and a second DC input node, an alternating current (AC) output comprising a first AC output node coupled to the first DC input node and a second AC output node, a first boost switch coupled between the second DC input node and a boost intermediate node, a second boost switch coupled between the boost intermediate node and a common node, a boost inductor coupled between the boost intermediate node and the first DC input node, a link capacitor coupled between the second DC input node and the common node, a first half-bridge switch coupled between the second DC input node and a half-bridge intermediate node, a second half-bridge switch coupled between the half-bridge intermediate node and the common node, and a half-bridge inductor coupled between the half-bridge intermediate node and the second AC output node.

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Research Organization:: Arizona State Univ., Scottsdale, AZ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

DOE Contract Number:: EE0006521

Assignee:: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, AZ)

Patent Number(s):: 10,879,839

Application Number:: 15/780,840

OSTI ID:: 1771778

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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