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Effective photovoltaic power conditioning requiresufficient power conversion and accurate maximum power pointtracking to counteract the effects of panel mismatch, shading, andgeneral variance in power output during a daily cycle. In this paper,the authors propose anboost converter withlow component count, galvanic isolation, simple control, as well ashigh efficiency across a wide input and load range. Provided is adiscussion of the converter synthesis, key operational features, converterdesign procedure, and loss analysis, as well as experimentalverification by way of a 250-W prototype with a California EnergyCommission efficiency of 96.8%.

Keywords

Isolated Dc-Dc Microconverter; Photovoltaic (PV)

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