EEC 118 Lecture #4: CMOS Inverters
V OH and V OL represent the “high” and “low” output voltages of the inverter V = output voltage when OH Vin = ''0'' (V Output High) V = output voltage when OL Vin = ''1'' (V Output Low)
From the simulation results it can be easily concluded that two stages grid connected PV inverter has better and stable response as compared to the single stage grid connected PV inverter. Two stages operation has proved to have high efficiency, almost unity power factor and higher accuracy of tracking reference voltage.
Considering the aforementioned drawbacks of both multi-stage and two stage inverters, single-stage inverters which boost the PV output, employ MPPT and invert the boosted DC into AC using only a single power electronic circuit are becoming popular these days.
A multi stage inverter employs more than one power processing stage where in one or many stages achieve the task (s) of boosting the DC output from PV array and/or galvanic isolation with the final stage being the conversion of the boosted DC into high-quality AC.
A single stage grid connected inverter with inherent boosting ability has been introduced by Kan et al. (Fig. 14). The circuit works in DCM and is capable of minimizing the low-frequency current ripple contained in the output current of a DC source such as a fuel cell by controlling the current through the boost inductor.
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