dc.contributor.advisor | David J. Perreault. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Haoquan(Electrical and computer science engineer)Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-17T21:00:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-17T21:00:02Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2019 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121745 | |
dc.description | Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019 | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) systems provides a potentially low-cost and high-efficiency alternative to conventional mono-crystalline Si panel PV systems, and a new CPV system with Laterally-Arrayed Multi-Bandgap (LAMB) cells is introduced. In this thesis, an IC-based Multi-Input Single-Output (MISO) power converter, which serves as the small-footprint and self-powered power management module of the CPV system, is designed and tested. The proposed converter shall efficiently harvest energy from 4 types of solar cells and track the Maximum Power Point (MPP) at the cell-block level. First, the circuit topology, MPP Tracking (MPPT) algorithm, and control mechanism are verified with discrete converters, then a qualitative demonstration is conducted outdoors to show the concept of the entire CPV system with power management. Finally, a first-generation integrated converter, with the passive components, Analog/Digital converters and a MPPT-enabling micro-controller off-chip, is implemented. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Haoquan Zhang. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 156 pages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
dc.subject | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
dc.title | An integrated multi-input single-output buck converter for laterally-arrayed multi-bandgap solar cells | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | en_US |
dc.identifier.oclc | 1102051432 | en_US |
dc.description.collection | S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | en_US |
dspace.imported | 2019-07-17T20:59:58Z | en_US |
mit.thesis.degree | Master | en_US |
mit.thesis.department | EECS | en_US |