| dc.contributor.advisor | Randy Flatness and David J. Perreault. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Duncan, Joseph, 1981- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-06-19T17:45:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-06-19T17:45:38Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2005 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33152 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis describes the design, and validation of a maximum power point tracking DC-DC converter capable of following the true global maximum power point in the presence of other local maximum. It does this without the use of costly components such as analog-to-digital converters and microprocessors. It substantially increases the efficiency of solar power conversion by allowing solar cells to operate at their ideal operating point regardless of changes in load, and illumination. The converter switches between a dithering algorithm which tracks the local maximum and a global search algorithm for ensuring that the converter is operating at the true global maximum. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Joseph Duncan. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 80 p. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 2261802 bytes | |
| dc.format.extent | 2265322 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.title | A global maximum power point tracking DC-DC converter | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 62256613 | en_US |
