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Over 1kW Micro-inverter for Photovoltaic Cells Using Gallium Nitride Transistor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K05972
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Power engineering/Power conversion/Electric machinery
Research InstitutionUbe National College of Technology

Principal Investigator

Masayuki Okamoto  宇部工業高等専門学校, 電気工学科, 教授 (70314820)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords窒化ガリウム / マイクロインバータ / 高効率 / GaNトランジスタ / MPPT(PV用) / フライバックコンバータ / 電力変換効率 / ゲート駆動回路 / GaNトランジスタ高速駆動 / 共振形ゲート駆動回路 / 高周波電流測定
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, a prototype 200 W and 100 kHz GaN FET flyback converter was constructed and tested. Experimental results demonstrate that the parallel-connection of the GaN FETs is effective to reduce the loss. From the experimental results, loss in the flyback converter with the parallel-connected GaN FETs is reduced by 0.9 % as compared to that in the flyback converter with the single GaN FET.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Resonant Gate Driver for a Normally-On GaN HEMT2016

    • Author(s)
      岡本昌幸、石橋卓治、山田洋明、田中俊彦
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

      Volume: 4 Pages: 926-934

    • DOI

      10.1109/jestpe.2016.2587058

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] GaNトランジスタを用いたワイヤレス給電装置2018

    • Author(s)
      横田康太、岡本昌幸、日高良和
    • Organizer
      第10回高専研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Loss Reduction of Flyback Converter Using Parallel-Connected GaN FETs2017

    • Author(s)
      T. Tanimoto, H. Yamada, T. Tanaka and M.Okamoto
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Innovative Application Research and Education
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] GaNトランジスタを用いた非接触給電用E級アンプ2016

    • Author(s)
      植村祐太, 田中崇寛, 岡本昌幸
    • Organizer
      平成 27 年度電気学会中国支部第 8 回高専研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      中国電力㈱本社ビル(広島県広島市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ノーマリオフ形GaNパワーデバイスの評価2015

    • Author(s)
      松崎公洋, 山田洋明, 田中俊彦, 岡本昌幸
    • Organizer
      平成27年度(第66回)電気・情報次関連学会中国支部連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      山口大学工学部(山口県宇部市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-17
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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