Special Session SS05

Single-Stage Buck/Boost Inverters: Topologies, Control Strategies, and Applications

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Introduction:

The single-stage buck/boost inverter topology not only overcomes the boost ratio limitation of traditional single-stage inverters, but also avoids the complex control and additional power losses of two-stage counterparts. It features high efficiency, compact size, light weight, and low cost, which has fuelled a surge of research interest in single-stage topology development. Driven by this trend, a variety of single-stage topologies have been proposed with significant improvements in efficiency, compactness, and voltage gain. Current research efforts mainly focus on topologies, modulation techniques, control strategies, and applications such as fuel cells, grid integration, and motor drives. This special session aims to gather all relevant contributions on single-stage buck/boost inverters, fostering a collaborative environment for sharing cutting-edge research, technological progress, and practical application experiences.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1. Single-stage buck/boost inverter topology design;
2. Modulation and control strategies;
3. Wide band gap device integration for single-stage topologies;
4. Applications in renewable energy and electric vehicle/motor drive systems;
5. Novel application scenarios;

SS05's Session Chair:

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Assoc. Prof. Yushan Liu, Beihang University, China

SS05's Session Co-chairs:

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Prof. Sertac Bayhan, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar