POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME

Disclosed are a power converting apparatus and a photovoltaic module including the same. The photovoltaic module includes: a converter configured to convert a level of DC power; an inverter configured to convert a half sine wave voltage from the converter into an AC voltage; and a controller configured to control the converter and the inverter based on an output current and an output voltage of the inverter, wherein a plurality of switching elements in the inverter is respectively turned on once in each cycle, and wherein the controller is configured to, based on a difference between a grid voltage and an output current of the inverter, control a bidirectional current to flow to the converter. Accordingly, the power converting apparatus including the unfolding inverter is able to control a power factor.