A High Voltage Gain DC-DC Converter Integrating Coupled-Inductor and Diode-Capacitor Techniques

• Published in: IEEE transactions on power electronics Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 789 - 800
• Main Authors: Hu, X, Gong, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.02.2014; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Capacitors; Circuit properties; Circuits; Converters; Coupled inductor; dc-dc; diode-capacitor; Diodes; Electric currents; Electric potential; Electric power generation; Electric vehicles; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Gain; high voltage gain; Inductance; Inductors; Leakage; low voltage stress; Magnetic devices; Power supply; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Signal convertors; Stress; Switches; Switching circuits; Transformers and inductors; Voltage; Voltage doublers; Windings; High voltage convertor; Diode; Electric stress; Fuel cell vehicles; Regenerative process; Inductor; Photovoltaic cell; Inductance; Coupled inductor; Output voltage; low voltage stress; Selector switch; high voltage gain; dc-dc; Direct current convertor; Photovoltaic system; Compact design; Power electronics; Clamping; Solar cell; diode-capacitor; High voltage; Discharge lamp; Power device; Capacitor; Voltage multipliers; Gain
• ISSN: 0885-8993; 1941-0107
• DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2257870

The high-voltage gain converter is widely employed in many industry applications, such as photovoltaic systems, fuel cell systems, electric vehicles, and high-intensity discharge lamps. This paper presents a novel single-switch high step-up nonisolated dc-dc converter integrating coupled inductor with extended voltage doubler cell and diode-capacitor techniques. The proposed converter achieves extremely large voltage conversion ratio with appropriate duty cycle and reduction of voltage stress on the power devices. Moreover, the energy stored in leakage inductance of coupled inductor is efficiently recycled to the output, and the voltage doubler cell also operates as a regenerative clamping circuit, alleviating the problem of potential resonance between the leakage inductance and the junction capacitor of output diode. These characteristics make it possible to design a compact circuit with high static gain and high efficiency for industry applications. In addition, the unexpected high-pulsed input current in the converter with coupled inductor is decreased. The operating principles and the steady-state analyses of the proposed converter are discussed in detail. Finally, a prototype circuit is implemented in the laboratory to verify the performance of the proposed converter.