A Family of High Step–Up DC–DC Converters With Nc Step-Up Cells and M–Source Clamped Circuits

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Title: A Family of High Step–Up DC–DC Converters With Nc Step-Up Cells and M–Source Clamped Circuits
Authors: Jian Ai, Mingyao Lin, Hongchen Liu, Pat Wheeler
Source: IEEE Access, Vol 9, Pp 65947-65966 (2021)
Publisher Information: IEEE, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Subject Terms: Coupled inductor, asymmetric voltage multiplier cell, clamped circuit, dc-dc converters, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971
More Details: In this paper, in order to study the relationship among different converters, a novel concept—modular high step-up converter—is proposed, which is composed of one basic converter, one Nc step-up cell (Nc-SUC), and one M-source passive lossless clamped circuit (PLCC). Nc means the number of capacitors in step-up cell and M-source represents the number of capacitors in PLCC. Nc-SUCs composed of many voltage lift cells (VLCs) and many constant voltage lift cells (CVLCs) are proposed and their general voltage gain formula is deduced. Each type of Nc-SUCs has Nc+1 different structures and the same voltage gain formula. Different Nc-SUCs can converse each other by adding or removing VLC and CVLC. Then, the general voltage gain formula of the proposed converters with Nc-SUCs is deduced, which is an additive combination of the voltage gain of Nc-SUCs and basic converter. Besides, a novel clamp circuit called M-source PLCC which is consisted of M+1 capacitors and one diode is presented. M capacitors of the M-source PLCC come from the Nc-SUC of converter, so only one capacitor and one diode are added. In comparison with classical PLCC, it makes the converters with Nc-SUCs not only possible to recycle the energy stored in the leakage inductor, but also further reduce the voltage stresses of the switch and the output capacitor, further improve the voltage gain, and even realize a three-level converter. Compared with the classical PLCC, the cost in M-source PLCC is unchanged. As M increases, the number and the variety of M-source PLCCs will also increase. Therefore, different M-source PLCCs can be chosen for the same converter to recycle the energy stored in the leakage inductor. If adopting converse thinking, based on the general voltage gain formula, removing basic converter and M-source PLCC, then, the number and the combination way of VLC and CVLC of different Nc-SUCs will expose the relationship among different high step-up converter to researcher. Finally, an improved converter based on 3-SUC as a representative of the deduced converters is proposed and analyzed in detail in the laboratory to verify performances.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2169-3536
Relation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9405661/; https://doaj.org/toc/2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3073416
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/868a077b814a454599fdb5270fe2aebd
Accession Number: edsdoj.868a077b814a454599fdb5270fe2aebd
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:21693536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3073416
Published in:IEEE Access
Language:English