High Step-Up DC–DC Converter With Active Switched-Inductor and Passive Switched-Capacitor Networks

High-gain voltage conversion is a feature required for several applications, especially for power processing of low-voltage renewable sources in grid-connected systems. In this scope, the presented paper proposes a novel transformerless high gain step-up dc–dc converter based on an active switched-inductor and a passive switched-capacitor networks. The main advantages of the proposed converter are the high voltage gain (>10), the reduced voltage stresses across the switches and the reduced number of components when compared to topologies that provide the same voltage gain using similar principles. The detailed analysis of the proposed converter and a comparison considering other topologies previously published in the literature are also presented in this manuscript. In order to verify the proposed converter performance, a prototype has been built for a power of 200 W, input and output voltages of 20 and 260 V, respectively, and switching frequency of 50 kHz. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis proving the satisfactory converter performance, which peak efficiency is around 95.5%.