Design of Ćuk-Derived Transformerless Common-Grounded PV Microinverter in CCM

Photovoltaic (PV) microinverters dispense with the line frequency transformer, however at the cost of system grounding and ground leakage current problems. These have been erstwhile resolved by the topologies derived from buck, boost, buck–boost, Zeta, Watkins–Johnson, and Ćuk converters, or combinations of these. The Ćuk derived inverters, employing second-order input and output filters, offer the most efficient, lightweight, and economical solution in the class. This paper presents design and detailed operation of a Ćuk derived, common-ground PV microinverter in continuous conduction mode operation. The inverter is shown to be compatible with both linear and nonlinear loads, in stand-alone and grid-connected modes of operation. Optimal design rules of passive components are rigorously derived to ensure attenuation of input voltage ripples arising from the twin effects of switching and double-frequency output power oscillation. Additionally, the design rules also incorporate considerations of efficiency maximization and some aspects of easing control complexity. Inverter performance is experimentally validated with a 300 VA, 110 V, and 50/60 Hz laboratory prototype.

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