Volume 51, Issue 8 pp. 3897-3914
ORIGINAL PAPER

A new single ended primary inductor converter with high voltage gain, low voltage stress and continuous input current

Alireza Jahangiri

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Alireza Jahangiri

Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran

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Alireza Jahangiri, Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran.

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Ali Abdolalizadeh

Ali Abdolalizadeh

Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran

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Ahmad Ghaderi Shamim

Ahmad Ghaderi Shamim

Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran

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First published: 13 April 2023
Citations: 1

Summary

This paper proposes a single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC)-based DC-DC converter with higher voltage gain, continuous input current, and lower voltage stress. Suggested converter uses three-winding coupled inductors and voltage multiplier for boosting function. The proposed structure stores lower amount of energy due to lower current magnitudes of used inductors. Moreover, using voltage multiplier reduces the voltage stress of the elements connected to the output terminals of the proposed converter. By reducing the voltage stress, in addition to reducing the rating of output elements and costs, the overall efficiency will also be increased. Also, a clamping circuit is used to diminish the voltage stresses on power switch. In order to represent the advantages of the proposed converter over some other converters in the viewpoints of the number of the used elements, continuity of input current, voltage gain, the voltage stress on power switch, and output diode, a comparison study is provided. To validate the practicability of the proposed converter, a 200-W prototype is implemented and the experimental results are provided.

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