Interleaved active clamp flyback inverter using a synchronous rectifier for a photovoltaic AC module system

An interleaved active clamp flyback inverter using a synchronous rectifier for a photovoltaic AC module system is proposed. In a conventional single flyback inverter for the photovoltaic AC module system, this inverter has drawbacks of a conduction losses of each switch, transformer copper and high ripple current of capacitor. To overcome these problems, two flyback converter modules with interleaved pulse-width modulation (PWM) are connected in parallel at the input and output sides reducing the ripple current on the input and output capacitors and decrease the current stress on the transformer windings. Thus, the transformer copper losses and the conduction losses on the switches are reduced. Also, reliability and life of capacitor are increased due to reducing the ripple current of input and output capacitors. In order to verify these, theoretical analysis and simulation are performed.