High voltage-gain boost DC-DC converter with tapped-inductor

This study presents a novel topology named high voltage-gain boost DC-DC converter with tapped-inductor. The proposed topology provides a high voltage-gain and low input current ripple which are suitable for alternative power sources such as PV and fuel-cell applications. The interleaved control mode can be used to reduce input and output filtering. Moreover, the voltage stress on MOSFETs are clamped, resulting of low on-resistance (R_DS(ON)) MOSFET usage to improve efficiency. Addition to providing circuit operation and analysis with symmetric control and interleaved control modes, a simulation and laboratory prototype of the proposed topology was built and inspected under 15-28 V input, 400 V/250 W output and 100 kHz switching frequency. The results showed that the proposed circuit achieved low voltage spikes on MOSFETs. Low R_DS(ON) MOSFETs were used to improved efficiency. For interleaved control mode, the input current ripple and output voltage ripple were low, requiring smaller input and output filtering.