A Three-Winding Coupled-Inductor-Based Dual-Switch High Step-Up DC–DC Converter for Photovoltaic Systems

This article proposes a new high step-up dc–dc converter for photovoltaic applications. A dual-switch structure with a three-winding coupled inductor (3WCI), whose secondary and tertiary windings are integrated with switched-capacitor cells, is adopted to achieve a high-voltage gain with a small duty cycle, thus avoiding an extremely high duty cycle. The input current is continuous, and the voltage gain could be adjusted by two parameters: the switches’ duty cycle and 3WCI's turns-ratio, thus increasing the design flexibility of the proposed converter. In addition, low-voltage-rated
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