Design of New High Step-Up DC-DC Converter Topology for Solar PV Applications

Table 1

Performance comparison of proposed and other existing converter topologies.

Topology	Proposed converter	Conventional boost converter	SEPIC converter	SC-boost [13]	Converter [12]	Converter [25]	Converter [24]	Converter [26]
Voltage gain
Switches	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Diodes	4	1	1	3	3	3	2	5
Capacitors	3	1	2	3	3	6	3	3
Inductors	2	1	2	1	2	4	2	3
Total device count	12	4	6	8	10	14	8	12
Voltage stress on switches
Continuous input current	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes