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        1 - A Two Input High Step Converter with Zero Current Switching Condition for Switches Turn-On Instances
        Mahmood Vesali Hosein Ranjbar Amin Motamedi-Nasab
        A high step-up two-inputs DC-DC converter is presented in this paper. The soft switching condition is provided for switch in turn on instant, so the converter efficiency is high. Due to the fact that only the capacitor is used to increase the voltage gain and there are More
        A high step-up two-inputs DC-DC converter is presented in this paper. The soft switching condition is provided for switch in turn on instant, so the converter efficiency is high. Due to the fact that only the capacitor is used to increase the voltage gain and there are no coupled inductors in the converter, the input current of the converter is continuous. The technique used to increase gain can be used with more stages to achieve higher voltage gain. The converter can also be used as a single input intertwined instead of two inputs, which in this case the input current ripple is reduced. The voltage stress on the switches is lower than the output voltage, so lower voltage switches can be used, which reduces the converter cost. The proposed converter is completely analyzed and in order to prove the theoretical results, a simulation is performed on the converter at 500 watts. The results of the simulation at full load show an efficiency of about 95.5%. Manuscript profile
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        2 - A Single-Switch DC-DC High Step-Up Converter with Soft Switching for Photovoltaic Applications
        Tayebeh Shamsi Majid Delshad Ehsan Adib Mohammad Rouhollah Yazdani
        A single-switch DC-DC high step-up converter is presented in this paper. There are soft switching conditions in the proposed converter for switching on and off time, which increases efficiency. In order to increase the gain, two coupled inductors have been used, and the More
        A single-switch DC-DC high step-up converter is presented in this paper. There are soft switching conditions in the proposed converter for switching on and off time, which increases efficiency. In order to increase the gain, two coupled inductors have been used, and the leakage inductance of the coupled inductors has been used to create a soft switching condition, and the minimal auxiliary element has been used in the proposed converter. In the proposed converter, only one switch is used, and the condition of the converter is no different from a basic converter in terms of the control circuit. Therefore, the converter does not need to design a new control circuit. The auxiliary circuit added to the converter with a minimal element, provides soft switching conditions for the switch at turn-on, under zero current and at turn-off, under zero voltage, which, in addition to increased efficiency, the circuit has a simple structure. Therefore, the innovation of the paper is to present a switching converter high step-up soft without imposing an additional switch and with a low number of elements. The proposed converter is simulated after full theoretical analysis at 400 W output power, which shows the efficiency of 97.2 percent, in addition to proving the theoretical analysis. Also, the prototype of the converter is made and the experimental results obtained prove the theoretical and simulation results. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Analysis and Simulation of an Augmentated DC-DC Converter With the Ability to Remove the Flow of Input Stream
        Faezeh Ebrahimzadeh1 Ebrahim Babaei