A New High Step-Down DC-DC Converter for Renewable Energy System Applications

This paper proposes a new topology of a high step-down dc-dc converter with a conversion ratio of approximately 20 times for high-input and low-output voltage applications such as renewable system applications. This proposed converter employs only one single switch with low control complexity. In this paper, the converter configuration is presented and its operating principle under continuous conduction mode (CCM) is described. The relationship between the step-down voltage ratio and the duty cycle is also presented in order to illustrate the performance of the proposed converter. In addition, the laboratory phototype of the proposed converter is implemented. The simulation and experimental results are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed high step-down single-switch dc-dc converter. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.