Dual Switching Mode Scheme for Hybrid Boost-Flyback/ Flyback
Photovoltaic Microinverter Applications
Abstract
Due to a significantly increase of switching frequency in F mode of
boundary conduction mode (BCM) hybrid boost-flyback/flyback (BF/F)
microinverter, simply applying discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) to F
mode could be an intuitive method to solve this issue but brings a
serious distortion in the fixed operation mode transition point, which
would deteriorate the power quality. Hence, based on a transition
mechanism of variable transition point and a small modification of the
topology, this paper proposed a novel dual switching mode scheme,
BCM-BF/DCM-F, in which the microinverter is in BCM when operated at BF
mode, while in DCM when F mode. This new scheme smoothly limits the
switching frequency of DCM-F mode to a specified value, thereby
minimizing the switching losses and guaranteeing a satisfactory power
quality. Furthermore, it maintains the natural soft-switching features
of BCM-BF mode: the zero-voltage switching (ZVS), the zero-current
switching (ZCS), as well as the intrinsic snubber. To reduce the cost
and signal to noise ratio, a ON-time control strategy without
high-frequency sensors is employed in this scheme. The characteristics
of the proposed BCM-BF/DCM-F scheme, including primary side peak
current, switching frequency, and voltage stress, are also analyzed and
discussed in detail. Finally, numerous experimental results are
presented to verify the theoretical analyses and the performance of the
proposed dual switching mode.