DC–DC SIDO converter with low-voltage stress on switches: analysis of operating modes and design considerations

In this study, a new DC–DC single-input–dual-output (SIDO) converter is proposed which is able to step up and share the input voltage between the output terminals with constant duty cycle for whole ranges of duty cycles. Due to the fact that the voltage stresses on the semiconductors of the proposed converter are considerably low, the proposed converter can be applied in both low- and high-power applications. This topology can be used instead of two boost converters, which have very improved conversion ratios in comparison with the recently presented step-up converters. The proposed configuration can be used in many applications such as renewable energy sources and diode-clamped inverter in the grid-tied systems. In this paper, steady-state and small-signal analyses of the SIDO converter are presented and the simulation and experimental results are extracted and compared. In practical applications that SIDO is needed, using single-input–single-output can be a solution, resulting high cost. To reduce the costs, this study proposes a novel topology, which has reduced components and can step up the input voltage into two separate ports. Finally, a prototype circuit with 42 V input and 510 V/372 W and 730 V/381 W outputs are built to validate the theoretical analysis.