Design and Analysis of Capacitor Assisted Extended Boost Quasi ZSI [ ]


The quasi Z-source inverter is a very attractive topology because of its unique capability of voltage boost and buck functions in a single stage. But its voltage boost property could be a limiting feature in some applications where very high input voltage gain is required. This input voltage gain could be extended by the implementation of the capacitor assisted quasi-impedance network. This paper discusses a capacitor assisted quasi-Z-source inverter. Steady state analysis and design of the topology operating under continuous conduction mode is presented. Performances were analyzed in the steady state and validated using simulation and hardware results.