Differential mode gamma source inverter with reduced switching stresses

Impedance source inverters are covered with entire spectrum of power conversion process (dc-dc, dc-ac, ac-dc, and ac-ac). The traditional impedance source inverter suffers from high switching stresses and poor efficiency during high boost requirements. Compared to traditional impedance source inverters, the transformer based impedance source inverters are able to boost the output voltage gain and modulation index simultaneously with reduced passive components. The applications of transformer based gamma source impedance inverters are limited due to the difficulty in maintaining tight coupling, high instantaneous currents, increasing turn's ratio, high cost and large size. However, the gamma source inverter increases voltage gain by reducing turns ratio. This paper presents the operational modes of gamma source inverter in electric and magnetic domains, which helps the researchers to understand effects of transformer coupling in converter performance. In addition, the differential mode gamma source inverter is proposed that reduces the switching stresses. The operating principles of the proposed converter have been analyzed mathematically. Finally the theoretical analysis of proposed impedance inverter is validated by using MATLAB/SIMULINK.