This document discusses an optimized switching strategy for a ripple-canceling boost converter. The strategy extends previous work on a hybrid switched-capacitor/interleaved boost converter that provided high voltage gain and canceled input current ripple at a preselected duty cycle. The new strategy proposes optimized switching for operating conditions at other duty cycle values. It quantifies the effect on voltage gain and input current ripple compared to conventional switching strategies, which is validated through hardware prototyping.

1. AN OPTIMIZED SWITCHING STRATEGY FOR A RIPPLE-CANCELING BOOST
CONVERTER
ABSTRACT
A hybrid switched-capacitor/interleaved boost converter able to provide a high voltage
gain and to cancel the input current ripple at a preselected duty cycle was recently presented in
the literature. This paper extends that work by proposing an optimized switching strategy for
operating conditions at other values of duty cycle. The switching strategy effect on the
converter’s voltage gain and input current ripple is quantified and compared against the
performance under the conventional switching strategy. The approach is validated in the
laboratory through hardware prototyping.