A comparative study of Z-source inverter and enhanced topologies

Abstract

This paper does some theoretical analysis and simulation studies on the most common topologies of Z-source inverter. As we all know, the traditional Z-source inverter has some problems, such as the voltage of the capacitor which belongs to this topology is higher and there is a startup shock, which caused researchers proposed a variety of improved Z-source topologies to solve these problems. Some of these topologies can increase boost capacity, and some can reduce the capacitor voltage. However, these topologies can improve only part of the problems of the traditional Z-source inverter, which leads to that the users are hard to choose which topologies. Faced with this situation, eleven Z-source topologies are analyzed in terms of boost capacity, inductance start-up current, capacitance stress and economy in this paper. Finally, two kinds of promising topologies were gotten.