The present invention focuses on the development of a high-efficiency
single-stage bidirectional converter with multi-input power sources. In
the present invention, it takes a three-winding coupled inductor as the
main component of energy transmission, and utilizes only two power
semiconductor switches to accomplish the multi-input function. According
to the designed switching conditions, this circuit could be operated at
discharge, charge and standalone states to simplify conventional
structure in which multiple converters are used in boosting voltage and
then connected in parallel to supply power. Moreover, the coupled
inductor as the principal part of this circuit has high-voltage gain
property, and the present invention fully utilizes the winding voltage in
the high-voltage side to further increase the corresponding voltage gain
superior to that in the conventional coupled-inductor strategy. This
property is helpful to solve the power conversion problem caused by clean
energies with inherent low-voltage characteristics. In addition, all
switches and diodes have favorable voltage-clamped effects so that the
voltage spikes induced by the leakage-induction energy can be alleviated
effectively, and there are no high reverse-recovery currents within
diodes because the leakage induction can restrain instantaneous changes
in the current. Furthermore, the present invention has a charging route
of low-voltage conversion without adding additional components, avoiding
the power losses induced by the multistage conversion in the traditional
auxiliary power systems, and utilizes the synchronous rectification
technique to decrease the conducting losses.