Designing the optimal number of active branches in a multi-branch buck-boost converter

• Date: 2025
• Main Authors: Kovacova, I., Kovac, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and Аnatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine 2025
• Subjects: multi-branch buck-boost converter; power losses; efficiency
• Online Access: http://eie.khpi.edu.ua/article/view/319288
• Journal Title: Electrical Engineering & Electromechanics

Introduction. Multi-branch buck-boost converters, widely used in energy conversion from alternative sources, offer significant advantages over single-branch configurations. Critical, however, is the question of the appropriate number of branches for optimal efficiency and the given output power of t...