An interleaved active clamp flyback inverter using a synchronous rectifier for a photovoltaic AC module system is proposed. In a conventional single flyback inverter for the photovoltaic AC module system, this inverter has drawbacks of a conduction losses of each switch, transformer copper and high ripple current of capacitor. To overcome these problems, two flyback converter modules with interleaved pulse-width modulation (PWM) are connected in parallel at the input and output sides reducing the ripple current on the input and output capacitors and decrease the current stress on the transformer windings. Thus, the transformer copper losses and the conduction losses on the switches are reduced. Also, reliability and life of capacitor are increased due to reducing the ripple current of input and output capacitors. In order to verify these, theoretical analysis and simulation are performed. Index Terms-interleaved, synchronous rectifier, flyback inverter, photovoltaic(PV), AC module system

A flyback inverter using voltage sensorless maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for photovoltaic (PV) AC modules is presented. PV AC modules for a power rating from 150 W to 300 W are generally required for their small size and low price because of the installation on the back side of PV modules. In the conventional MPPT technique for PV AC modules, sensors for detecting PV voltage and PV current are required to calculate the PV output power. However, system size and cost increase when the voltage sensor and current sensor are used because of the addition of the auxiliary circuit for the sensors. The proposed method uses only the current sensor to track the MPP point. Therefore, the proposed control method overcomes drawbacks of the conventional control method. Theoretical analysis, simulation, and experiment are performed to verify the proposed control method.

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