Deriving new topologies of DC-DC converters featuring basic switching cells

This paper will introduce the two basic switching cells, P-cell and N-cell, and their applications in different power electronic circuits. These basic cells have one switching element and one diode. The P-cell is the mirror circuit of the N-cell and vice-versa, and this paper suggests that any power electronic circuit can be analyzed and re-constructed using these basic switching cells. The present paper will describe the construction and operation of the basic switching cells, and it will also show a sequential method to construct several dc-dc converters from these basic switching cells. Moreover, considering the potential of combining these cells in multiple fashions, new kinds of power electronic circuits can be designed.