TY - JOUR N2 - This paper presents a concept and the results of an investigation of a DC–DC boost converter with high voltage gain and a reduced number of switches. The novel concept assumes that the converter operates in a topology composed of series connection switched- capacitor-based multiplier (SCVM) sections. Furthermore, the structure of the sections has significant impact on parameters of the converter which is discussed in this paper. The paper demonstrates the basic benefit such a multisection SCVM idea in the converter, which is the significant reduction in the number of switches and diodes for high voltage gain in comparison to an SCVM converter. Aside from the number of switches and diodes, such parameters as efficiency and volume of passive components in the multisection converter are analyzed in this paper. In figures, the analysis is demonstrated using the example of 100 kW thyristor-based converters. All the characteristics of the converter are compared between various configurations of switching cells in the particular sections, thus the paper can be useful for a design approach for a high voltage gain multicell converter. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107878/PDF/AEE-67-3-2018-10.09_art_11.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107878 PY - 2018 IS - No 3 EP - 617–627 DO - 10.24425/123667 KW - DC–DC converter KW - boost converter KW - switched-capacitor KW - high voltage pulsed power A1 - Piróg, Stanisław A1 - Stala, Robert PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 67 DA - 2018.09.13 T1 - DC–DC boost converter with high voltage gain and a low number of switches in multisection switched capacitor topology SP - 617–627 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107878 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -