This paper deals with a new family of quasi-Zsource converters (QZSAC).

The proposed QZSAC inherits all the advantages of the single-phase Z-source AC/AC converter (ZSAC) The operating principles of QZSAC are described, circuit analysis and Simulation results are shown in comparison to that of the conventional ZSAC

Types of AC-AC converters are:

I. II. III. IV.

indirect AC/AC converters matrix converters indirect AC/AC converters (AC choppers) Z-source AC/AC converters

The conventional ZSAC has some drawbacks: the input and output voltages are not sharing the same ground, thus the feature that the output voltage reverses or maintains phase angle with the input voltage. In addition, the input current of the conventional ZSAC is operated in discontinuous current mode (DCM). In general, the peak of input current in

The proposed converter inherits all the advantages of the traditional ZSAC, which can realize buck-boost, reversing or maintaining phase angle. In addition , the QZSAC has the unique features; namely that the input voltage and output voltage is sharing the same ground; that the operation is in continuous current mode (CCM). The proposed QZSAC can control the shape the input current to be sinusoidal and in phase with the input voltage.

In state I, SI is turned on and S2 is turned off as shown in Fig.

The time interval in this state is (1-D)T

In state 2, SI is turned off and S2 is turned on as shown in

The time interval in this state is DT.

From (1) and (2), we get the averaged equation

From above table

where Kc1 , Kc2 and K0 are voltage gain of C1 ,C2 and output respectively

Voltage gains versus duty cycle of QZSAC.

Duty cycle < 0.5

Duty cycle > 0.5

The proposed QZSAC inherits all the advantages of the traditional single-phase Z-source ac-ac converter ZSAC. In addition, the proposed QZSAC has the unique advantages; namely that the input voltage and the output voltage are sharing the same ground; the operation is in CCM. The experimental results show that the proposed QZSAC has a high efficiency, low harmonic distortion input current and high input power factor