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With this topology, the converter can achieve zero-voltage switching (ZVS) and/or zero-current switching (ZCS) of the primary side MOSFETs, ZCS and/or ZVS of the secondary side MOSFETs and ZCS of output diodes under all operational conditions. The experimental results based on a 300 W prototype are given with 98.1% of peak power stage efficiency and 97.6% of weighted California Energy Commission (CEC) efficiency including all auxiliary and control power under the normal-input voltage condition.","abstract_html":"Solar energy as one type of the renewable energy becomes more and more popular which has led to increase the photovoltaic (PV) installations recently. One of the PV installations is the power conditioning system which is to convert the maximum available power output of the PV modules to the utility grid. Single-phase microinverters are commonly used to integrate the power to utility grid in modular power conditioning system. 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