An advanced symmetrical voltage quadrupler rectifier (SVQR) is derived in this paper to serve as the secondary rectification topology, which helps to extend the converter voltage gain and reduce the output diode voltage stresses. The output voltage is four times of the conventional full-bridge voltage rectifier with the same transformer ratio, which benefits to reduce the turns ratio of the transformer and decrease the parasitic parameters. Also low voltage-rated diodes with high switching performance can be applied to improve the efficiency. Meanwhile, all the diodes in SVQR have the same voltage and current stresses, which simplifies the thermal design. Furthermore, two output electrolytic capacitors are connected in series to share the high output voltage, and the voltage balance can be realized naturally without
any additional voltage-sharing scheme. A clear picture is made in this paper to give a general framework and universal applications for the derived SVQRs for high step-up and high output voltage conversion systems. A dual boost converter is used as an example to demonstrate the clear advantages of the derived symmetrical voltage quadrupler rectifiers (SVQRs).Index Terms -Boost, High step-up, Symmetrical voltage quadrupler rectifier. . His research interests include high efficiency power converters and renewable energy power conversion system. Dr. Li has published more than 70 technical papers and holds more than 20 issued/pending patents.Xiangning He (M'95--SM'96--F'10) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Nanjing University of