Bidirectional DC-to-DC converter

1. A bidirectional DC-to-DC converter for converting electrical energy from a first DC source and a second DC source, comprising:

an output capacitor configured to provide an output voltage, wherein a positive contact of the first DC source is connected to a positive DC output of the bidirectional DC-to-DC converter and a connection of the output capacitor, and a negative contact of the second DC source is connected to a negative DC output of the bidirectional DC-to-DC converter and the second connection of the output capacitor;

a first and a second storage inductor, wherein the first storage inductor is arranged between a positive connection of the second DC source and a first contact of a first electronic switch, and wherein the second storage inductor is arranged between a negative connection of the first DC source and a second contact of the first electronic switch;

a buffer capacitor arranged between the negative output of the first DC source and the positive output of the second DC source;

a second electronic switch and a third electronic switch arranged in series with the first electronic switch, wherein the second electronic switch is arranged between the first contact of the first electronic switch and the positive DC output, and the third electronic switch is arranged between the second contact of the first electronic switch and the negative DC output,

wherein by switching on and off the first, second or third electronic switch, a differential voltage across the buffer capacitor can be regulated, and a first DC current of the first DC source and a second DC current of the second DC source from the first and second DC source to the DC output or from the DC output to the first and second DC source can be set.

2. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 configured such that, by controlling the differential voltage of the buffer capacitor, a first differential current across the first storage inductor and a second differential current across the second storage inductor can be set.

3. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the voltages of the first and second DC source are variable from zero to the maximum value for the output voltage, an output current at the positive or negative DC output, the first and second differential current and the differential voltage can assume positive or negative values.

4. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output capacitor and the buffer capacitor together with the first and second storage inductors form a filter, which ensures that the harmonics, caused by the work of the electronic switches, do not appear at the DC sources and disrupt said DC sources, and in that the output capacitor, together with the storage inductors, forms an output filter which ensures that the harmonics, caused by the work of the electronic switches, do not appear at the DC output.

5. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first additional capacitor connected between the positive connection of the first DC source and the positive connection of the second DC source, and a second additional capacitor connected between the negative connection of the first DC source and the negative connection of the second DC source, wherein the first and second additional capacitors are configured to intensify the filtering effect of the output capacitor and the buffer capacitor on the harmonics, caused by the work of the electronic switches, such that these harmonics do not appear at the two DC sources or at the DC output of the bidirectional DC-to-DC converter.

6. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second and third electronic switches are each formed from forcibly commutated component with an anti-parallel diode, and wherein the first electronic switch is formed from two forcibly commutated components with anti-parallel diodes, which forcibly commutated components are connected anti-series.

7. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second DC sources each comprise one or more parallel solar panels with series-connected solar cells, and wherein the first and second DC currents are regulated via the variation in the differential voltage or by switching the electronic switches in such a way that the DC sources emit the maximum PV power at the DC output.

8. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 , configured such that the differential voltage across the buffer capacitor can assume only positive values, and the first electronic switch is formed from a forcibly commutated component with an antiparallel diode.

9. The bidirectional DC-to-DC converter as claimed in claim 1 , configured such that both the differential voltage across the buffer capacitor and the differential current only assume positive values, the second and third electronic switches are each formed from a diode, and wherein the first electronic switch is formed from a forcibly turned-off switch with or without an anti-parallel diode.