In this thesis, a novel high step-up converter is presented, which combines the buck-boost converter, the coupling inductor and the bootstrap capacitor. By doing so, the proposed converter possesses a high voltage conversion ratio, which can be obtained based on not only the duty cycle but also the turns ratio so as to increase design feasibility. Furthermore, such a converter can be used with a single switch or double switch according to the requirements for the voltage conversion ratio and the power. Above all, the used switch is driven without isolation and hence the gate driving circuit is relatively simple, thereby upgrading the industrical application capability of this converter. In this thesis, the basic operating principles and the associated mathematical deductions are firstly described in detail, and finally some simulated and experimental results are provided to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed high step-up converter.