Photovoltaics (PV) are widely used as renewable energy sources for standalone and grid connected PV systems. But these PV systems face major reduction in output power and efficiency due to Partial Shading Conditions (PSCs). This research paper focuses on the different choices of optimum PV Configuration under a given shading pattern to extract maximum power by mitigating mismatching loss. Various PV configurations

such as Series (S)

Series Parallel (SP)

Total Cross Tied (TCT)

Bridge Linked (BL)

Honey Comb (HC) and Alternate Total Cross Tied – Bridge Linked (A-TCT-BL) are modeled and analyzed under PSCs. Nine shading patterns

such as center

diagonal

corner

L-shaped

short and narrow

short and wide

long and narrow

long and wide and random

are considered to study the behavior of a <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$6\times 6$ array form of a PV Configuration. Their performances are compared based on open circuit voltage

short circuit current

global maximum power point (GMPP)

maximum voltage

maximum current

shading loss

fill factor

mismatching loss and efficiency. A novel Hybrid Configuration called A-TCT-BL PV Configuration is proposed to generate maximum power under PSCs and to minimize the number of cross ties and wiring complexities. This Configuration is an integration of TCT and BL PV Configuration and the simulation results prove the capability of this proposed PV Configuration to generate maximum power

fill factor

efficiency and minimum mismatching loss compared to S

SP

BL and HC PV Configurations under a majority of the PSCs investigated. A Canadian Solar CS5P-200M PV module is considered for simulation and is simulated using Matlab/Simulink software.