<p>Switched capacitor (SC) circuits have been widely used in power electronic converters. SC-based multilevel inverters (SC-MLIs) overcome the requirement of multiple DC voltages in conventional MLI topologies and enable new approaches. This paper proposes a novel Enhanced Switched Capacitor (ESC) unit with a single DC source. The main difference of the proposed ESC topology from other boosting SC topologies is sequential charging of capacitors. The DC input source first charges C₁ and then C₁ and the DC source together charge C₂. Thus, C₁ and C₂ are charged with voltages of V_DC and 2V_DC respectively. Thus, ESC provides 4 voltage boosting at the output. A new MLI topology is realized by combining the ESC unit with an H-Bridge. The proposed SC-MLI generate 9 levels in the output voltage waveform with only eight power switches, 3 discrete diodes and 2 capacitors. In addition, the capacitors have a self-voltage balancing capability. The circuit is simulated using MATLAB/Simulink and loss analysis is performed using PLECS software which uses thermal models of the power components. The maximum efficiency of the proposed topology is 96.45%. The test results of the experimental prototype are validated with the simulation findings. A comprehensive comparison with recent literature studies reveals that the proposed topology is superior to many topologies in terms of cost.</p>