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High voltage and wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor devices like the 15 kV SiC MOSFET have attracted a lot of attention because of their potential applications in high voltage and high power converters. However, they are not commercially available at present and their high cost might be a hindrance to their widespread adoption in future. To address the commercial unavailability and the high cost issues...
This paper presents new constraints for Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE)-PWM technique utilized in single phase applications. The proposed constraints eliminate all triplen harmonic orders naturally whereas they appear in all single-phase output voltage waveforms conventionally. The specified non-triplen harmonics are also eliminated through calculation of switching angles. Five-level high switching...
Z-source inverters (ZSIs), compared to the conventional two-stage architecture, embrace some interesting features, like the reduced size and complexity of the entire conversion system. Many research activities have been established to improve the performance of the so-called ZSI since it has been proposed in 2003, and several modifications have been introduced since then. These modifications include...
This paper presents a new technique to optimize the efficiency of the Cascaded Buck-Boost (CBB) converters by using adaptive switching frequency selection algorithm. Such bidirectional DC-DC CBB topology is typically deployed in PV-Battery systems. A precise loss-model that accounts for component nonlinearities is developed in which an optimal switching frequency is chosen that corresponds to the...
A simplified shoot-through pulse width modulation (PWM) technique is presented for reducing switching losses in impedance source DC-DC converters. The proposed PWM method alternates shoot-through state conduction in each leg of the H-bridge, thereby increasing controllability of the converter, reducing the number of switching transients, and reducing the dynamic loss of the converter through soft-switching...
Recently, the medium frequency power electronic traction transformer (PETT) has received increased attention in the rail transit applications due to its small size, light weight, more space availability for passengers, multiple interfaces and other additional functionalities. However, the switching frequency is limited by the thermal tolerance of semiconductors which deteriorate as the switching frequency...
Envelope Tracking (ET) Technique can remarkably improve the efficiency of the power amplifier (PA) in the modern Mobile Communication Base Station. Switch-Linear Hybrid (SLH) ET power supply has become the mainstream structure, which gives consideration to high efficiency and high bandwidth. However, the SLH ET power supply with single switching converter suffers a low efficiency as increasing the...
The use of wide-bandgap (WBG) devices in power converters provides several advantages in terms of efficiency, power density and low cooling requirements. However, a potential unwanted side-effect is the increased electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise, the basis of which is the high di/dt and dv/dt realized by the characteristic sharp rise and fall switching offered by the WBG power switches. To...
A novel modulation technique for single phase grid-tied inverter is proposed in this paper. In normal discontinuous current mode (DCM) operation, the output current becomes distorted due to the resonant between parasitic output capacitors of switching devices and inductor during zero current periods if no current control method is applied. This low frequency distortion can be improved in the boundary...
A three phase power block based on novel 1.7 kV/450 A SiC-MOSFET is designed and tested. To benchmark the performance of the power block, a through comparison is done with currently standardized 1.7 kV/450 A Si-IGBT based three phase power block. Key performance indices, including power rating curves at different switching frequencies and power factors; temperature ripple at different fundamental...
This paper proposes a compensation method for precise position-sensorless control using high-frequency pulsating voltage injection and the criterion for applicability of the proposed compensation method is discussed. Theoretical background of the proposed 3-dimensional compensation table as well as the implementation method is described and it is disclosed that the real rotor position and the convergent...
The subject of this paper is to propose a new design method of EMI filters that allows to minimize the volume of the common-mode inductor with consideration of core saturation issues. One of the main results of this study shows the impact of the switching frequency on the filter insertion loss and the volume of the coupled common-mode inductor depending on the length of the shielded cable. Then, the...
This paper discusses loss reduction of a proposed inverter which outputs a frequency of 13.56 MHz based on a frequency multiplying circuit consists of a multi-phase half-bridge inverter and a multi-core transformer. The proposed circuit realizes loss dispersion to each semiconductors and transformers. As conventional circuits for an Industrial, Scientific, and the Medical (ISM) band, inverters with...
This paper introduces a three-phase grid-connected inverter for commercial-scale photovoltaic systems. The circuit topology combines an electrolytic-capacitor-less and ac-inductor-less active bridge with a parallel-connected PWM inverter acting as an instantaneous reactive power compensator. The active bridge, called a 120°-conduction inverter, operates at the switching frequency equal to the grid...
This paper introduces the high voltage generation architectures derivation methodology and comparative evaluation of high voltage power generation architectures based on the key performance items such as efficiency, power density, high voltage pulse speed, high voltage pulse ripple, HV insulation and scalability for different output voltage and output power ratings. Based on comparative evaluation...
The trends in power DC/DC conversion are not only size and weight reduction together with a good efficiency; EMI and mass production are a must as well. In this context, piezoelectric transformers seem to be the ideal solution, since they allow higher switching frequencies (size and weight reduction) while also providing high efficiencies. Additionally, they are not magnetic devices, which facilitates...
Improving the power density of a power converter has many benefits for systems integration. Aspects such as thermal management, weight, conformation to mounting locations, and the footprint of the converter all become critical factors as systems continue to scale down in size. The flying-capacitor multilevel (FCML) converter topology is of interest because it has characteristics which contribute to...
Single stage power factor corrected (SSPFC) AC-DC converters are attractive in particular applications because they are less expensive than conventional two-stage converters. One of the main drawbacks of SSPFC converters, however, is that their intermediate DC bus voltage varies considerably when used in universal voltage range applications. A new method for reducing the DC bus voltage variation for...
The medium voltage (MV) high-speed drives are required for traction, wind energy, marine, aerospace, oil, and gas compressors applications. The MV converter must be able to switch at higher switching frequencies (> 5 kHz) to generate higher fundamental frequency AC input voltages for the motor (≥ 500 Hz) and thereby achieving high speed at the motor output (≥ 15000 rpm). This paper presents the...
In this paper, a novel effective duty cycle method is introduced to predict the RMS and average current for power components in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) AC-DC boost power factor correction (PFC) topologies. The proposed model can be used for power component conduction losses estimation. The RMS current and average current of power components are derived. PSIM simulation and experimental...
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