Single-Phase Voltage-Quadrupler Rectifier With Sinusoidal Input Current

Author

Neba, Yasuhiko ; Ishizaka, Kouichi ; Itoh, Ryozo

Author_Institution

Fukuoka Univ., Fukuoka

Volume

22

Issue

4

fYear

2007

fDate

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1480

Lastpage

1488

Abstract

A single-phase voltage-quadrupler rectifier with sinusoidal input current is presented. This has the circuit configuration that is based on the combination of a half-bridge rectifier and pump circuits. The circuit can be operated in the switching states for pumping action to pump twice the peak supply voltage onto each of the output capacitor and for forcing the input current to follow its sinusoidal reference in the vicinity of a zero crossing of the supply. The prototype tested, using the insulated gate bipolar transistors and a controller for the output voltage regulation, is implemented to investigate the operation. The experimental and the simulated results confirm that the input current can be waveshaped sinusoidally with a near-unity power factor.

Keywords

bridge circuits; insulated gate bipolar transistors; rectifying circuits; voltage control; voltage multipliers; half-bridge rectifier; insulated gate bipolar transistors; near-unity power factor; pump circuits; single-phase voltage-quadrupler rectifier; sinusoidal input current; switching state; voltage regulation; Capacitance; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Diodes; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Prototypes; Rectifiers; Switching circuits; Voltage control; Half-bridge; insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules; pump circuit; single-phase rectifier; sinusoidal input current; voltage-quadrupler;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPEL.2007.900603

Filename

4267773