Title :
Novel three-phase AC-DC-AC sparse matrix converter
Author :
Kolar, J.W. ; Baumann, M. ; Schafmeister, F. ; Ertl, H.
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. Syst. Lab., Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
A novel three-phase AC-DC-AC sparse matrix converter (SMC) having no energy storage elements in the DC link and employing only 15 IGBTs as opposed to 18 IGBTs of a functionally equivalent conventional AC-AC matrix converter (CMC) is proposed. It is shown that the realization effort could be further reduced to only 9 IGBTs (ultra sparse matrix converter, USMC) in case the phase displacement of the fundamentals of voltage and current at the input and at the output is limited to ±π/6. The dependency of the voltage and current transfer ratios of the systems on the operating parameters is analyzed and a space vector modulation scheme is described in combination with a zero current commutation procedure. Furthermore, a safe multi-step current commutation concept is treated briefly. Conduction and switching losses of the SMC and USMC are calculated in analytically closed form. Finally, the theoretical results are verified in Part II of the paper by digital simulations and results of a first experimental investigation of a 10 kW/400 V SMC prototype are given
Keywords :
AC-AC power convertors; bipolar transistor switches; insulated gate bipolar transistors; losses; power bipolar transistors; power semiconductor switches; switching circuits; 10 kW; 400 V; DC link; ZCS; conduction losses; current transfer ratios; operating parameters; phase displacement; power IGBT switches; space vector modulation; switching losses; three-phase AC-DC-AC sparse matrix converter; voltage transfer ratios; zero current commutation; Analog-digital conversion; Digital simulation; Energy storage; Functional analysis; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Matrix converters; Sliding mode control; Sparse matrices; Switching loss; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2002. APEC 2002. Seventeenth Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7404-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2002.989333