FPGA Design of Single-phase Matrix Converter Operating as Cycloconverter

This paper is concerned on FPGA design for control implementations of the single-phase matrix converter (SPMQ operating as a cycloconverter. The sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) technique is used to synthesize the output voltage. The power circuit uses the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) as switching device in the SPMC implementation. Safe-commutation strategy was incorporated to solve switching transients. A Xilinx field programmable gate array (FPGA) was used at the heart of the control electronics, implemented to verify operation with selected simulation and experimental results presented.