A Novel ZVS-PWM Single-Phase Inverter Using a New Simple ZVS-PWM Commutation Cell

Author

Wang, Chien-Ming ; Su, Ching-Hung ; Jiag, Maoh-Chin ; Su, Juing-Huei ; Lin, Yan-Chun

Author_Institution

Nat. Ilan Univ., Ilan

fYear

2007

fDate

23-25 May 2007

Firstpage

314

Lastpage

319

Abstract

A new zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) pulsewidth-modulated (PWM) single-phase inverter using a simple ZVS-PWM commutation cell is presented in this paper. Except for the auxiliary switches, all active and passive semiconductor devices in the ZVS-PWM single-phase inverter operate at ZVS turn on and turn off. The auxiliary switches operate at zero-current-switching (ZCS) turned-on and turned-off. Besides operating at constant frequency, the proposed inverter has no overvoltage across the switches on the main switch compared to the hard switching inverter counterpart. Auxiliary components rated at very small current are used. The principle of operation, theoretical analysis, and experimental results of the new ZVS-PWM single-phase inverter, rated 1kW and operated at 40 kHz, are provided in this paper to verify the performance.

Keywords

PWM invertors; commutation; switching convertors; zero voltage switching; ZVS PWM commutation cell; ZVS PWM single phase inverter; auxiliary switches; frequency 40 kHz; power 1 kW; zero voltage switching pulse width modulated single phase inverter; Frequency; Industrial electronics; Performance analysis; Pulse inverters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Semiconductor devices; Switches; Voltage control; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching; inverter; zero-voltage-switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2007. ICIEA 2007. 2nd IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0737-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0737-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIEA.2007.4318422

Filename

4318422