• DocumentCode
    3678708
  • Title

    Voltage stress on power switches in active NPC topologies

  • Author

    Lorenzo Giuntini

  • Author_Institution
    GE CRITICAL POWER, Via Cantonale, 50, Riazzino, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    Neutral-Point-Clamped topologies have been widely applied to improve power conversion efficiency. Active NPC variants may offer an advantage in terms of efficiency and losses distribution. Remarkably, Active NPC topologies differ from traditional NPC in terms of power semiconductors characteristics and commutation paths. This paper investigates Active 3L NPC converters in double-conversion UPS applications. Particularly, it discusses voltage stress on power switches in Active NPC converters, presenting experimental results from high-power 3ph UPS implementation.
  • Keywords
    "Topology","Voltage control","Uninterruptible power systems","Inverters","Stress","Rectifiers","Insulated gate bipolar transistors"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications (EPE´15 ECCE-Europe), 2015 17th European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2015.7309084
  • Filename
    7309084
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3678708