Realization of a Modular Indirect Matrix Converter System Using Normally Off SiC JFETs

Escobar-Mejía, Andrés; Stewart, Corris; Hayes, Jonathan; Ang, Simon S.; Balda, Juan Carlos; Talakokkula, Saikishore

doi:10.1109/tpel.2013.2290542

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“…The capacitor voltage ripple becomes large when the switch is turned on at the maximum point of an output current and the duty is 0.5. According to (13), the filter capacitance is calculated by assuming that the output current and the duty are the maximum value and 0.5, respectively. Thus, the measured capacitor voltage is less than that of the designed value.…”

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A Maximum Power Density Design Method for Nine Switches Matrix Converter Using SiC-MOSFET

Koiwa

Itoh

2016

IEEE Trans. Power Electron.

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This paper presents a matrix converter design for achieving maximum power density using a SiC device based on a front loading design. To design the matrix converter to achieve maximum power density, the conduction loss and the switching loss of the matrix converter are theoretically derived and validated by simulation and experiment. Based on these formulas, the relationship between the efficiency and power density are revealed by using a Pareto-front curve in order to solve the trade-off problem between the power density and the efficiency. Moreover, in order to promote the widespread use of the matrix converter instead of a BTB system, it is quantitatively evaluated that the power density in the matrix converter is increased by 4.19 kW/dm 3 in comparison to the BTB system. Moreover, the power density of the matrix converter that uses a SiC-MOSFET (ROHM) as the switching device with natural air cooling is 95.0% (2.1 kW/dm 3 ) of the calculated maximum power density. Thus, the power density of the matrix converter is improved by 57.5% by the maximum power density design method. Based on the results, the design method for a high power density AC-AC direct converter is established according to the requisite specifications.Index Terms-Front loading design, loss analysis, matrix converter, maximum power density design, Pareto-front curve

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Section: B Input Lc Filtermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Maximum Power Density Design Method for Nine Switches Matrix Converter Using SiC-MOSFET

Koiwa

Itoh

2016

IEEE Trans. Power Electron.

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“…Hence the use of SiC devices can lead to a reduction in the input filter weight and volume for a given input power quality as well as improvements in converter efficiency, which in turn leads to reduced heat sink size and weight. Some scientific papers, which consider the design and construction of DMCs [7]- [9] and IMCs [10]- [12], in particular utilizing SiC JFETs and SiC MOSFETs [11], have recently appeared in scientific literature. Moreover in [5] authors report an experimental comparison of the two Matrix Converter topologies using traditional Si IGBTs and diodes based on the converters efficiency.…”

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confidence: 99%

Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs

Trentin

Zanchetta

Empringham

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

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“…Although CMC and IMC differ from each other in the aspects of topology, commutation strategy, power loss, and so on, they can achieve the same functionality [1][2]. Many researchers have been focusing on the control strategies, modulation algorithms, extended topologies, and applications of CMC and IMC [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

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Active damping control strategy of matrix converter via modifying input reference currents

Lei¹,

Zhang²,

Qin³

et al. 2015

IEEE Trans. Power Electron.

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The matrix converter (MC) with an LC filter at source side suffers from system instability, thereby requiring damping control. To improve system stability, this paper proposes a novel active damping control strategy. Firstly, the method of generating space vector modulation signals is improved, in order to make the amplitude and phase angle of input currents directly controllable without affecting the priority of output voltage control. Then the proposed strategy, which is realized by injecting damping signals into input reference currents, is presented. In this way, the proposed strategy can suppress the oscillations in source currents directly. Besides, it is effective with source voltages or capacitor voltages sampled for modulation, regardless of the operation mode of MC. Furthermore, it is applicable to most of existing modulation algorithms. Finally, experimental results of four-quadrant operation on a 2.4kW prototype illustrate that, under the condition of the same parameters, the proposed active damping control strategy performs better than passive damping control in filtering and the same in damping at source side, without sacrificing the driving performance at output side. Index Terms-Matrix Converter (MC), LC Filter, ActiveDamping Control, Input currents control.

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Realization of a Modular Indirect Matrix Converter System Using Normally Off SiC JFETs

Cited by 24 publications

References 43 publications

A Maximum Power Density Design Method for Nine Switches Matrix Converter Using SiC-MOSFET

A Maximum Power Density Design Method for Nine Switches Matrix Converter Using SiC-MOSFET

Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs

Active damping control strategy of matrix converter via modifying input reference currents

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