Title : 
A Novel Single-Phase Soft-Switching AC Chopper Without Auxiliary Switches
         
        
            Author : 
Wang, Chien-Ming ; Lin, Chang-Hua ; Su, Ching-Hung ; Chang, Shih-Yuan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Ilan Univ., I-Lan, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A single-phase soft-switched series-resonant ac chopper without auxiliary switches is presented. The presented single-phase ac chopper is configured by a series-resonant conversion without cycloconversion and auxiliary switches. The presented single-phase ac chopper is a series resonator with four main switches to configure adaptively the resonant voltage robes. The output sinusoidal voltage is synthesized by a series of sinusoidal amplitude quasi-sinusoidal pulses following the input voltage amplitude. The presented single-phase ac chopper is operated by frequency modulation with a constant-on time control. Waveform syntheses for the output sinusoidal voltage are clearly derived. A typical design example of a 600 W single-phase soft-switching ac chopper is examined to assess the system performance. The power efficiency is over 92% when the output power is at maximum output rated power. The total harmonic distortion when the output power is at maximum output rated power is 0.949%.
         
        
            Keywords : 
choppers (circuits); harmonic distortion; resonant power convertors; switching convertors; auxiliary switches; constant-on time control; cycloconversion; efficiency 92 percent; frequency modulation; power 600 W; resonant voltage robes; series resonator; series-resonant conversion; single-phase soft-switched series-resonant AC chopper; sinusoidal amplitude quasisinusoidal pulses; sinusoidal voltage; total harmonic distortion; waveform synthesis; Choppers; Equivalent circuits; Frequency modulation; Switches; Video recording; Voltage control; Zero current switching; ac chopper; resonant converter;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TPEL.2010.2102049