A new ZVS imbricated cell multilevel inverter with auxiliary resonant commutated poles

Author

Turpin, C. ; Deprez, L. ; Forest, F. ; Richardeau, F. ; Meynard, T.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electrotech. et d´´Electron. Ind., CNRS, Toulouse, France

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1159

Abstract

The authors present a new ZVS high-power converter based on the imbricated cells multilevel converter topology. The auxiliary resonant commutated pole (ARCP) technique, widely discussed in the literature, was chosen. It is interesting because of its overall design and its high efficiency. Moreover, this technique is particularly well adapted to multicell converters. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of such a structure. A measurement of the efficiency is made by the opposition method

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; bipolar transistor switches; commutation; insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; power bipolar transistors; power semiconductor switches; resonant power convertors; switching circuits; ZVS imbricated cell multilevel inverter; auxiliary resonant commutated pole technique; design; efficiency measurement; multicell converters; opposition method; self-balancing circuit; soft switching mode; Capacitors; Inverters; Power semiconductor switches; Resonance; Stress; Switching converters; Switching frequency; Topology; Voltage control; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2001. PESC. 2001 IEEE 32nd Annual

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7067-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2001.954276

Filename

954276