Title :
2 transistors + 2 diodes-based PEBB designed for general applications in Power Electronics
Author :
Nicolás, Joan ; Rocabert, Joan ; Bordonau, Josep ; Busquets-Monge, Sergio ; Alepuz, Salvador ; Martìnez-Velasco, Juan Antonio ; Peracaula, Joan
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents a new Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB) designed to facilitate the implementation of different power converter topologies. The proposed PEBB consists of two diodes and two transistors and it can be used to implement the most relevant power converter topologies, due to its modularity. The addition of the two diodes is an exclusive feature of the new PEBB, which permits to implement neutral point clamped (NPC) multilevel converters. The application of the PEBB to build a three-level NPC converter and a dc-dc push-pull converter is presented and detailed in the paper, and demonstrate that the presented PEBB can be useful to shorten converter development times.
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; diodes; transistors; dc-dc push-pull converter; diodes; neutral point clamped multilevel converters; power converter topologies; power electronic building block; transistors; DC-DC power converters; Driver circuits; MOSFETs; Power electronics; Power supplies; Protection; Semiconductor diodes; Thermal resistance; Topology; Transistors; IPM; Multilevel converters; Packaging; System integration;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4432-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-90-75815-13-9
