• DocumentCode
    1894171
  • Title

    Combining mechanical commutators and semiconductors in fast changing redundant inverter topologies

  • Author

    Cordeiro, Armando ; Palma, João ; Maia, José ; Resende, Maria

  • Author_Institution
    ADESPA, ISEL - Inst. Super. de Eng. de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    27-29 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents some solutions for fast changing and “soft” commutation between main and redundant branches in fault-tolerant inverter topologies through the combination of mechanical commutators and semiconductors. The present study deals with redundant two-level three-phase voltage-source inverters. Experimental results confirm the validity of the proposed solutions.
  • Keywords
    circuit reliability; commutators; fault tolerance; invertors; fast changing redundant inverter topology; fault tolerant inverter topology; mechanical commutator; redundant two level three phase voltage source inverter; soft commutation; Circuit faults; Commutation; Contacts; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Inverters; IGBT failure; converter redundancy; fault-tolerant inverter; mechanical commutator; power electronics reliability; voltage source inverter (VSI);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    EUROCON - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lisbon
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7486-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUROCON.2011.5929393
  • Filename
    5929393