Title :
DISCO/W: a CAD program for energy recovering snubbers in inverter applications working in the Windows environment
Author :
Sánchez, E. ; Regidor, J.C. ; Guzmán, V.M. ; De Guzmán, M. I Giménez
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electron. y Circuitos, Univ. Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
fDate :
31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
Abstract :
Proper inverter operation is often only possible with the help of snubber circuits. Snubber inverter design is a time consuming task requiring trade-offs between critical circuit parameters. The program DISCO/W calculates standard RC dissipative snubbers and low loss energy recovering snubbers (in either single capacitor or three pole configurations) and, using the Microsoft Windows 95(R) Graphic User Interface, helps the designer in the selection of the best design trade-offs in a completely interactive way. DISCO/W generates a listing of the snubber components in a SPICE compatible file to simplify further simulation work. Relevant design variables can be shown as three-dimensional plots, giving useful insight about the complex way in which these variables interact
Keywords :
circuit CAD; graphical user interfaces; invertors; snubbers; software packages; CAD program; DISCO/W; Graphic User Interface; Microsoft Windows 95; SPICE compatible file; circuit parameters trade-offs; energy recovering snubbers; inverter; inverter operation; snubber components listing; standard RC dissipative snubbers; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Computer graphics; Design automation; Equations; Heating; Inverters; SPICE; Snubbers; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Aachen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4503-7
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1998.724278
