Title :
A Novel Single-Stage Multilevel Type Full-Bridge Converter
Author :
Narimani, Mehdi ; Moschopoulos, Gerry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A new three-phase single-stage rectifier is proposed in this paper. The outstanding features of the proposed rectifier are that it can produce input currents that do not have deadband regions and an output current that can be continuous when the converter is operating from maximum load to at least half of the load. In this paper, the operation of the new converter is explained, its features and design are discussed in results, and its operation is confirmed with experimental results obtained from a prototype.
Keywords :
AC-DC power convertors; load (electric); power factor correction; rectifiers; AC-DC power conversion; deadband; single-stage multilevel type full-bridge converter; three-phase single-stage rectifier; AC-DC power converters; Capacitors; Equations; Inductors; Switches; Voltage control; Windings; AC–DC power conversion; single-stage power factor correction (SSPFC); three-level converters; three-phase;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIE.2012.2183839
