Edge resonant soft switching PWM inverter using trench gate IGBTs for induction heating

Author

Hirota, I. ; Omori, H. ; Terai, H. ; Abdullah Al, M. ; Nakaoka, Mutsuo

Author_Institution

Matsushita Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2001

Firstpage

776

Abstract

This paper presents a novel prototype of active voltage-clamping capacitor-assisted edge resonant soft switching PWM inverter operating at a constant frequency variable power (VPCF) regulation scheme, which is suitable for consumer high-power induction-heating cooking appliances. New generation IGBT with a trench gate is particularly improved in order to reduce conduction loss due to its lowered saturation voltage characteristics. The soft switching load resonant and quasiresonant inverter designed using the latest IGBTs is evaluated from an experimental point of view.

Keywords

PWM invertors; domestic appliances; induction heating; insulated gate bipolar transistors; ovens; power control; switching circuits; active voltage clamping PWM inverter; capacitor-assisted edge resonant PWM inverter; conduction loss reduction; constant frequency variable power regulation; consumer high-power induction-heating cooking appliances; edge resonant soft switching PWM inverter; induction heating; lowered saturation voltage; soft switching PWM inverter; soft switching load quasi-resonant inverter; soft switching load resonant inverter; trench gate IGBTs; Acoustic noise; Frequency; Induction generators; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power generation; Pulse width modulation inverters; Resonance; Resonant inverters; Voltage control; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 2001. Proceedings., 2001 4th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7233-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2001.975417

Filename

975417