An improved three phase variable band hysteresis current regulator

This paper presents an improved variable band hysteresis current controller for a two level three phase voltage source inverter. The controller takes the average voltages of the phase-leg switched outputs as an approximation to the load back-EMFs, and uses this result to vary the hysteresis bands to maintain constant phase leg switching frequencies. The switching frequency control process is then further refined by fine tuning the hysteresis band variations to synchronise the zero crossings of the phase leg current errors with a fixed reference clock, to ensure nearest space vector switching and hence achieve the best possible harmonic switching performance. Finally, a technique is proposed to replace the third phase leg current regulator with a fixed frequency open loop PWM modulator, where its commanded reference is generated from the average switched output voltage of the other two phases. This avoids the hazard of three independent current regulators in a conventional system adversely interacting as an over constrained control problem, and allows the linear modulation range to be increased by adding a common mode third harmonic component to the third phase leg reference command.