Three-phase Advanced Neutral-Point-Clamped IGBT module

Author

Heinzel, T. ; Komatsu, Kazuhiko ; Kakefu, M. ; Okita, Shinsuke ; Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki ; Ikawa, O.

Author_Institution

Fuji Electr. Eur. GmbH, Offenbach/Main, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 Sept. 2012

Abstract

Recently, many kinds of power conversion method are used to the applications, three-level inverter system was also widely used in many applications, because of its high-output voltage, or better waveform efficiency as features. On the other hand, conventional Neutral Point-Clamped (NPC) three-level inverter system using clamp diodes has demerit of in the number of semiconductor switches. In order to solve the problem, Advanced NPC (A-NPC) inverter system was suggested. This paper describes newly developed IGBT module with Reverse Blocking IGBT (RB-IGBT) for Un-interrupted Power Supply (UPS) and Solar inverters using A-NPC inverter system.

Keywords

insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; power semiconductor switches; uninterruptible power supplies; power conversion method; reverse blocking IGBT; semiconductor switch; solar inverters; three level inverter system; three phase advanced neutral point clamped IGBT module; uninterrupted power supply; Clamps; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Layout; Power dissipation; Switches; Switching loss; Advanced Neutral Point-Clamped (A-NPC) inverter; Reverse-blocking IGBT (RB-IGBT); Solar inverter; Uninterrupted Power Supply;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), 2012 15th International

Conference_Location

Novi Sad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1970-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1971-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPEMC.2012.6397406

Filename

6397406