A passive EMI filter for eliminating both bearing current and ground leakage current from an inverter-driven motor

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1459-1468

  Akagi, Hirofumi ^a,b   Tamura, Shunsuke ^c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bearing current; Common mode voltage; Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Ground leakage current; Inverters; Motor drives; Shaft voltage

Indexed keywords

BEARING CURRENTS; COMMON MODE VOLTAGE; GROUND LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MOTOR DRIVES; SHAFT VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; INDUCTION MOTORS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRIC FILTERS;

EID: 33947152399     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.880239     Document Type: Article

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