A systematic topology evaluation methodology for high-density three-phase PWM ac-ac converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2665-2680

  Lai, Rixin ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Burgos, Rolando ^a   Pei, Yunqing ^b   Boroyevich, Dushan ^a   Wang, Bingsen ^c   Lipo, Thomas A ^d   Immanuel, Vikram D ^e   Karimi, Kamiar J ^e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

High density; SiC devices; Switching frequency; Three phase ac ac converter

Indexed keywords

COUNTING CIRCUITS; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MODULATION; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TOPOLOGY;

COMPARISON METRICS; COMPONENT SELECTIONS; CONTROL DYNAMICS; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELECTRO MAGNETIC INTERFERENCES; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; EVALUATION RESULTS; HARMONIC SUPPRESSIONS; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY APPLICATIONS; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; MATRIX CONVERTERS; MODULATION SCHEMES; NON-REGENERATIVE; PHYSICAL DESIGNS; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; PWM AC-AC CONVERTERS; SIC DEVICES; SPECIFIC POWER; SWITCH MATRICES; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATIONS; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-PHASE AC-AC CONVERTER; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 59749094508     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2005381     Document Type: Article

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