Improved Z-source inverter with reduced Z-source capacitor voltage stress and soft-start capability

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 409-415

  Tang, Yu ^a   Xie, Shaojun ^a   Zhang, Chaohua ^a   Xu, Zegang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Inrush current; Soft start; Z source inverter

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS;

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; INRUSH CURRENT; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; SOFT START; VOLTAGE BOOSTS; Z SOURCES; Z-SOURCE INVERTER;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 61549133921     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2006173     Document Type: Article

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