Review of three-phase PWM AC-AC converter topologies

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4988-5006

  Kolar, Johann W ^a   Friedli, Thomas ^a   Rodriguez, Jose ^b   Wheeler, Patrick W ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC AC converter; current source converter; matrix converter (MC); voltage source converter

Indexed keywords

AC-AC CONVERTERS; BACK-TO-BACK CONVERTER; COMMON KNOWLEDGE; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS; CURRENT SOURCE RECTIFIERS; DC LINK CAPACITOR; DC-LINK; DC-LINK CONVERTERS; INDIRECT MATRIX CONVERTER; MATRIX CONVERTER; PWM AC-AC CONVERTER; SPACE VECTOR MODULATION; THREE-LEVEL; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

CHOPPERS (CIRCUITS); DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; TOPOLOGY; VECTOR SPACES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80052642550     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2159353     Document Type: Review

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