Improvement of matrix converter drive reliability by online fault detection and a fault-tolerant switching strategy

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 244-256

  Nguyen Duy, Khiem ^a   Liu, Tian Hua ^a   Chen, Der Fa ^b   Hung, John Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault diagnosis; fault tolerance; matrix converter; pulsewidth modulation; reliability

Indexed keywords

AC/DC/AC CONVERTER; BIDIRECTIONAL SWITCH; CIRCUIT MODIFICATION; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; FAULT-TOLERANT; HARDWARE DEVICES; INVERTER STAGE; MATRIX CONVERTER; MATRIX CONVERTER DRIVES; MATRIX CONVERTER SYSTEMS; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; MOTOR CURRENTS; MOTOR SPEED; ON-LINE FAULT DETECTION; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR; RECTIFIER STAGE; RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; SWITCHING STRATEGIES; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TWO STAGE;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; FAULT TOLERANCE; POWER CONVERTERS; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 80053645925     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2151818     Document Type: Article

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