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Chapter 6
Advanced Power Electronics
Introduction
Power Inverters
OrSimply called inverters or
DC/AC inverters
Power electronic circuits
Converting from DC power to
AC power
Except matrix inverters
Single or multi-phase
Introduction
Switching devices of Inverters
MOSFET
For low power
Very high frequency
Easily controlled
IGBT
For low to high power
High switching frequency
Easily controlled
Thyristor
For very high power
For very high voltage
Types of Inverters
Voltage Source Inverter
Inverters (VSIs)
Load
Voltage output Vin vo
For low to high
power applications
Voltage
Controller
Types of Inverters
Current Source Inverter
Inverters (CSIs)
Load
Current output Vin vo
Very high power and
very high voltage
drives Current
Controller
Types of Inverters
+
CSIs: Vin D1
2 C1
Same power circuit A
Load
topology Vin N vo
VSI with voltage Vin T2 D2
+
control loop 2 C2
CSI with current
control loop Half-bridge single-phase inverter
Types of Inverters
T1 D1 T3 D3
Load
Vin
+
C A vo
N
T4 D4 T2 D2
Vin T1 T3 T5
+
D1 D3 D5
2 C1
A
Vin B
C
N
Vin T2 T4 T6
+
D2 D4 D6
2 C2
Three-phase inverter
Applications of Voltage Source Inverters
AC power supplies
Motor drives
Variable speed drives
(VSDs) for induction
machines
Electronic drives for
brushless DC (BLDC)
machines
Applications of Voltage Source Inverters
Critical
Line Rectifier Inverter Filter Load
High
Speed
Battery
Switch
Bank
Uninterruptible power
supplies (UPSs)
Applications of Voltage Source Inverters
Electronic ballasts
Florescent lamps
High intensive
discharge (HID) lamps
Applications of Voltage Source Inverters
Induction heaters
Induction stoves
Water heaters
Industrial induction
heaters
Applications of Current Source Inverters
Very high power and
high voltage AC motor
drives
Motor drives for
motion control
Robots
Torque control
Matrix Inverters
AC to AC directly
No rectification need
Output voltage restricted
by the input voltage
Complicated and careful
switching pattern
Avoid short circuit
Load
Principle of Operation of Inverters
Single-phase
T1
+
output Vin D1
2 C1
For low power A
Load
applications Vin N vo
Vin T2 D2
+
2 C2
Single-phase half-bridge inverters
Purely resistive load vgs1
0 t
vgs2
iT1 iD1
0 t
Vin T1 vT1
+
D1 Vin
2 C1 io
0 t
A vT2
Vin R vo Vin
N
0 t
vo
Vin T2 D2 Vin/2
+
2 C2 0 t
iT2 iD2
t0 t1 t2 -Vin/2
Single-phase half-bridge inverters
vgs1
0 t
iT1
iT1 iD1
io iT2
0 t
Vin T1
+
D1
2 C1 iD1
0 t
L
A 0 t
Vin vo iD2
N
0 t
vo
Vin T2 D2 R Vin/2
+
0 t
2 C2
io -Vin/2
iT2 iD2
0 t
iin
0 t
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4
Single-phase full-bridge inverters
Single-phase output For higher power
applications than half-
bridge inverters
T1 D1 T3 D3
Load
A
+
Vin C N vo
T4 D4 T2 D2
Single-phase full-bridge inverters
Purely resistive load vgs1,vgs2
0 t
vgs3,vgs4
iT1 iD1 iT3 iD3
0 t
T1 T3 vT1,vT2
D1 D3 Vin
io
0 t
A vT3,vT4
+
Vin C R vo Vin
N 0
vo t
T4 D4 T2 D2 Vin
0 t
iT4 iD4 iT2 iD2 -Vin
t0 t1 t2
Single-phase full-bridge inverters
vgs1,vgs2
0 t
iT1 iD1 iT3 iD3 iT1,iT2
io 0
T1 T3 iT3,iT4 t
D1 D3
L iD1,iD2
0 t
A
+
Vin C N vo
0 t
iD3,iD4
T4 D4 T2 D2 R
0 t
vo
Vin
iT4 iD4 iT2 iD2 0 t
io -Vin
0 t
iin
0 t
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4
Three-phase full-bridge inverters
Considering as 3 single-phase half-bridge inverters
180º (D=50%) and 120º (D=33.33%) conduction
iT1 iD1 iT3 iD3 iT5 iD5
iAB
+
Vin T1 T3 T5
C1 D1 D3 D5
2 vAB vCA
A RA RB
Vin 0 B C
RC iCA
Vin T4 D4 T6 D6 T2 D2
+
iBC
2 C2 vBC
iT4 iD4 iT6 iD6 iT2 iD2
vgs1
Three-phase vgs3
0 t
Vin T1 T3 T5 0
2 C1 D1 D3 D5
vAB vCA
t
A RA RB vC0
Vin 0 B C 0
RC iCA t
Vin T4 D4 T6 D6 T2 D2
+
iBC vAB
2 vBC
C2
iT4 iD4 iT6 iD6 iT2 iD2
Vin
0 t
-Vin
vBC
0 t
vCA
0 t
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6
Three-phase
full-bridge inverters
Wye-connected load
v AB vCA v AB vCA
iA
RA RB RA RC 2R
v AB vCA iA
v AN
2 vAN RA
vBC v AB vCA vBC vCA vAB vBN
vCN
vBN vCN RB N RC
2 2 iB
vBC iC
vAB Vin
Three-phase 0 t
0 t
Wye-connected load
v AB vCA vCA
v AN 0 t
2
vBC v AB vAN Vin
vBN 0 t
2
-Vin
vCA vBC vBN
vCN 0 t
2
vCN
0 t
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6
SPWM
Sinusoidal Pulse-width Modulation
fC > 20 fM
VˆC
Modulation Signal Carrier Signal
VˆM
Voltage
vM Comparator
+ vgs1
vgs1
- vgs2
vC vgs2 VS/2
v0
SPWM Single-phase Half-bridge Inverters
Modulation Signal Carrier Signal
Vin
+
T1 D1 VˆM VˆC
2 C1
A
Load
Vin N vo
Vin T2 D2 vgs1
+
2 C2 vgs2
Vin
vo 2
Modulation Index
-Vin
VˆM vo(fund) 2
M
VˆC
SPWM Single-phase Half-bridge Inverters
MVin
vo sin M t Higher Order Harmonics
2
MVin 2 Vˆ
vo,1 sin M t M o
2
Vin
SPWM Single-phase Half-bridge Inverters
Simulated by PSIM
Vin=200V, M=0.8, fM=50Hz, fC=5kHz
Vout
100.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.0
0.0 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00
Frequency (KHz)
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
SPWM
Single modulation signal
Two modulation signal with 180 degrees phase
difference
T1 D1 T3 D3
Load
A
+
Vin C N vo
T4 D4 T2 D2
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
Single modulation signal
Modulation Signal Carrier Signal
VˆM VˆC
vgs1
vgs2
vgs3
vgs4
vo Vin
-Vin
vo(fund)
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
with Single Modulation Signal
Vin
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
with Single Modulation Signal
Simulated by PSIM
Vin=200V, M=0.8, fM=50Hz, fC=5kHz
Vout
200.00
180.00
160.00
140.00
120.00
100.00
80.00
60.00
40.00
20.00
0.0
0.0 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00
Frequency (KHz)
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
Two modulation signals
Modulation Signal Carrier Signal
VˆM 1 2 VˆC
vgs1
vgs3
vo Vin
vo(fund) -Vin
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
with two modulation signals
Vin
SPWM Single-phase Full-bridge Inverters
with two modulation signals
Simulated by PSIM
Vin=200V, M=0.8, fM=50Hz, fC=5kHz
Vout
200.00
180.00
160.00
140.00
120.00
100.00
80.00
60.00
40.00
20.00
0.0
0.0 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00
Frequency (KHz)
SPWM Three-phase Full-bridge Inverters
iA
+
Vin T1 T3 T5
C1 D1 D3 D5
2
vAN RA
Vin A B vCA vAB vBN
0 C N vCN
RB RC
Vin T4 D4 T6 D6 T2 D2
+
iB
2 C2 vBC iC
SPWM Three-phase
v v
Full-bridge
v
Inverters
MA MB MC
vgs1
vgs3
vgs5
Vin
vA0 2
vB0
-Vin
vC0 2
vAB
vBC
Vin
vCA
-Vin
SPWM Three-phase Full-bridge Inverters
αk
Natural Sampling
VˆM 1k 0 1 M sin( k 1k )
Modulation Index M
VˆC 2k 0 1 M sin( k 2k )
Leading part
VˆC
ˆ ˆ 2k 0
VM sin( k 2 k ) VC Vk VˆM
0
Lagging part
ˆ ˆ 1k 0
VM sin( k 1k ) VC δ0 δ0 δ0 δ0
0
δ1k δ2k
αk
Regular Sampling
1k 0 1 M sin( k 0 ) Vk VˆM
2k 0 1 M sin( k 0 )
TS
Modulating the voltage of δ0 δ0 δ0 δ0
middle point of leading and
lagging parts of each TS δ1k δ2k
Easier but less accurate
than natural sampling αk
Overmodulation
Occuring when VˆM VˆC
M>1
Pulse width is maximum or
0 for few switching cycles
for lower and upper peak of
the modulation signal
Should be avoided
Output voltage distorted
Low order harmonics
generated
Overmodulation
3rd harmonic modulation
Overmodulation, M>1
For 3-phase inverter
Single 3-phase load
Eg. Induction motor
3rd harmonic eliminated in line voltage
Switching pattern from regular sampling
Lr
T1 D1 T3 D3 T5 D5
Vin
+
2 C1 A
Tr
Vin Cr Dr B
Vin C
+
2 C2 T2 D2 T4 D4 T6 D6
Resonant Pole Inverters
LrA
2 C1 A
Vin B
LrB C
Vin LrC
+
2 C2 T2 D2 T4 D4 T6 D6
Cr1 CF1 Cr4 CF4 Cr6 CF6
Charging Current of DC Link Capacitors
High capacitance
High charging current when starting up
Instability of system
Affectingquality of voltage of power source
Malfunction of circuit breakers and fuses
Interference to other systems with the same power
source
EMI
Charging Current of DC Link Capacitors
Suggested solution: SW
SW
+
Time control switch Rin
C1
DC
Load
Voltage detect relay Vin Inverter
Link
+
C2
MOSFET / IGBT Drivers for Inverters
Top transistor floating
Special driver for floating transistor
Bootstrap mechanism
Lower and Upper limits of duty ratio for floating
transistors
IR2110 (International Rectifier)
without deadtime function
IR2111 (International Rectifier)
with deadtime function
MOSFET / IGBT Drivers for Inverters
IR2110 (International Rectifier)
Without deadtime function
MOSFET / IGBT Drivers for Inverters
IR2111 (International Rectifier)
With deadtime function