{"title":"IGBT dynamics for short-circuit and clamped inductive switching","authors":"M. Trivedi, K. Shenai","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.653981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.653981","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports and compares the internal dynamics of IGBT under short circuit and clamped inductive switching stress. The performance of IGBTs under short circuit and clamped inductive load conditions has been studied in detail with the aid of extensive measurements and numerical simulations. An advanced mixed device and circuit simulator is employed to study the internal dynamics of latch-up free punch-through IGBT. It is shown that thermally assisted avalanche breakdown of IGBT under the two stress conditions occurs due to localized high temperature generation in different regions of the device.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115490638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A capacitor-fed, voltage-step-down, single-phase, nonisolated rectifier","authors":"N. Sokal, K. Sum, D. C. Hamill","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647693","url":null,"abstract":"A simple rectifier, little documented in the literature, provides a low-voltage output from an AC-mains supply, with inherent short-circuit protection. We present waveforms, a theoretical analysis, simulation results (within /spl plusmn/2% of theoretical predictions over a 512:1 range of the principal design parameter) and experimental confirmation, and propose variants with improved regulation. The line-harmonic characteristics comply with IEC 1000-3-2, Class A, at power levels up to 250 W. This rectifier finds application in equipment requiring a low-voltage, nonisolated DC supply.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116635796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-stage converters for photovoltaic powered lighting systems with MPPT and charging features","authors":"T. Wu, C.-H. Chang, Z.-R. Liu, T.-H. Yu","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654041","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes single-stage power converters (SSCs) for application in photovoltaic powered lighting systems. The synchronous switch technique is employed to synthesize the SSCs which can fulfill maximum power point tracking, battery charging, discharging and lamp ballasting features. Several typical SSCs are discussed in the paper. One of the proposed SSCs, which is the integration of a buck-boost charger/discharger and a class-D series resonant parallel loaded inverter, is analyzed and designed. Both pulse-width modulation and variable-frequency controls are used to govern the system. The controller is implemented on a single-chip microprocessor. Simulated and experimental results of the proposed system for driving sixteen GE TBX 26 W fluorescent lamps are used to verify the theoretical prediction and feasibility. The proposed system has the merits of lower cost, more compact size and possibly achieving higher reliability over conventional systems.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116937780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A very high current, wide bandwidth voltage source for microprocessor testing","authors":"N.J. Barabas","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647684","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a unique, state-of-the-art voltage source (Vs) is described. It is a subsystem of a VLSI tester, and powers the device under test (DUT). It is fully programmable and has extensive measurement capabilities. Its ratings include zero to 6 volts output at 50 amps per circuit board, 300 Amps maximum, with an under 1 /spl mu/sec response time to transient loads.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117046423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Component placement for improved EMI performance in power electronic circuits","authors":"M. Joshi, V. Agarwal","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654006","url":null,"abstract":"Casual placement of components in power electronic circuits can lead to unpredictable EMI problems in the hardware which are hard to troubleshoot. At certain power levels and operating frequencies, various segments of a circuit might act as antennas radiating noise. The design engineer ends up inserting shields in the circuit to somehow make the circuit work. Precautions at the time of initial circuit layout can save time and efforts. Extensive computer simulation and experimentation have been carried out to highlight some of these issues with an aim of providing appropriate guidelines, which, if observed, can minimize EMI problems.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121239155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power supply quality improvement with a dynamic voltage restorer (DVR)","authors":"A. Kara, P. Dahler, D. Amhof, H. Gruning","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654018","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the technical aspects of designing a dynamic voltage restorer to meet the stringent requirements of voltage dips mitigation with respect to the magnitude of voltage dip, fault duration, permissible line voltage deviations and response time. An introduction to IGCT technology based on latest transparent anode GTO (T-GTO) and gate technology is given. The performance of the DVR based on digital simulations is discussed. A description of a hardware-based real-time simulator model for the performance assessment of DVR in voltage dips mitigation is presented. The results of the real-time simulator are compared with the digital simulations. Finally, control and protection concepts for the DVR are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124817477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive torque ripple control of permanent magnet brushless DC motors","authors":"Y. Sozer, D. Torrey","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647674","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an approach for reducing the torque ripple of permanent magnet brushless DC motors. The technique requires coordination of an outer speed loop with an inner current loop. The inner current loop is responsible for shaping the phase currents during the commutation intervals. The outer speed loop is responsible for commanding the magnitude of the phase currents. It is shown that the speed loop must be sufficiently fast that the commanded phase current is able to respond to potential ripple torque during phase commutation; a simple direct adaptive controller satisfies this requirement. The inner current loop must be able to adaptively change the slope of the commanded current in order to avoid poor current regulation through inverter saturation in the face of large back EMFs. The composite control is able to reduce torque ripple to a level which is dictated by phase ripple currents.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116057769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Sebastián, M. Hernando, A. Fernández, P. Villegas, Juan Díaz
{"title":"Input current shaper based on the series connection of a voltage source and a loss-free resistor","authors":"Javier Sebastián, M. Hernando, A. Fernández, P. Villegas, Juan Díaz","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647730","url":null,"abstract":"A new input current shaper is proposed in this paper. The operating principle is based on the connection of a voltage source and a loss-free resistor (LFR) between the input rectifier and the bulk capacitor in a conventional switching-mode power supply with no power factor correction. Both the voltage source and the LFR are obtained as an additional output from the power converter's transformer. This additional output is a forward-type scheme with one extra inductor. With the final topology, a good tradeoff between capacitor voltage, re-cycling energy and harmonic content can be established in order to comply with IEC 1000-3-2 at different power levels.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116064883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Active filtering for common mode conducted EMI reduction in voltage source inverters","authors":"A. Julian, R. Cuzner, G. Oriti, T. Lipo","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654010","url":null,"abstract":"As solid-state power converters become more numerous, the unwanted EMI effects created by these converters increase. To address this issue, more attention has recently been given to the reduction of electromagnetic emissions created by power electronics. The proliferation of solid-state inverters brings the cost of semiconductors down, making active filtering an attractive alternative to passive filter topologies. Active filtering may also realize higher efficiency than passive filtering. This paper focuses on an active filter topology that significantly reduces the common mode voltage created by voltage source inverters. The reduction of common mode voltage is achieved by introducing a novel inverter topology and a new hysteresis modulation strategy to control this inverter topology.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123032950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power factor correctors based on coupled-inductor Sepic and Cuk converters with nonlinear-carrier control","authors":"N. Jayaram, D. Maksimović","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647731","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of high performance power factor correctors based on coupled-inductor Sepic and Cuk power converters operating in the continuous conduction mode. All inductive components are realized on the same magnetic core and designed so that levels of switching-frequency ripples and conducted EMI are greatly reduced. Input-current shaping and output voltage regulation are accomplished using the nonlinear-carrier control technique. A Spice-compatible large-signal averaged model is introduced to facilitate computer-aided design verification. The design and the models are validated by experimental results on two power factor correctors based on the coupled-inductor Sepic and Cuk power converters.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117007613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}