{"title":"A true ZCZVT commutation cell for PWM converters","authors":"C. Stein, H. Hey","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654030","url":null,"abstract":"A true zero current and zero voltage transition (ZCZVT) commutation cell for DC-DC PWM converters is introduced. It provides zero current switching (ZCS) and zero voltage switching (ZVS) simultaneously, at both turn-on and turn-off of the main switches and zero voltage switching (ZVS) for the main diodes. The proposed soft-switching technique is suitable for both minority and majority carrier semiconductor devices, and can be implemented in several DC-DC PWM converters. The shunt resonant network of the ZCZVT commutation cell is placed out the power path and therefore, there are no voltage stresses on power semiconductor devices. It is activated during the main switches transitions only and is composed by fewer auxiliary devices, rated at small power. The operation of the ZCZVT commutation cell applied to a boost converter is explained and analyzed theoretical and experimentally, from a prototype operating at 40 kHz, with an input voltage rated at 155 V and 1 kW output power. The measured efficiency at full load was 97.9%.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"435 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":"133684054","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":"Measurement of noise source impedance of off-line converters","authors":"Dongbing Zhang, D. Chen, M. Nave, D. Sable","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654007","url":null,"abstract":"An insertion loss method is proposed to measure the noise source impedance of offline power supplies. The information obtained enables one to predict EMI filter performance and design a suitable filter for power supply applications.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"93 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":"132699353","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":"PLL control scheme for high performance SRM drive","authors":"Jin-Woo Ahn, Cheewoo Lee, Seok-Gyu Oh, Y. Hwang","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.653987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.653987","url":null,"abstract":"The switched reluctance motor (SRM) provides good adjustable speed characteristics. However, higher torque ripple is one of a few disadvantages of SRM drives. The SRM has torque ripple if it is not operated with an MMF current specified for switching angle and phase voltage. This paper describes the robust control scheme that permits the developed torque to be flat by using a PLL (phase locked loop) controller. In this control scheme, the locked phase signal of the PLL robustly controls the switching dwell angle and its loop filter signal controls the switching voltage adaptively. Experimental results show that stable dynamic performance is obtained for torque and speed together with low torque ripple on the operation of variable loads.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"12 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":"115667331","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":"An efficient approach to modelling and analysis of power electronic circuit","authors":"A. Yildiz, N. Abut","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647713","url":null,"abstract":"An efficient approach for computer aided-analysis and modelling of power electronic circuits is presented in this paper. It uses a linearized switch characteristic and a nonideal equivalent circuit model for each semiconductor device to avoid the drawbacks of the ideal switch concept. To obtain a more accurate switch model for simulation, we use not only the linearization of characteristic of switching devices, but also we take into account their dynamic properties. The switch model consists of a current source in parallel with a resistor-inductor-voltage source series network. Since the modelling resistance and inductance in the equivalent circuit are constant, the system matrix is constant, regardless of the state of the switch. The linearized switch characteristic is obtained by arranging the value of current source in the model, during the simulation. No switching relationship between the externally and internally controlled switches is assumed. No prior knowledge of circuit operating is necessary in order to conduct the simulation. The network equations are generated by using modified nodal formulation, and thus, a reduction of circuit formulation and computing time is obtained. An example is included. The results confirmed the accuracy and generality of the method.","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":"124183911","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 new method to characterize EMI filters","authors":"Dongbing Zhang, D. Chen, D. Sable","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654009","url":null,"abstract":"The proposed filter characterization method makes it useful to predict EMI filter performance when the filter is used in a practical power supply. High frequency parasitic effects can also be predicted using this method. An impedance/gain-phase analyzer is needed for this approach.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"62 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":"115042951","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":"Powering today's high speed bus terminators","authors":"R. E. Taylor","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647733","url":null,"abstract":"The days of 20-50 MHz clocks are dying or gone. With the 75-300 MHz and faster clock rates of today, computer manufactures are faced with problems never seen before. It is no longer possible to ignore the inductance and resistance of device pins and power planes or the 0.5 V ring that occurs after a TTL (transistor-transistor logic), clock or signal edge. Power supplies can no longer be connected to systems with 6 ft power cables, at least not without adding large amounts of bulk decoupling capacitors. With today's newer ECL (emitter coupled logic), NTL (NMOS transistor logic) or GTL (gunning transistor logic) that only have a 0.8 to 1 V logic swings, a 0.5 V ring is going to cause definite problems in the signals. Powering today's processors and associated high speed data buses has brought a new world of challenges from a power supply stand point. Within some areas in a system, \"distributed power\" is the only practical solution. Bus terminators are one of these areas. Though, at a circuit card level, distributed power is not new, having to mount the power supply in very close proximity to the circuits that are being powered is fairly new to many. This article aims to help understand the problems involved and to point toward possible solutions.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"44 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":"117024241","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":"Influence of diode reverse recovery on the operation and design of high-frequency rectifiers","authors":"Ĺ. Karadžinov, D. C. Hamill","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647728","url":null,"abstract":"Diode reverse recovery can cause anomalies in high-frequency rectifier operation, including self-sustaining quasiperiodic oscillations. The output voltage can increase considerably beyond that predicted by the usual analysis. This nonlinear effect is analysed using a recently developed piecewise-linear diode model. The theoretical results are confirmed by experiments. Design guidelines are presented to avoid overvoltage and instability in practical power converters.","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":"123498616","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":"Comparative study of peak power tracking techniques for solar storage system","authors":"C. Hua, Chih-Lung Shen","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.653972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.653972","url":null,"abstract":"As the power supplied by solar arrays depends upon the insolation, temperature and array voltage, it is necessary to control the operating points to draw the maximum power of the solar array. The object of this paper is to investigate the maximum power tracking algorithms which were often used to compare the tracking efficiencies for the system operating under different controls. A simple method which combines a discrete time control and a PI compensator is used to track the maximum power points (MPPs) of the solar array. The implementation of the proposed converter system was based on a digital signal processor (DSP). The experimental tests were carried out, the tracking efficiencies are confirmed by simulations and experimental results.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"14 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":"121965498","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":"VIENNA rectifier II-a novel single-stage high-frequency isolated three-phase PWM rectifier system","authors":"J. Kolar, U. Drofenik, F. Zach","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.647665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.647665","url":null,"abstract":"Based on an analysis of basic realization possibilities, the structure of the power circuit of a new single-stage three-phase boost-type PWM rectifier system (VIENNA Rectifier II) is developed. This system has continuous sinusoidal time behavior of the input currents and high-frequency isolation of the output voltage which is controlled in a highly dynamic manner. As compared to a conventional two-stage realization, this system has substantially lower complexity and allows to realize several isolated output circuits with minimum effort. The basic function of the new PWM rectifier system is described based on the conducting states occurring within a pulse period. Furthermore, a straightforward space vector oriented method for the system control is proposed which guarantees a symmetric magnetization of the transformer. Also, it makes possible a sinusoidal control of the mains phase currents in phase with the associated phase voltages. By digital simulation the theoretical considerations, the stresses on the power semiconductors of the new converter system are determined. Finally, problems of a practical realization of the system are discussed, as well as the direct start-up and the short circuit protection of the converter. Also, the advantages and disadvantages of the new converter system are compiled in the form of an overview.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"6 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":"121969509","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":"Low distortion 3-phase rectifiers utilizing harmonic correction circuit topologies with both IGBT and thyristor switches","authors":"J. Salmon, E. Nowicki, W. Xu, D. Koval","doi":"10.1109/APEC.1998.654034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.1998.654034","url":null,"abstract":"The operation of a family of harmonic correction networks for 3 phase diode rectifiers is described that use a combination of thyristor and IGBT switches. Four distinct networks are described that provide a variety of current waveshaping techniques. Variations of these networks either lower the size of the line inductors required or use very low switching frequencies. The IGBT switches are used for thyristor commutation and an improved current waveshaping function. The thyristors are used to select the appropriate phase of the AC supply to inject current pulses. The resultant harmonic correction networks are low cost and have very low per unit current ratings. The resultant complete rectifier topology can be operated with a very low harmonic distortion in the AC supply current. Design parameters are given in per unit to illustrate the very low device per unit current ratings.","PeriodicalId":156715,"journal":{"name":"APEC '98 Thirteenth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition","volume":"1 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":"122013455","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}