TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-level inverter with H-bridge clamp circuit for single-phase three-wire grid connection suitable for Super-junction/SiC MOSFET
AU - Noge, Yuichi
AU - Itoh, Jun Ichi
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A multilevel inverter with H-bridge clamp circuit is proposed for single-phase three-wire (1P3W) utility connected applications such as PV system. The proposed inverter consists of two n-level inverters and a H-bridge clamp circuit. The proposed inverter features high compatibility with next generation semiconductors because the uses of a high voltage H-bridge clamp circuit at grid frequency switching. The proposed inverter requires only 12 controllable switches to obtain a 5-level output voltage. In conventional multi-level converters with grounded neutral point of the DC-bus, 16 switches are required. The control strategy is discussed in this paper. Moreover, a numerical parameter design method is considered and then verified by simulation. Finally, conduction loss of the clamp circuit is shown lower than that comparing with the conventional active neutral point clamped (ANPC) inverter using Super-junction MOSFET or SiC MOSFET.
AB - A multilevel inverter with H-bridge clamp circuit is proposed for single-phase three-wire (1P3W) utility connected applications such as PV system. The proposed inverter consists of two n-level inverters and a H-bridge clamp circuit. The proposed inverter features high compatibility with next generation semiconductors because the uses of a high voltage H-bridge clamp circuit at grid frequency switching. The proposed inverter requires only 12 controllable switches to obtain a 5-level output voltage. In conventional multi-level converters with grounded neutral point of the DC-bus, 16 switches are required. The control strategy is discussed in this paper. Moreover, a numerical parameter design method is considered and then verified by simulation. Finally, conduction loss of the clamp circuit is shown lower than that comparing with the conventional active neutral point clamped (ANPC) inverter using Super-junction MOSFET or SiC MOSFET.
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U2 - 10.1109/IPEMC.2012.6258861
DO - 10.1109/IPEMC.2012.6258861
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866780225
SN - 9781457720864
T3 - Conference Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 7th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference - ECCE Asia, IPEMC 2012
SP - 88
EP - 93
BT - Conference Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 7th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference - ECCE Asia, IPEMC 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 7th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference - ECCE Asia, IPEMC 2012
Y2 - 2 June 2012 through 5 June 2012
ER -