Voltage Source Soft-switching Inverter Research Articles

Soft-switching Inverter-fed Single-phase Collector Motor Drive

This paper deals with the performance analysis of a hand power tool (HPT). The HPT is being driven by a single-phase collector motor drive fed by a PWM voltage source soft-switching inverter. A mathematical model of an electro-mechanic system of a HPT has been worked out. The dynamic model of an electric motor consists of a system of non-linear differential equations that include the resistance and dynamic inductance of an armature and field winding and spinning E.M.F. The proposed drive system is modeled and its performance is simulated in Matlab/Simulink. The simulation results show that a smaller switching loss and higher conversion efficiency are obtained by the proposed soft-switching inverter. The performance of the drive is improved by using voltage regulator when compared with direct connection to the voltage source.

Soft Switching Inverter with An Auxiliary Active Quasi-Resonant DC Link Snubber for AC Servo Motor Drive

This paper presents a simple circuit topology of the auxiliary active quasi-resonant DC link snubber-assisted three phase voltage source soft-switching inverter for small scale PM motor drive applications. The pulse processing drive circuit interface and its soft-switching operation are discussed from an experimental point of view. Moreover, its conductive noise is measured and evaluated for electrical AC servo motor drive as compared with that of the conventional hard switching inverter.

Newly proposed hybrid resonant commutation bridge-leg link snubber-assisted three-phase ZVZCS-PWM soft-switching inverter

This paper presents the newly proposed hybrid resonant commutation bridge-leg link (HRCB) snubber circuit which can achieve zero voltage and zero current soft-switching commutation for single-phase and three-phase voltage source-type inverter, along with its unique features and operation principle. The circuit parameter design approach for the HRCB snubber circuit and the determination estimating scheme of the gate pulse timing processing which is more suitable and acceptable for single-phase and space voltage vector modulated three-phase voltage source inverter using the HRCB snubber circuit are described in this paper. In particular, the three-phase voltage source soft-switching inverter associated with the proposed HRCB circuits are evaluated and discussed from simulation and experimental viewpoints. The practical effectiveness of the HRCB snubber-assisted three-phase voltage source soft-switching inverter using IGBT power modules which is based on the instantaneous space voltage vector modulation is clarified on the output voltage waveform, actual efficiency of electromagnetic noise in comparison with three-phase voltage source-type conventional hard-switching inverter. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 157(4): 75–84, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20111

Newly-Proposed Hybrid Resonant Commutaion Bridge Leg Link Snubber-Assisted Three-Phase ZVZCS-PWM Soft-Switching Inverter.

This paper presents the newly-proposed hybrid resonant commutation bridge leg link (HRCB) snubber circuit which can achieve zero voltage and zero current soft-switching commutation for single-phase and three-phase voltage source-type inverter, along with its unique features and operation principle. The circuit parameter design approach for the HRCB snubber circuit and the determination estimating scheme of the gate pulse timing processing which is more suitable and acceptable for single-phase and space voltage vector modulated three-phase voltage source inverter using the HRCB snubber circuit are described in this paper. In particular the three-phase voltage source soft-switching inverter associated with the proposed HRCB circuits are evaluated and discussed from simulation and experimental viewpoint. The practical effectiveness of the HRCB snubber-assisted three-phase voltage source soft-switching inverter using IGBT power modules which is based on the instantaneous space voltage vector modulation is clarified on the output voltage waveform, actual efficiency and electromagnetic noises in comparison with three-phase voltage source-type conventional hard-switching inverter.

Feasible Performance Evaluations of New Single Inductor-Type Auxxiliary Resonant AC Link Snubber for Uoltage Source Soft Switching Inverter using IGBTs

This paper presents a new prototype configuration of a single-phase voltage source soft switching inverter using IGBT power module packages in order to reduce switching power losses, electromagnetic noises. A single inductor-assisted resonant AC link snubber circuit as one of the resonant snubbers to achieve the zero voltage soft switching for the single-phase voltage source inverter is originally demonstrated, and its operation principle and unique features as well as the practical parameter design method of resonant AC link snubber circuit treated here is described on the basis of computer-aided simulation analysis. Furthermore, the practical operating performans of the single inductor-type resonant AC link snubber for the single-phase voltage source soft switching inverter using IGBTs are discussed and evaluated on the basis of switching power losses and electromagnetic conductive noise as compared with those of single-phase voltage source hard switching inverter from an experimental point of view.

Auxiliary resonant DC link snubber assisted voltage-source soft switching inverter with space zero voltage vector generation method

The aim of the work is to improve the power conversion efficiency of a voltage-source three-phase inverter with a single active auxiliary resonant DC link snubber circuit (ARDCL). The operating principle and salient features of the ARDCL snubber circuit are described. An effective space voltage vector generation method is of proposed zero voltage vector of a three-phase soft-switching inverter, which can reduce power losses in the ARDCL snubber circuit. The zero voltage holding interval in the DC bus-line of the three-phase inverter is controlled due to the generation method of the zero voltage vector. The feasible experimental results confirm the relationship between the inverter power conversion efficiency and the proposed zero voltage vector generation method is concretely implemented and evaluated from a practical point of view.

Evaluations of voltage-source soft-switching inverter with single auxiliary resonant snubber

A novel prototype of auxiliary resonant DC link (ARDCL) snubber is proposed. The paper also describes a three-phase space voltage vector modulated sinewave soft-switching inverter using the proposed ARDCL snubber circuit, which together with new voltage vector correction principle can produce high-performance output voltage waveforms. The output voltage waveforms obtained by the software processing of the inverter are able to achieve a high quality sinewave on the basis of the new correction principle. The effectiveness of the resonant DC link three-phase voltage source soft-switching inverter is proven from a practical point of view.