Five-level inverter topology with high voltage utilization ratio

    公开(公告)号:US10250159B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-02

    申请号:US15767721

    申请日:2016-11-07

    摘要: A five-voltage level inverter topology circuit and a three-phase five-voltage level inverter topology circuit, suitable for use with two series-connected direct current (DC) power sources, include a half-bridge inverter circuit having a first circuit module and a second circuit module. The half-bridge inverter circuit outputs five voltage levels including a 0V level. The five-voltage level inverter topology circuit has a five-voltage level half-bridge structure, and only requires an alternating current (AC) filtering inductor, thereby reducing system cost and size, removing leakage current, and providing high efficiency.

    Five-Level Half Bridge Inverter Topology with High Voltage Utilization Ratio

    公开(公告)号:US20180241320A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15751329

    申请日:2016-08-15

    摘要: Disclosed is single phase five-level inverter topology comprising a half-bridge inverter circuit with a floating capacitor which outputs five mutually different voltage levels including zero, wherein both the system cost and the size is reduced, the leakage current is eliminated substantially and high efficiency is achieved by using five-level half-bridge structure with only one AC filtering inductor. Provided also is three-phase five-level inverter topology wherein the voltage utilization is twice that of the present three-phase five-level half-bridge inverter under the same operating conditions; the AC filtering inductance is smaller than that of the three-level half-bridge inverter; the DC link mid-point voltage can be balanced without additional circuitry.

    Hybrid Modulation Strategy for Multilevel Inverters

    公开(公告)号:US20180062537A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15662044

    申请日:2017-07-27

    IPC分类号: H02M7/487 H02M1/08

    摘要: Hybrid modulation strategies are provided for single phase and three phase inverter topologies. According to hybrid modulation strategy embodiments, one line frequency period is divided into two operation modes based on the polarities of output voltage and output current. When polarities of the output voltage and output current are the same, a nominal voltage level modulation is used to generate the output voltage. When polarities of the output voltage and output current are opposite, a lower voltage level modulation is used to generate the output voltage. In one embodiment, a nominal voltage level modulation is five voltage level modulation, and a lower voltage level modulation is three or two voltage level modulation. Embodiments allow inverters to be constructed with fewer switches, and improve performance of multilevel inverters. The hybrid modulation strategies may be implemented in multilevel inverters such as active neutral point clamped (ANPC) and neutral point clamped (NPC) inverters.

    Hybrid modulation strategy for multilevel inverters

    公开(公告)号:US09973108B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15662044

    申请日:2017-07-27

    摘要: Hybrid modulation strategies are provided for single phase and three phase inverter topologies. According to hybrid modulation strategy embodiments, one line frequency period is divided into two operation modes based on the polarities of output voltage and output current. When polarities of the output voltage and output current are the same, a nominal voltage level modulation is used to generate the output voltage. When polarities of the output voltage and output current are opposite, a lower voltage level modulation is used to generate the output voltage. In one embodiment, a nominal voltage level modulation is five voltage level modulation, and a lower voltage level modulation is three or two voltage level modulation. Embodiments allow inverters to be constructed with fewer switches, and improve performance of multilevel inverters. The hybrid modulation strategies may be implemented in multilevel inverters such as active neutral point clamped (ANPC) and neutral point clamped (NPC) inverters.

    Single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit and converter

    公开(公告)号:US10447173B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15770493

    申请日:2017-03-17

    摘要: A single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit and a converter. The single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit has three input ends and one output end, and also comprises: a suspension capacitor and a topological control portion. The topological control portion is connected to the suspension capacitor and the three input ends and one output end of the single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit, is connected to a plurality of control ends, and is suitable for the supply of at least eight operating modes under the control of a control signal accessing the control ends. In the single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit, a topological structure is easy to design, and is simple and convenient to control.