A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique
Multilevel inverters are traditionally seen as a step forward in DC/AC conversion, providing more output voltage levels, better quality of the generated waveform and lower switching losses than the two-level and can process higher voltages with a given forced commutated switch technology. There are...
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| author | Klumpner, Christian Shattock, Nicholas |
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| description | Multilevel inverters are traditionally seen as a step forward in DC/AC conversion, providing more output voltage levels, better quality of the generated waveform and lower switching losses than the two-level and can process higher voltages with a given forced commutated switch technology. There are also drawbacks associated with this technology: more switching devices and associated gate driver circuitry, more complex modulation and control of the DC-link capacitor voltage sharing etc, which as of now limit its application to the high voltage/power range. This paper proposes a cost-effective solution to implement the power supply needed for powering the gate drivers based on the bootstrap supply technology, which will not need isolated DC/DC supplies for each gate driver, reducing the overall cost of a multilevel assembly and making it more appealing for lower power applications. |
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| spelling | nottingham-348282020-05-04T16:28:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34828/ A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique Klumpner, Christian Shattock, Nicholas Multilevel inverters are traditionally seen as a step forward in DC/AC conversion, providing more output voltage levels, better quality of the generated waveform and lower switching losses than the two-level and can process higher voltages with a given forced commutated switch technology. There are also drawbacks associated with this technology: more switching devices and associated gate driver circuitry, more complex modulation and control of the DC-link capacitor voltage sharing etc, which as of now limit its application to the high voltage/power range. This paper proposes a cost-effective solution to implement the power supply needed for powering the gate drivers based on the bootstrap supply technology, which will not need isolated DC/DC supplies for each gate driver, reducing the overall cost of a multilevel assembly and making it more appealing for lower power applications. 2009-02-15 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Klumpner, Christian and Shattock, Nicholas (2009) A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique. In: 2009 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2009), 15-19 Feb 2009, Washington, DC, USA. Driver Circuits Invertors Power Capacitors http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4802910 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802910 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802910 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802910 |
| spellingShingle | Driver Circuits Invertors Power Capacitors Klumpner, Christian Shattock, Nicholas A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| title | A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| title_full | A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| title_fullStr | A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| title_short | A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| title_sort | cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique |
| topic | Driver Circuits Invertors Power Capacitors |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34828/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34828/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34828/ |