Faculty of Engineering and Technology

School of Engineering

6305ELE
Power Electronics, Drives and Systems
Set 1 Lecture 3: DC-DC and AC-AC converters

Dr Obrad Dordevic
O.Dordevic@ljmu.ac.uk
Room 518A, Byrom Street
3. TOPOLOGIES OF POWER ELECTRONIC
CONVERTERS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 AC TO DC CONVERTERS (RECTIFIERS)
3.2.1 Single-phase, single-semiconductor rectifier
3.2.2 Single-phase, bridge (full-wave) rectifier
3.3 DC TO AC CONVERTERS (INVERTERS)
3.4 DC TO DC CONVERTERS
3.5 AC TO AC CONVERTERS
3.6 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

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3. TOPOLOGIES OF POWER ELECTRONIC
CONVERTERS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 AC TO DC CONVERTERS (RECTIFIERS)
3.2.1 Single-phase, single-semiconductor rectifier
3.2.2 Single-phase, bridge (full-wave) rectifier
3.3 DC TO AC CONVERTERS (INVERTERS)
3.4 DC TO DC CONVERTERS
3.5 AC TO AC CONVERTERS
3.6 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

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1 2𝜋 2 1 𝜋
𝑉= ‫𝜃𝑑 𝑣 ׬‬ = 2 ‫׬‬0 𝑣 2 𝑑𝜃 =
2𝜋 0 2𝜋

1 𝜋 1 𝜋 2
= 2 ‫𝑖𝑣 𝛼׬‬2 d𝜃 = ‫׬‬ 2𝑉𝑖 𝜃 d𝜃
2𝜋 𝜋 𝛼

1 𝜋 2𝜃
= 2𝑉𝑖 ‫׬‬ sin d𝜃 =
𝜋 𝛼

1 𝜋1
= 2𝑉𝑖 ‫׬‬ 1 − cos 2𝜃 d𝜃 =
𝜋 𝛼 2

1 𝜋−𝛼 1 sin 2𝜃 𝜋
= 2𝑉𝑖 −
𝜋 2 2𝜋 2 𝛼

1 𝛼 sin 2𝛼
𝑉 = 2𝑉𝑖 − +
2 2𝜋 4𝜋

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3. TOPOLOGIES OF POWER ELECTRONIC
CONVERTERS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 AC TO DC CONVERTERS (RECTIFIERS)
3.2.1 Single-phase, single-semiconductor rectifier
3.2.2 Single-phase, bridge (full-wave) rectifier
3.3 DC TO AC CONVERTERS (INVERTERS)
3.4 DC TO DC CONVERTERS
3.5 AC TO AC CONVERTERS
3.6 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

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