A Single-Stage Three-Phase Split-Y-Source Inverter

Manxin Chen

Vac/Vin
30 SYSI Fig.1 (b)
Abstract— This paper proposes a three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI), assisted by a Y-source network to perform 1
SYSI Fig.1 (a)
SSI [10]
25 Z/ Y-source [2,9]
single-stage DC to AC power conversion with the amplitude of output voltage higher than the DC input voltage. A high
boosted-voltage is achieved without using large numbers of turns ratios of the coupled inductor. Leakage effect of the Y-
Vra Vrb Vrc 2Mac 20
source network is avoided as the leakage current is released to the DC link smoothly without being abruptly changed. 0
15
Mdc

N3 N2
S1 S3 S5
S1 S3 S5  -1 10
D1 D2 a N3 N2
D1 C1 D2 a 5

N1 D3 b
N1 D3 b
D4
D5 Lm-charging Lm-discharging {111} 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7
Mac
0.75 0.8 0.85 0.9

Y-source c Fig. 3. Modulation scheme for the proposed SYSI. Fig. 4. AC voltage gain vs Mac of similar three-phase VSI.
Cdc Y-source D4 c
Cdc
Vin S2 S4 S6 Voltage-
; : the DC off-set of the modulated signals
clamp Vin S2 S4 S6
   
: the modulation ratio
d: inductive-charge duty ratio
(a) (b)
Fig. 1. Configuration of the proposed (a) three-phase SYSI and (b) SYSI with a voltage-clamp cell.
 
Simulation and Experimental Results
Vc1- N3 N2 D2 Vc1- N3 N2 Vc1- N3 N2 D2 Vc1- N3 N2 D2 1 Vra Vrb Vrc
D2
+

+
+
0.5 Vdc
D3 a
D3
a a a Vdc
D5 N1 D5 N1 D5 N1 D5 N1 0
b vab vbc vca
+ iLm D4 + iLm b
+ iLm D4 b + iLm D4 b -0.5
-
Vdc c Vdc Vdc -
Vdc c 30 Vin
- c - c
Vin Vin Vin Vin
0
Vdc
300 Vds1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 200
100
Vc1- N3 N2 Vc1- N3 N2 Vc1- N3 N2 D1 Vc1- N3 N2 0
+

Vab Vbc Vca

+

+
a
D3 a a 200
D5 N1
D3 D5 N1 D5 N1
a
100 Vds2
b b D4 b N1 0
+ iLm D4 + iLm + iLm b
Vdc Vdc Vdc + iLm -100
- - - Vdc
c c
- c c -200
Vin Vin Vin
Vin
Fig. 5. Simulation and experimental results of the proposed inverter.

(e) (f) (g) (h)

0.92 DC-link voltage is boosted to 300 V from the input DC 30V, while
Fig. 2. The eight operating states of the proposed SYSI with a voltage-clamp cell.
amplitudes of the line-to-line voltages of the three-phase inverter are
Inductive-charging measured as 180 V. No voltage spikes across the power switches,
 
For the first seven states from Fig. 2 (a) to (g), they obviously show the charging of inductance through the conduction of
diodes and / or and / or , and at least one of the lower switches of the phase legs, which are responsible for inductive-
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which examines the feasibility of the voltage-clamp cell. The
proposed inverter achieves a maximum efficiency 91.3%. at the

Efficiency
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charging, during which the capacitor is also charged by winding-voltages of the and through diode . nominal output power 200 W.

0.89 Conclusions — A single-stage three-phase split-Y-source inverter

Inductive-discharging
 
For the last state, the magnetizing inductor discharges through to charge capacitor . It should be noted that in this state, the
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with a large voltage gain over a wide range of modulation ratio has
been proposed and experimentally tested. A voltage-clamp cell can
capacitor C1, in series with the winding N3 discharges to the DC link. Therefore, the DC link voltage is further increased, 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 250
be used to eliminate the voltage oscillation of diode to enhance the
which contributes to a higher AC / DC voltage gains of the proposed inverter. Output powre (W)
performances of the proposed inverter.