Two-level three-phase voltage source inverter fed low-power AC
It consists of three inverter legs with two switches in parallel with a freewheel diode per leg. Each leg''s output can easily be connected to either the upper or the lower DC bus by
A. Unipolar PWM Technique applied to Three-level Diode Clamped Inverter. The unipolar PWM method offers a good opportunity forthe realization of the Three-phase inverter control. In caseof the three level inverters it is better to use theunipolar PWM method with three carrier waves. In such case the motor harmoniclosses will be considerably lower.
Theneutral point clamped three-level inverter topology ispresented in Figure.1. Several PWM methods for this inverterhave been elaborated previously [1-5]. The pulse width modulation (PWM) strategies are the most effective to control multilevel inverters. The unipolar PWM and space vector PWM are the most preferred pwm control techniques.
This reference design reduces system cost and enables a compact design for a reinforced, isolated, 10-kW, three-phase inverter. A lower system cost and compact form factor is achieved by using a dual gate driver in a single package and bootstrap configuration to generate floating voltages for the gate drive power supply.
Apart from isolated gate-drivers for IGBTs, the three-phase inverters include DC bus voltage sensing, inverter current sensing, and IGBT protection (like overtemperature, overload, ground fault, and so on). There are many end applications such as HVAC, solar pumps, and appliances where cost is major concern without compromising the performance.
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