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Paper deals with LCLC converter with DC output. Both current and voltage sourced output rectifiers are considered. The performance investigation is focused on the nominal and overload operation conditions. Several differences are discovered during transient and steady — state analysis. Most significant is the existence of "zero-voltage interval" (ZVI) at the parallel resonant tank of the...
Traditional Z-source inverter can boost or buck voltage for its unique impedance network, but also has its own drawbacks, such as input current is not continuous, boost capacity is limited, the capacitor voltage stress is large and etc. In order to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional Z-source inverter, a series of Z-source inverters are proposed. In this paper, the topology of three kinds...
This paper presents an optimized, 3-φ, multilevel inverter (MLI) topology. The proposed system is derived by cascading the level generation part with the phase sequence generation part. Further, it can be operated at any required level depending upon the configuration of the level generation part. Thus, for higher level operation extra components are required at the level generation part only. Therefore,...
Recent years, multilevel inverters have become more attractive for researchers due to low total harmonic distortion (THD) in the output voltage and low electromagnetic interference (EMI). This paper proposes a three-phase cascaded H-bridge quasi-switched-boost inverter (CHB-qSBI). The advantages of the proposed inverter are as follows: buck-boost voltage with single stage power conversion, reduced...
In this paper, an electronically tunable immitance circuit is proposed. The presented circuit can be configured as a tunable grounded inductor or capacitor multiplier. The proposed circuit employs a single active element called Voltage Differential Current Conveyor, a single resistor and a single capacitor. The presented circuit does not require element matching constraints. It is linearly tunable...
An incremental ADC (lADC) using parallel counting is proposed to achieve both high accuracy and power efficiency. By operating the IADC and the counting logic alternatively within two clock phases, the proposed scheme finishes a full conversion within fewer conversion cycles. The only additional circuitry for the parallel counting is a single comparator, much less than the add-ons in other multi-step...
Single-phase inverters suffer from double-frequency ripple of the input power. For mitigation, an input capacitor is applied but the fluctuation range of power across it is limited according the desired fluctuation in the dc-link voltage. To realize power decoupling without changes in the main circuit and in the control strategy of it, an additional independent power decoupling circuit can be applied,...
The offline SMPS are efficient, lightweight widely used converters in consumer electronics connected to utility mains. Because of high-frequency switching, they produce conducted and radiated EMI also offering low power factor to the utility mains. The two issues involved in the SMPS are to increase the Power Factor and to mitigate the EMI, to comply with EMC standards. Techniques for reducing the...
The boost inverter is an attractive solution for photovoltaic (PV) microinverters since it is a single stage architecture. Indeed, in comparison, most of the microinverters topologies consist of two-stage structures, a DC-DC converter for voltage elevation and an inverter for grid connection, resulting in a lower efficiency. The boost inverter consists of two DC-DC boost converters connected in differential...
This paper presents a single-stage non-isolated modified multiplier SEPIC converter for high voltage gain. The modified and multiplier technique reported in the literature are used to conventional SEPIC converters to obtain high voltage gain and low voltage stress across the switch. The proposed topology combines merits of both of these techniques simultaneously in the SEPIC converter to evolve a...
Basically, the output voltage in renewable energy sources is improved using the boost converter, which is the key part in a photovoltaic chain. In this converter, the switching frequency is limited; hence the output voltage is reduced. To overcome this problem, two topologies are proposed; the quadratic boost converter results by combining the components of two boost converters by using single switch...
This paper proposes a modified quadratic boost converter with high efficiency and reduced cost. This converter mainly comprises of the quadratic part. The newly proposed converter in this paper is compared with a quasi z source converter which is a quadratic boost converter. The current ripples, cost, efficiency, losses and the complexity of the converters are considered. The steady state analysis...
Implementation of a universal filter using only a single differential voltage current conveyor is the motive of this paper. Employment of only two resistors and two capacitors, with one capacitor being grounded, proves the efficiency of the configuration. All five basic responses, i.e. low pass, high pass, band pass, band reject and all pass, can be obtained from the same topology. The circuit allows...
Smart transformer (ST), which has been classified among the 10 most emergent technologies according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has acquired growing importance in the distribution grid. This paper presents at first the concept of ST and its advantages in the power grid. Then, the existing topologies are reviewed and compared in order to select the most performing which is the three-stage...
In this paper, the design of a proportional resonant (PR) controller for the packed U cell (PUC) 5 level inverter is presented. The objective of the presented work is to present a better solution for current control in grid connected application of the investigated topology. A suitable LCL filter is designed along with the PR control scheme for grid connection. Simulation is performed in MATLAB®/Simulink...
A novel buck-boost dc-dc converter with high voltage step-up and step-down ability has been introduced in this paper. There are two switches in this converter, of which the sources are connected together and also connected to the ground of the input voltage source. Hence, there is no need for floating gate driver. In addition, the voltage stress of one of the switches is lower than the existing quadratic...
A modified hybrid multilevel converter which is a combination of T-type converter and H-bridge is present in this paper. Beside increase output levels, another merit of this topology is larger output range compared with traditional two-level converter. Depending on the value of H-bridge floating capacitor voltage, the converter can produce 5-level, 7-level, or 9-level output voltage. The H-bridge...
The concept of HVDC taps drawing small amount of power from HVDC lines to the rural places has been considered for several decades. Most of the earlier tap converters were limited by its loss, cost, reliability, and control difficulties. However, in this paper, the emerging modular multilevel converter (MMC) is adopted as the series HVDC tap, which reveals significantly improved performance and feasibility...
A new galvanically isolated DC-DC converter has been presented in this paper. The proposed topology is based on the quasi-switched-boost impedance network. It not only includes all positive characteristics of previous converters including continuous input current, high boost ability and high efficiency, but also has the prominent features of less passive elements utilization, small size and light...
In this paper, a multilevel capacitor clamped buck converter is investigated for AC-AC applications. The proposed topology significantly improves the flexibility of distribution systems in applications such as data centers and residential / industrial power distribution in urban settings. This paper discusses the operation and control of the proposed topology for a load of 50 kVA and 0.9 power factor,...
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