Basic cell, three-level and m-level topologies for multilevel converters

Abstract

The invention discloses a basic unit for a multi-level converter. The basic unit comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor and two diodes, wherein the two diodes are connected in series and then are connected in reverse parallel to the both sides of the insulated gate bipolar transistor, and three terminals are led out between the both sides of the insulated gate bipolar transistor and the two diodes. The basic unit is provided with three terminals forming three different types of bi-directional current paths, the problem that the existing structural basic unit has a single current path can be solved, and multilevel is easily formed. The invention also discloses a three-level topological structure, which has the advantages that the number of used devices is few, the number of output levels is more, the voltage stress is the same as that of the traditional T-type three-level structure, and the problem that the traditional two-level structure has low switching frequency when is used on high-power occasions can be solved. The invention also discloses an m-level topological structure, which has the advantages that a large number of clamping devices in the diode clamping multi-level structure is eliminated, and the problem that the loss is imbalanced in the clamping type multi-level topological structure can be solved.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of electrical engineering, power electronics, and motor applications. Specifically, it relates to a basic unit, a three-level and m-level topological structure for a multi-level converter. Background technique [0002] At present, the voltage source type two-level topology inverter system has been widely used in many industrial fields such as motor drive, rail transit, power conversion, etc. However, the inverter system of this topology structure bears high voltage stress and large dv / dt , The output current harmonic distortion rate is high, and the output filter is large in size. [0003] The use of a voltage source type multi-level topology inverter system can well solve the deficiencies caused by the two-level converter. However, in the traditional types of multi-level inverter systems, different multi-level topologies not only have an odd number of output levels, but also have specific shortcomings: (1...

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[0008] Technical problem: The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a basic unit for a multilevel converter. The basic unit has three terminals, which can form three different types of bidirectional current paths, and can solve the problem of existing structures. The problem of a single current path in the basic unit makes it easier to form multi-level

It also provides a three-level topology based on the above-mentioned basic unit. This structure uses a small number of devices and a large number of output levels. It has the same voltage stress as the traditional T-type three-level structure, and can solve the traditional two-level structure for large Low switching frequency, high current harmonic distortion rate, large output filter, unbalanced loss and other issues in power applications; and provide an m-level topology based on the above-mentioned basic unit, which eliminates the need for a diode-clamped multi-level structure A large number of clamping devices can solve the problem of unbalanced loss in the clamping multilevel topology and have higher fault tolerance

This structure can also solve the problem of a large number of independent power supplies and flying capacitors in the flying capacitor type and cascaded multilevel structure

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