An DPWM for Active DC-Link Type Quasi-Z-Source Inverter to Reduce Component Voltage Rating

Duc-Tri Do, Vinh-Thanh Tran and Khai Nguyen
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Duc-Tri Do: Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Vinh-Thanh Tran: Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Khai Nguyen: Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-18

Abstract: The conventional DC-link type quasi-Z-source inverter has been known as a buck–boost inverter with a low component voltage rating. This paper proposes an active DC-link type quasi-Z-source inverter by adding one active switch and one diode to the impedance-source network to enhance the voltage gain of the inverter. As a result, the component voltage rating of the inverter is significantly reduced, which is demonstrated through some comparisons between the proposed topology and others. A discontinuous pulse width modulation (DPWM) scheme is proposed to control the inverter, which reduces the number of commutations compared to the traditional strategy. Under this approach, the insertion of a shoot-through state does not cause any extra commutations compared to the conventional voltage-source inverter. Details about control implementation, steady-state analysis, and design guidelines are also presented in this paper. Simulation and a laboratory prototype have been built to test the proposed inverter. Both buck and boost operations of the proposed inverter are implemented to validate the performance of the inverter.

Keywords: active quasi-Z-source inverter; DC-link type; discontinuous pulse width modulation; switching commutation reduction; impedance-source inverter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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