WO2012096151A1 - 半導体電力変換装置 - Google Patents
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- Embodiments of the present invention relate to a semiconductor power conversion device in which a plurality of inverse conversion devices that convert DC power into AC power are connected in series.
- Conventional three-phase multiple inverter devices generally have a configuration in which three-phase half-bridge circuits are connected in series.
- “Power Electronics Circuit” First Edition, Ohmsha, November 30, 2000, p. 153, pp. 161-171 (hereinafter referred to as non-patent document 1).
- “Introduction to Power Electronics”, 4th edition, Ohmsha, September 10, 2006, p. 183 hereinafter referred to as non-patent document 2.
- harmonics are generated because the output voltage is not a perfect sine wave. Higher harmonics can be reduced by increasing the switching frequency by setting the output voltage to a PWM (Pulse) Width Modulation) waveform.
- PWM Pulse
- a switching element with a high breakdown voltage has a large switching loss and has an upper limit on the switching frequency. For this reason, it is necessary to install a large filter in the output stage, which increases the size of the apparatus.
- the embodiment of the present invention provides a small-sized semiconductor power conversion device that can output a voltage with less harmonics regardless of the operating frequency and reduce loss.
- the inverters INV U1 to INV Un that output n (n is a natural number) three-level voltages isolated from each other, and the input DC voltages of the inverters INV U1 to INV Un Inverter INV U1 to INV Un is used as an input DC voltage with voltage V DCS that is one half or one third of V DC as an input DC voltage, and has an inverse converter INV US that outputs a three-level voltage insulated. Then, the inverse converters INV U1 to INV Un and the inverse converter INV u are serially connected in series, and the maximum V DC ⁇ n + V DCS is output.
- FIG. 4 is an output voltage waveform diagram of inverters INV U1 , INV U2 , INV US for each stage of the U-phase voltage command value V UD * of the U-phase semiconductor power conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure. The circuit block diagram which shows an example of each inverter INV which comprises the single phase semiconductor power converter device of Example 2 which concerns on embodiment of this invention.
- 9 is a flowchart showing a method for selecting a switching pattern of the inverter INV that suppresses neutral point potential fluctuation when the output voltage is ⁇ VDC / 2 or + VDC / 2 in Example 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the timing chart of a switching element in case the triangular wave car UA1 in Example 2 of this invention is the maximum value 1 and the minimum value 0.5.
- the timing chart of a switching element in case the triangular wave car UA2 in Example 2 of this invention is the maximum value 0.5 and the minimum value 0.
- the timing chart of a switching element in case the triangular wave car UB1 in Example 2 of this invention is the maximum value 0.0 and minimum value -0.5.
- the timing chart of the switching element in which the triangular wave car UB2 in Example 2 of the present invention has a maximum value of ⁇ 0.5 and a minimum value of ⁇ 1.0.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram in which a semiconductor power conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied as an inverter for driving a three-phase AC load.
- a semiconductor power conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied as an inverter for driving a three-phase AC load.
- single-phase semiconductor power converters 11U, 11V, and 11W are provided, respectively.
- the U-phase semiconductor power conversion device 11U includes one low-voltage inverter INV US and n high-voltage inverters INV U1 to INV UN .
- the inverter INV US receives the DC voltage VDC US as an input, and INV U1 ...
- INV UN receives DC voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN as inputs.
- the DC voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN are all the same voltage, and the DC voltage VDC US is 1/2 or 1/3 of the DC voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN .
- the inverters INV U1 to INV UN and INV US have outputs connected in cascade.
- FIG. 1 shows a case where the inverter INV U1 is at the bottom and the inverter INV US is at the top, and the subordinate connection is shown, the order of connection is not limited to this, and it can be freely set according to the ease of configuration. You can change it.
- the DC voltages VDC US and VDC U1 to VDC UN are converted into AC voltages VAC US and VAC U1 to VAC Un , respectively, and the U-phase semiconductor power converter 11U adds the respective voltages to the AC voltage VAC. U is output.
- At least one of the DC voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN is a DC voltage source capable of supplying active power, and the other DC voltage sources are A capacitor may be used.
- the DC voltage VDC US is set to a value slightly larger than 1/2 or 1/3 of the DC voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN .
- the V-phase semiconductor power conversion device 11V and the W-phase semiconductor power conversion device 11W also have high-voltage inverters INV V1 to INV VN and low-voltage inverter INV VS , and high-voltage inverters INV W1 to INV WN and low-voltage inverters, respectively.
- the INV WS is configured with a subordinate connection in the same manner as the U phase. With this configuration, in the V phase, the DC voltages VDC VS and VDC V1 to VDC VN are converted to AC voltages VAC VS and VAC V1 to VAC Vn , respectively, and the V-phase semiconductor power conversion device 11V adds the respective voltages.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram showing an example of each inverter INV constituting the single-phase semiconductor power conversion devices 11U, 11V, and 11W according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- Each inverter INV includes four switching elements S A1 , S A2 , S B1 , S B2 and free-wheeling diodes D A1 , D A2 , D B1 , D B2 respectively antiparallel to all the switching elements.
- This is a full-bridge inverter composed of two legs: a leg in which S A1 and switching element S A2 are cascade-connected, and a leg in which switching element S B1 and switching element S B2 are cascade-connected.
- the leg composed of the switching elements S A1 and S A2 is connected to the upper inverter, and the leg composed of the switching elements S B1 and S B2 is connected to the lower inverter. All the inverters INV in FIG. 1 have the configuration shown in FIG.
- the four switching elements constituting the high-voltage inverters INV U1 to INV UN , INV V1 to INV VN , and INV W1 to INV WN are semiconductor devices using silicon, and IGBTs and MOS-FETs according to the DC voltage and load current Etc. are used.
- the four free-wheeling diodes are also semiconductor devices using silicon.
- the four switching elements constituting the low-voltage inverters INV US , INV VS , INV WS are semiconductor devices using silicon carbide or gallium nitride, and IGBTs, MOS-FETs, or the like are used depending on the DC voltage or load current.
- the four free-wheeling diodes are also semiconductor devices using silicon carbide or gallium nitride.
- the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 have a full bridge configuration as shown in FIG. 2, they output three-level voltages. That is, voltages of -VDC, 0, + VDC are output.
- the switching elements S A1 , S A2 , S B1 and S B2 in FIG. 2 correspond to the switching elements S U1A1 , S U1A2 , S U1B1 and S U1B2 , respectively.
- the inverter INV U1 outputs three levels of ⁇ VDC, 0, and + VDC by turning on / off the switching elements S U1A1 , S U1A2 , S U1B1 , and S U1B2 .
- Table 1 shows an example of the switching pattern of the inverter INV U1 .
- Table 1 shows the ON / OFF state of the switching element when the output voltage is changed from 0 ⁇ + VDC ⁇ 0 ⁇ ⁇ VDC ⁇ 0.
- the switching element S U1A1 and the switching element S U1B2 are ON and the switching element S U1A2 and the switching element S U1B1 are OFF, a voltage of + VDC is output.
- the four switching elements do not switch simultaneously, and only one of the upper and lower arm pairs always switches.
- the operation of the above inverter unit is common to the inverter units INV US and INV U2 .
- FIG. 3 is an output voltage waveform diagram of the inverters INV U1 , INV U2 , INV US for each stage of the U-phase voltage command value V UD * of the U-phase semiconductor power converter, and Table 2 shows the inverter INV in the first embodiment. It is a table
- the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 output one pulse per cycle, and the difference between the U-phase voltage command value V UD * and the output voltages VAC U1 and VAC U2 of the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 is the voltage command value V of the inverter INV US. Output as US *.
- the total output voltage (VAC U1 + VAC U2 ) of the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 has a stepped waveform.
- the inverter INV US is by outputting the PWM waveform, the output voltage VAC US inverter INV US is controlled to be a voltage command value V US *, semiconductor power conversion device of U-phase, U-phase voltage command A voltage that more accurately matches the value V U * can be output.
- FIG. 4 is a timing chart of the switching elements of the inverter INV US of the U-phase semiconductor power conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the operating state of each switching element represents an ON state when the signal waveform is high, and an OFF state when the signal waveform is low.
- the voltage command value V US * of the inverter INV US is a difference between the U-phase voltage command value V U * and the output voltages of the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 , and is calculated as a continuous value.
- the voltage command value V US * of the inverter INV US has a waveform as shown in FIG. 3, but in FIG. 4, it is shown by a straight line for the sake of simplicity.
- the triangular wave car UA is compared with the triangular wave car UB whose phase is shifted by 180 ° and the voltage command value V US *, and when the voltage command value V US * is larger than the triangular wave car UB, the switching element S U1B1 is turned on and the switching element S U1B2 turns OFF.
- the switching element S U1B1 is turned off and the switching element S U1B2 is turned on.
- the output voltage waveform obtained by summing the outputs of the inverters INV U1 , INV U2 , INV US becomes close to a sine wave.
- Charging and discharging of the capacitor charge is determined by the direction of the output voltage and output current.
- the capacitor charge is discharged, and the capacitor voltage decreases.
- the polarity obtained by multiplying the output voltage and the output current is negative, the capacitor charge is charged and the capacitor voltage rises.
- the charge / discharge charge is represented by the waveform of Q US in FIG.
- Q US a discharge charge quantity greater than zero positive area and negative area charge amount of charge less than zero.
- the discharge charge amount exceeds the charge charge amount and the DC voltage VDC US decreases. .
- the total output voltage of the voltage command value V U * and inverter INV U1, INV U2 VAC U1
- the DC voltage of the DC voltage VDC US needs to be slightly larger than 1/2 of the DC voltages VDC U1 and VDC U2 .
- the DC voltage VDC US can be kept constant.
- each inverter INV US , INV U1 , INV U2 of the single-phase semiconductor power conversion device 11 increases the number of levels of the output voltage and obtains a staircase waveform with small harmonics.
- the inverters INV U1 to INV UN having a high voltage output one pulse voltage within one cycle since the number of times of switching can be minimized, and loss due to switching can be suppressed.
- the inverter INV US whose DC voltage is as low as 1/2 of the inverters VDC U1 to VDC UN , can be configured by a switching element having a low element breakdown voltage. Even if high-frequency switching is performed by PWM control or the like, the loss seen from the whole inverter is small. Thus, by combining a plurality of high-voltage inverters VDC U1 to VDC UN and one low-voltage inverter INV US , a semiconductor power conversion device with small harmonics and low loss can be obtained.
- the power loss can be further reduced by configuring the switching element of the inverter INV US with a semiconductor device using silicon carbide or gallium nitride having a small switching loss. That is, the switching frequency can be increased to further reduce harmonics.
- silicon carbide or gallium nitride devices are expensive, the number to be used is less than the number of semiconductor elements whole to be limited only to the inverter INV US, it suppressed the increase in overall cost.
- each of these single-phase semiconductor power conversion devices can be applied to three-phase UVW, and the semiconductor power conversion devices U, V, and W can output one phase of three-phase AC power. Thereby, a three-phase semiconductor power converter is obtained.
- FIG. 6 is a circuit configuration diagram illustrating an example of each inverter INV that configures the single-phase semiconductor power conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the second embodiment adds switching elements S A3 , S A4 , S B3 , S B4 to the first embodiment shown in FIG. provided, those provided by adding capacitors C P, C N and the clamp diode D A5, D A6, D B5 , the D B6.
- the same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
- the inverter INV includes two capacitors C P and C N , eight switching elements S A1 , S A2 , S A3 , S A4 , S B1 , S B2 , S B3 , S B4 , and these switching elements S A1.
- Inverter INV US receives DC voltage VDC US as input, and INV U1 to INV UN inputs DC voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN as inputs.
- the direct-current voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN are all the same voltage, the direct-current voltage VDC US is set to 1/4 of the direct-current voltages VDC U1 to VDC UN , and the inverters INV U1 to INV UN and INV US are connected in cascade.
- the V-phase and W-phase are also constituted by inverters INV V1 to INV VN and INV VS , and INV W1 to INV WN and INV WS , respectively, in the same manner as the U-phase in a dependent connection.
- the DC voltages VDC US and VDC U1 to VDC UN are converted into the voltages VAC US and VAC U1 to VAC Un , and an AC voltage VAC U obtained by adding the respective voltages is output.
- the operation of the semiconductor power conversion device according to the second embodiment will be described.
- the DC voltage VDC US inverter INV US is 1/4 of the DC voltage VDC U1 ⁇ VDC UN inverter INV U1, INV U2.
- inverters INV U1 and INV U2 have a full bridge configuration, when the DC voltage is VDC, a five-level voltage is output. That is, voltages of -VDC, -VDC / 2, 0, + VDC / 2, + VDC are output.
- switching element S A1 is S U1A1
- switching element S A2 is S U1A2
- switching element S A3 is S U1A3
- switching element S A4 is S U1A4
- switching element S B1 is S U1B1
- the switching element S B2 corresponds to S U1B2
- the switching element S B3 corresponds to S U1B3
- the switching element S B4 corresponds to S U1B4 .
- the inverter INV U1 outputs five levels of voltage by turning on / off the switching elements S U1A1 , S U1A2 , S U1A3 , S U1A4 , S U1B1 , S U1B2 , S U1B3 , S U1B4 . That is, voltages of -VDC, -VDC / 2, 0, + VDC / 2, + VDC are output.
- Table 3 is a table showing output voltage timings of the inverters INV U1 , INV U2 , INV US in the second embodiment.
- Table 3 shows the ON / OFF state of the switching element determined for each output voltage, and the ON / OFF state of the switching element includes nine switching patterns.
- the switching element S U1A1 is ON, the switching element S U1A3 is OFF.
- the switching element S U1A4 is ON, the switching element S U1A2 is OFF.
- the switching element S U1B1 is ON, the switching element S U1B3 is OFF.
- the switching element S U1B4 is ON, the switching element S U1B2 always operates in a complementary manner so that it is OFF.
- the switching pattern is determined so as to suppress the neutral point potential fluctuation of the NPC inverter.
- the neutral point potential fluctuates when only one of the two legs is connected to the neutral point, and when the output voltage is ⁇ VDC / 2 or + VDC / 2.
- the direction in which the neutral point potential varies is determined by the direction of the connected leg and the output current Iout .
- the switching pattern (1) is always selected so that the voltage can be shifted by turning on / off one set of switching elements. To do. For example, when it is desired to change the output voltage from 0 to + VDC / 2, the switching pattern (1) can be switched to the switching pattern (4) by switching only one set of the switching element S U1A1 and the switching element S U1A3. From pattern (3) to switching pattern (4), three sets of switching are required: switching element S U1A1 and switching element S U1A3 , switching element S U1A2 and switching element S U1A4 , switching element S U1B2 and switching element S U1B4. . In this way, switching pattern (1) to switching pattern (4), (5), (7), (8) can be shifted by ON / OFF of one set of switching elements, and the number of times of switching can be minimized. .
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a method for selecting a switching pattern of the inverter INV that suppresses the neutral point potential fluctuation when the output voltage is ⁇ VDC / 2 or + VDC / 2 in Example 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. .
- the potential of the capacitor C P is V P, the potential of the capacitor C N and V N, the direction in which the output current I out is directed to the load from the inverter as a positive direction.
- potential V P is greater than the potential V N, consider when the current direction is positive. At this time, if a current flows in the direction in which the capacitor CN is charged, the potential V N increases and the neutral point potential fluctuation is suppressed.
- Potential V P of the capacitor C P is determined whether a potential higher than V N of the capacitor C N (S1), when the potential V P of the capacitor C P is greater than the potential V N of the capacitor C N, the output current I It is determined whether or not out is in the direction from the inverter to the load (S2).
- the switching pattern (7) is selected to output the voltage ⁇ VDC / 2.
- the switching pattern (4) is selected (S3). Thereby, a current flows in the direction in which the potential V N increases, and neutral point potential fluctuation is suppressed.
- the switching pattern (8) is selected to output voltage ⁇ VDC / 2, and the switching pattern is output to output voltage + VDC / 2.
- (5) is selected (S4).
- step S1 when potential V P of the capacitor C P is not greater than the potential V N of the capacitor C N, the output current I out is determined whether the direction towards the load from the inverter (S5), output current When I out is in the direction from the inverter to the load, the switching pattern (8) is selected to output the voltage ⁇ VDC / 2, and the switching pattern (5) is selected to output the voltage + VDC / 2 ( S6).
- the switching pattern (8) is selected to output the voltage ⁇ VDC / 2
- the switching pattern (5) is selected to output the voltage + VDC / 2 ( S6).
- step S5 When the output current I out is not in the direction from the inverter to the load in the determination of step S5, the switching pattern (7) is selected to output the voltage ⁇ VDC / 2, and the switching pattern is output to output the voltage + VDC / 2. (4) is selected (S7). Thus, current flows in a direction in which the potential V N is lowered, the neutral point potential fluctuation is suppressed.
- the switching pattern is determined according to the magnitudes of the potential V P and the potential V N and the direction of the output current I out .
- the operation of the above inverter unit is common to the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 .
- the inverter unit INV S be included to explain the operation of the entire U-phase inverter.
- FIG. 8 shows output voltage waveforms of the inverters INV U1 , INV U2 , INV US for each stage of the U-phase voltage command value V UD * of the U-phase semiconductor power converter.
- Table 4 shows the inverter INV in the second embodiment. It is a table
- the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 output one pulse per cycle, and the difference between the U-phase voltage command value V UD * and the output voltages VAC U1 and VAC U2 of the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 is the voltage command value V of the inverter INV US. Output as US *.
- the total output voltage (VAC U1 + VAC U2 ) of the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 has a stepped waveform.
- the inverter INV US outputs a PWM waveform, so that the U-phase semiconductor power conversion device can output a voltage that more accurately matches the U-phase voltage command value V U *.
- the triangular wave car UA1 generated at a certain carrier frequency, car UA2, car UB1, car UB2 and compares the voltage command value V US *, the switching element S USA1, S USA2, S USA3 , S USA4, S USB1, determining a switching pattern of the S USB2, S USB3, S USB4 .
- the triangular wave car UA1 has a maximum value of 1 and a minimum value of 0.5
- the triangular wave car UA2 has a maximum value of 0.5 and a minimum value.
- the triangular wave car UB1 is divided into four areas of maximum value 0.0 and minimum value -0.5
- triangular wave car UB2 is divided into four areas of maximum value -0.5 and minimum value -1.0.
- FIG. 9 to 12 are timing charts of the switching element of the inverter INV US of the U-phase semiconductor power conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 shows a triangular wave car UA1 having a maximum value of 1 and a minimum value of 0.5.
- FIG. 10 is a timing chart when the triangular wave car UA2 has a maximum value of 0.5 and a minimum value of 0, and
- FIG. 11 shows a case where the triangular wave car UB1 has a maximum value of 0.0 and a minimum value of ⁇ 0.5.
- FIG. 11 is a timing chart of the triangular wave car UB2 having a maximum value of ⁇ 0.5 and a minimum value of ⁇ 1.0.
- the operation state of each switching element represents an ON state when the signal waveform is High, and an OFF state when the signal waveform is Low.
- the voltage command value V US * of the inverter INV US is a difference between the U-phase voltage command value V U * and the output voltages of the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 , and is calculated as a continuous value.
- the voltage command value V US * of the inverter INV US has a waveform as shown in FIG. 8, but is shown by a straight line in FIGS. 9 to 12 for ease of explanation.
- FIG. 9 shows the operating state of the switching elements S USA1 and S USA3 when the voltage command value V US * is between 0.5 and 1.0.
- the switching element S USA1 and S USA3 are on. Indicates the OFF state.
- the switching element S USA3 is turned OFF.
- Switching element S USA1 is OFF when the voltage instruction value V US * smaller than the triangular wave car UA1, the switching element S US_A3 is turned ON.
- FIG. 10 shows an operation state of the switching element S USA4, S USA2 when the voltage instruction value V US * is between 0 ⁇ 0.5, ON state when the signal waveform is High, when the Low Represents an OFF state.
- Switching element S USA4 is OFF when the voltage instruction value V US * smaller than the triangular wave car UA2, the switching element S USA2 is turned ON.
- FIG. 11 shows the operating state of the switching elements S USB3 and S USB1 when the voltage command value V US * is between ⁇ 0.5 and 0.
- the signal waveform is High, the ON state is Low.
- the time represents an OFF state.
- Inverter INV US voltage command value V US * triangular wave car UB1 time greater than the switching element S USB3 is turned ON, the switching element S USB1 is turned OFF.
- the switching element S USB3 is turned off and the switching element S USB1 is turned on.
- FIG. 12 shows the operating state of the switching elements S USB2 and S USB4 when the voltage command value V US * is between ⁇ 1.0 and ⁇ 0.5, and the ON state when the signal waveform is high. , Low indicates an OFF state.
- switching element S USB2 When the voltage command value V US * of the inverter INV US is larger than the triangular wave car UB2 is ON the switching element S USB2, switching element S USB4 is turned OFF. Switching element S USB2 is OFF when the voltage instruction value V US * smaller than the triangular wave car UB2, switching element S USB4 is turned ON.
- the output voltage waveforms of the inverters INV U1 , INV U2 , INV US become a waveform close to a sine wave.
- the operation method has been described by taking the U-phase semiconductor power conversion device as an example.
- the V-phase and W-phase semiconductor power conversion devices are also U-phase semiconductors according to the respective voltage command values V V * and V W *.
- a voltage close to a sine wave is output as in the power converter.
- the number of levels of the output voltage is increased, and a staircase waveform with a small harmonic is obtained.
- the inverters INV U1 and INV U2 of the second embodiment are used.
- 37 levels can be output and harmonics can be reduced.
- the inverter VDC US whose voltage is 1 ⁇ 4 lower than that of the inverters VDC U1 to VDC UN can be formed of a switching element having a low element breakdown voltage. Even if high-frequency switching is performed by PWM control or the like, the loss seen from the whole inverter is small.
- each of these single-phase semiconductor power conversion devices can be applied to three-phase UVW, and the semiconductor power conversion devices U, V, and W can output one phase of three-phase AC power. Thereby, a three-phase semiconductor power converter is obtained.
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+VACU2)の差が直流電圧VDCU1、VDCU2の1/2より大きくなる期間がある。このため、直流電圧VDCUSの直流電圧は直流電圧VDCU1、VDCU2の1/2より僅かながら大きい値とする必要がある。
次に、本発明の実施形態に係る半導体電力変換装置の実施例2について説明する。図6は、本発明の実施形態に係る実施例2の単相の半導体電力変換装置を構成する各々のインバータINVの一例を示す回路構成図である。この実施例2は、図2に示した実施例1に対し、スイッチング素子SA1、SA2、SB1、SB2に加え、スイッチング素子SA3、SA4、SB3、SB4を追加して設け、コンデンサCP、CN及びクランプダイオードDA5、DA6、DB5、DB6を追加して設けたものである。実施例1と同一要素には同一の符号を付し、重複する説明は省略する。
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- 直流電力を単相の交流電力に変換する逆変換装置を複数直列接続した単相の半導体電力変換装置において、
n(nは自然数)個の互いに絶縁された3レベルの電圧を出力する逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと、
前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnの入力直流電圧VDCの2分の1あるいは3分の1の電圧VDCSを入力直流電圧として前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと絶縁された3レベルの電圧を出力する逆変換装置INVUSと
を有し、
前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと前記逆変換装置INVuとを直列従属接続し、最大VDC×n+VDCSを出力することを特徴とする半導体電力変換装置。
- 直流電力を単相の交流電力に変換する逆変換装置を複数直列接続した単相の半導体電力変換装置において、
n(nは自然数)個の互いに絶縁された3レベルの電圧を出力する逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと、
前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnの入力直流電圧VDCのk(kは4以上の自然数)分の1の電圧VDCSを入力直流電圧として前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと絶縁された3レベルの電圧を出力するl(lは2以上の自然数)台の逆変換装置INVUSと
を有し、前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと前記逆変換装置INVuとを直列従属接続し、最大VDC×n+VDCS×kを出力することを特徴とする半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記逆変換装置INVUSの台数k=2のとき、前記入力直流電圧VDCSを前記入力直流電圧VDCのl=4分の1とすることを特徴とする請求項2記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnが交流電力の1周期あたり1パルス電圧を出力し、前記逆変換装置INVUSがパルス幅変調した電圧を出力することを特徴とする請求項1、または2、または、3記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 単相U相のU相出力交流電圧指令値VU*が前記直流電圧VDC×m/2(mはn以下の整数)に達するときに前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnのINVUmが電圧を出力し、前記U相出力交流電圧指令値VU*と前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnの出力電圧との差電圧を前記逆変換装置INVuがパルス幅変調して出力することを特徴とする請求項4記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記交流電力を三相UVWとし、請求項1の単相の半導体電力変換装置と同一の構成で互いに絶縁された半導体電力変換装置U、V、Wを有し、前記半導体電力変換装置U、V、Wで前記三相交流電力の一相分をそれぞれ出力することを特徴とする半導体電力変換装置。
- 直流電力を単相の交流電力に変換する逆変換装置を複数直列接続した単相の半導体電力変換装置において、
n(nは自然数)個の互いに絶縁された5レベルの電圧を出力する逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと、
前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnの入力直流電圧VDCの4分の1の電圧VDCSを入力直流電圧として前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと絶縁された5レベルの電圧を出力する逆変換装置INVUSと
を有し、
前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnと前記逆変換装置INVuを直列従属接続し、最大VDC×n+VDCSを出力することを特徴とする半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnが交流電力の1周期あたり1パルス電圧を出力し、前記逆変換装置INVUSがパルス幅変調した電圧を出力することを特徴とする請求項7記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 単相U相のU相出力交流電圧指令値VU*が前記直流電圧VDC×m/2(mは前記n以下の整数)に達するときに前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnのINVUmが電圧を出力し、前記U相出力交流電圧指令値VU*と前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnの出力電圧との差電圧を前記逆変換装置INVuがパルス幅変調して出力することを特徴とする請求項8記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnを中性点クランプした逆変換装置とし、中性点電位変動の方向と出力電流の方向に従い、前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnのスイッチングパターンを決定することを特徴とする請求項9記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記交流電力を三相U、V、Wとし、請求項10の単相の半導体電力変換装置と同一の構成で互いに絶縁された半導体電力変換装置U、V、Wを有し、前記半導体電力変換装置U,V,Wで前記三相交流電力の一相分をそれぞれ出力することを特徴とする半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記直流電圧VDC、VDCSをコンデンサとし、コンデンサ電圧がバランスするように前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnのパルス幅、および前記逆変換装置INVUSの出力電圧を制御することを特徴とする請求項4、5、10、11記載の半導体電力変換装置。
- 前記逆変換装置INVU1~INVUnを構成するスイッチング素子をシリコンを用いた半導体デバイスとし、前記逆変換装置INVUSを構成するスイッチング素子をシリコンカーバイドまたはガリウムナイトライドを用いた半導体デバイスとすることを特徴とする請求項4、5、10、11、12記載の半導体電力変換装置。
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