Fully Decoupled Branch Energy Balancing Control Method for Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter Based on Sequence Circulating Components

The modular multilevel matrix converter(M3C)is a potential frequency converter for low-frequency AC transmission.However,capacitor voltage control of high-voltage and largecapacity M3C is more difficult,especially for voltage balancing between branches.To solve this problem,this paper defines sequence circulating components and theoretically analyzes the influence mechanism of different sequence circulating components on branch capacitor voltage.A fully decoupled branch energy balancing control method based on four groups of sequence circulating components is proposed.This method can control capacitor voltages of nine branches in horizontal,vertical and diagonal directions.Considering influences of both circulating current and voltage,a cross decoupled control is designed to improve control precision.Simulation results are taken from a low-frequency transmission system based on PSCAD/EMTDC,and effectiveness and precision of the proposed branch energy balancing control method are verified in the case of nonuniform parameters and an unbalanced power system.

A New Active Gate Driver for MOSFET to Suppress Turn-Off Spike and Oscillation

MOSFETs are widely used in power electronics converters.Due to the high di/dt and dv/dt of the MOSFET and parasitic parameters in the circuit,drain voltage spikes and oscillations will be generated during turn-off,which can affect the safety of the device and degrade the system's electromagnetic compatibility.This paper first studies the relationship between drain voltage spike and gate voltage during turn-off.Based on the effect of gate voltage on drain voltage spike,a new active gate driver that optimizes gate voltage is proposed.The proposed active gate driver detects the slope of the drain voltage and generates a positive pulse in the drain current fall phase to increase the gate voltage,thereby suppressing drain voltage spike and oscillation.In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed active gate driver,a simulation circuit and an experimental platform are constructed and compared with the conventional gate driver.Simulation and experimental results show that the new active gate driver can effectively suppress the drain voltage spike and oscillation of MOSFETs,and can effectively reduce high-frequency EMI.

An Accurate Common-Mode Current Prediction Method for Transformerless Photovoltaic Inverters Based on Graph Theory

The common-mode current is an important indicator with transformerless photovoltaic inverters.However,up to now,there is not an accurate method to predict common-mode current in the inverter design process,resulting from inappropriate device selection or exceeded the expected common-mode current.In order to solve this problem,this paper proposes an accurate common-mode current prediction method based on graph theory for transformerless photovoltaic inverters.In this paper,the mathematic model of the common-mode current is derived using graph theory analysis method in the full-bridge topology,and it is used to predict common-mode current.The validity and correctness of the proposed prediction method are validated by simulation and experiment.The oscillation frequency and amplitude can be predicted by the proposed common-mode prediction method,whereas the traditional common-mode analysis method cannot.This paper provides a novel way to predict and analyze common-mode current in the transformerless photovoltaic inverters.

Research and Modeling on the Characteristic Changes of EMI Filter Passive Components under the Influence of Aging

At present,the power density of power electronic devices in data centers and electric vehicles is constantly increasing,and numerous electronic components are concentrated in a tight,high-temperature environment,which aggravates the performance degradation of electronic components.Consequently,X and Y capacitors,common-mode inductors,and differential-mode inductors used for electromagnetic interference(EMI)suppression suffer from aging effects,and their performance continues to decline.However,the electromagnetic compatibility test is often conducted immediately after the power electronic equipment leaves the factory.The electromagnetic compatibility of power electronic equipment is affected by aging,which is not assessed in current industrial testing.This study conducts aging experiments on passive electronic components in EMI filters and measures the impedance in the frequency range from 150 kHz to 30 MHz.Subsequently,a multi-element aging model based on electromagnetic field analysis is established.The proposed model is suitable for electromagnetic compatibility analysis considering aging.Finally,the aging performance of a commercial two-stage EMI filter is predicted to verify the model proposed in the study.The proposed model explains the degeneration of the EMI filter with aging in the frequency range of 150 kHz to 1 MHz,with a maximum amplitude error of 0.58 dB and phase error of 1.0°.