High-Efficiency NPC Multilevel Converter Using Super-Junction MOSFETs

J N McNeill; Xibo Yuan; Philip H Anthony

doi:10.1109/TIE.2015.2466553

High-Efficiency NPC Multilevel Converter Using Super-Junction MOSFETs

J N McNeill, Xibo Yuan, Philip H Anthony

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Super-junction MOSFETs exhibit low on-state resistances and low switching losses. However, the reverse recovery behavior of their intrinsic diodes and their output capacitance characteristics make their deployment in freewheeling locations challenging. In this paper, a new snubber circuit arrangement has been proposed for a three-level converter to minimize the effect of the output capacitance. This is used in conjunction with diode deactivation circuitry to address the diode recovery behavior. Results are given for a three-phase three-level neutral point clamped converter running from an input voltage of
720 V and supplying a 3-kVA load. The converter operates with no forced cooling and efficiency is estimated at 99.3%. Apart from lower energy consumption, an advantage of high efficiency is a reduced converter mass due to reduced cooling requirements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-37
Number of pages	13
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume	63
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Aug 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2015.2466553
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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multilevel
neutral point clamped
super-junction
MOSFET
efficiency

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