Impute DC Link (IDCL) Cell Based Power Converters And Control Thereof

View/ Open
Date
4/26/2016Author
Divan, Deepakraj M.
Prasai, Anish
Hernendez, Jorge
Moghe, Rohit
Iyer, Amrit
Kandula, Rajendra Prasad
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Power flow controllers based on Imputed DC Link (IDCL) cells are provided. The IDCL cell is a self-contained power electronic building block (PEBB). The IDCL cell may be stacked in series and parallel to achieve power flow control at higher voltage and current levels. Each IDCL cell may comprise a gate drive, a voltage sharing module, and a thermal management component in order to facilitate easy integration of the cell into a variety of applications. By providing direct AC conversion, the IDCL cell based AC/AC converters reduce device count, eliminate the use of electrolytic capacitors that have life and reliability issues, and improve system efficiency compared with similarly rated back-to-back inverter system.
Collections
- Georgia Tech Patents [1761]