Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs

Trentin, Andrew; Zanchetta, Pericle; Empringham, Lee; De Lillo, Liliana; Wheeler, Patrick; Clare, Jon C.

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Optimal Control of Matrix Converters (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Formentini, A., Pipolo, S., Trentin, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2019, September). Optimal Control of Matrix Converters. Presented at 2019 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE '19 ECCE Europe), Genova, Italy

A New Modulation Approach for Matrix Converter (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pipolo, S., Formentini, A., Trentin, A., Zanchetta, P., Calvini, M., & Venturini, M. (2019, May). A New Modulation Approach for Matrix Converter. Presented at 10th International Conference on Power Electronics – ECCE Asia (ICPE 2019-ECCE Asia), Bexco, Busan, South Korea

The matrix converter is an AC/AC converter constituted by an array of controlled semiconductor switches that connects directly the three-phase source to the three-phase load. The major development of matrix converters begins when Alesina and Venturin... Read More about A New Modulation Approach for Matrix Converter.

Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Trentin, A., Hind, D., Degano, M., Tighe, C., Arevalo, S. L., Yang, L., Johnson, M., Wheeler, P., Gerada, C., Harris, A., & Packwood, M. (2018, September). Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes. Presented at 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, USA

The majority of commercial Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET based power modules available on the market today also include SiC Schottky diodes placed in anti-parallel with the MOSFETs. Using an accurate electrical and thermal simulation model this paper... Read More about Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes.

Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yousefi-Talouki, A., Stella, F., Odhano, S., De Lillo, L., Trentin, A., Pellegrino, G., & Zanchetta, P. Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives. Presented at 8th IEEE International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED 2017)

This paper presents a sensorless control technique based on direct flux vector control (DFVC) method for synchronous reluctance (SyR) motor drives fed by a three-phase to three-phase matrix converter (MC). Rotor position is estimated based on active... Read More about Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives.

Fixed frequency finite-state model predictive control for indirect matrix converters with optimal switching pattern (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lei, J., Tariscotti, L., Trentin, A., Zanchetta, P., Wheeler, P., & Formentini, A. Fixed frequency finite-state model predictive control for indirect matrix converters with optimal switching pattern. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

Finite States Model Predictive Control (MPC) has been recently applied to several converters topologies for the many advantages it can provide such as fast dynamics, multi-target control capabilities, easy implementation on digital control board and... Read More about Fixed frequency finite-state model predictive control for indirect matrix converters with optimal switching pattern.

Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Trentin, A., Zanchetta, P., Empringham, L., De Lillo, L., Wheeler, P., & Clare, J. C. Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

This paper presents an experimental comparison between a Direct Matrix Converter and an Indirect Matrix Converter in terms of semiconductor devices thermal cycling. Both converters have been designed and built using SiC MOSFETs; the Indirect Matrix C... Read More about Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs.