A 7-Level Single DC Source Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters Control Using Hybrid Modulation

International audienceThis paper presents a new hybrid cascaded Hbridge multilevel inverter (HCMLI) motor drive DTC control scheme for electric vehicles or hybrid electric vehicles where each phase of the inverter can be implemented using only a single DC source. Traditionally, each phase of the inverter require n DC source for 2n + 1 output voltage levels. In this paper, a scheme is proposed that allows the use of a single DC source as the first DC source which would be available from batteries or fuel cells, with the remaining (n – 1) DC sources being capacitors. This scheme can simultaneously maintain the DC voltage level of the capacitors, produce a nearly sinusoidal output voltage due to its high number of output levels and therefore a high performance and also efficient torque and flux controller is obtained, enabling a DTC solution for hybrid multilevel inverter powered motor drives.

Analytical Models Synthesis of Power Electronic Converters

In this paper we proposes a synthesis of different mathematical models of power electronic converters based on Thevenin/Norton equivalent circuits. Those models, composed by impedances and harmonic noise sources, are helpful to predict the conducted ElectroMagnetic Interferences (EMI) generated by converters connected to the electrical network. Moreover, the extracted impedances are determining for sizing EMC filters. The proposed analytical model is tested with PSpice simulations and validated by experimental measurements, from DC frequency until 30MHz

EMC study in embedded systems

Aujourd'hui CEM normative sur RSIL ne permet pas de garantir le bon fonctionnement de façon systématique. La sûreté est assurée au moyen de marges CEM, souvent excessives. Le système est donc sous optimal Par ailleurs, le fonctionnement des convertisseurs sur RSIL n'est pas forcément représentatif du fonctionnement réel: le RSIL n'est pas forcément représentatif des impédances des réseaux embarqués. De ce fait, le filtrage d'un convertisseur peut être optimisé sur RSIL mais n'est plus forcément optimal dès qu'on est sur un réseau réel. L'objectif de cette thèse est de progresser dans la modélisation CEM des réseaux embarqués, en vue de pouvoir prédire le comportement, et d'optimiser les moyens de filtrage.Today normative LISN EMC does not guarantee the proper functioning systematically. Safety is ensured by EMC margins often excessive. The system is therefore suboptimal Furthermore, the operation of the converters on the AN is not necessarily representative of the actual operation : the AN is not necessarily representative of the impedances of embedded networks . Thus , filtering of a converter can be optimized but on the AN is not necessarily optimal since it is a real network . The objective of this thesis is to advance the EMC modeling of embedded systems in order to predict behavior, and optimize the filter means

Input impedance investigation of a DC-DC converter on a large frequency range: a novel analytical approach

International audienceThis paper proposes to investigate the Differential Mode (DM) input impedance of a DC-DC converter. This parameter is crucial for network analysis, in a wide frequency range, from very low frequency for network stability analysis up to several tens of MHz for EMC studies. Analytical approach based on signal processing theory is developed, validated by PSPICE simulations and experimental measurements. The results are discussed in comparison with an "off-line" impedance measurement, the converter being disconnected from the DC source