A control method of a three-phase multi-level inverter includes: determining a modulation ratio based on output of the three-phase multi-level inverter, where the modulation ratio indicates a ratio of an amplitude value of a sinusoidal modulation wave in pulse width modulation to an amplitude value of a carrier; generating, based on the modulation ratio and a modulation ratio threshold, a common-mode voltage regulation signal for regulating a common-mode voltage in phase voltages of the three-phase multi-level inverter; adding the common-mode voltage regulation signal and a differential-mode voltage regulation signal for regulating a differential-mode voltage in the phase voltages of the three-phase multi-level inverter to obtain a composite regulation signal, where the composite regulation signal is presented as a modulation wave for discontinuous pulse width modulation (DPWM); and generating, based on the composite regulation signal, drive signals for controlling switches of phases of the three-phase multi-level inverter.

An AC/DC converter stage for a converter system with an input series structure. The AC/DC converter stage includes two input terminals for inputting an AC input voltage and at least a first circuit branch with at least two switches that are electrically connected in series at a first connection point, where a first input terminal of the two input terminals is electrically connected to the first connection point of the first circuit branch. At least one first electrical storage provides a DC output voltage and is electrically connected in parallel to the first circuit branch. At least one controllable bidirectional switch is electrically connected between the two input terminals.

The vibration and noise generated in a permanent magnet synchronous motor are effectively suppressed. A motor control device 1 comprises: a triangular wave generation unit 17 which generates a triangular wave signal Tr that is a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 which adjusts a carrier frequency fc that represents a frequency of the triangular wave signal Tr, and a gate signal generation unit 18 which performs pulse-width modulation on three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* according to a torque command T* using the triangular wave signal Tr, thereby generating a gate signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 adjusts the carrier frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error Δθv representing a phase difference of the three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and the triangular wave signal Tr based on the torque command T*, and a rotation speed ωr of a motor.

The vibration and noise generated in a permanent magnet synchronous motor are effectively suppressed. A motor control device 1 comprises: a triangular wave generation unit 17 which generates a triangular wave signal Tr that is a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 which adjusts a carrier frequency fc that represents a frequency of the triangular wave signal Tr, and a gate signal generation unit 18 which performs pulse-width modulation on three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* according to a torque command T* using the triangular wave signal Tr, thereby generating a gate signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 adjusts the carrier frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error Δθv representing a phase difference of the three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and the triangular wave signal Tr based on the torque command T*, and a rotation speed ωr of a motor.

A method relating to control of a system including a single-phase three-level quasi-Z type source inverter connected to an LC filter which is in turn connected to a load, the inverter including first and second bridge arms, each including a plurality of switches, the method including the steps of (a) for each of a plurality of consecutive sampling periods (i) determining the duration of a shoot-through period for the next sampling period during which the inverter is in shoot-through mode; (ii) choosing a configuration of the switches for the next sampling period (iii) at the end of the sampling period setting the switches in the chosen configuration for the next sampling period; and (b) at a time during the next sampling period and for the duration of the shoot-through period setting the switches such that the inverter is in shoot-through mode.

An electronic appliance such as a low harmonic drive, an active rectifier, a grid converter or any active front end or grid converter with an LCL filter. The converter is a two-level, a three-level or a multilevel inverter. The electronic appliance includes an LCL filter on a grid side of the electronic appliance and an active front end rectifier provided on a load side of the electronic appliance. The LCL filter includes grid side inductors and an active front end rectifier is connected to the LCL filter. A method for damping a corresponding electronic appliance is also disclosed.

An active common mode filter is configured to be positioned between a power supply and a switching converter-device/load for reducing common mode noise. The active common mode filter includes an active capacitor that has a sensing stage including one or more sensing capacitors, an amplifying stage including a common collector amplifier for mitigating an input voltage divider effect coupled to a common emitter amplifier for providing high gain, and an injection stage including one or more injection capacitors. Depending on the required attenuation in different applications, a multistage active common mode filter may be formed with a necessary number of stages, each stage including an active capacitor and an inductor.

Systems and methods for data collection for an industrial heating process are disclosed. The system according to one embodiment can include a plurality of data collectors, including a swarm of self-organized data collector members, wherein the swarm of self-organized data collector members organize to enhance data collection based on at least one of capabilities and conditions of the data collector members of the swarm, and wherein the plurality of data collectors is coupled to a plurality of input channels for acquiring collected data relating to the industrial heating process, and a data acquisition and analysis circuit for receiving the collected data via the plurality of input channels and structured to analyze the received collected data using a neural network to monitor a plurality of conditions relating to the industrial heating process.

The present disclosure provides a high-performance power supply of a wide output voltage range and a control method thereof. The high-performance power supply of a wide output voltage range includes M rectification branches and a serial to parallel conversion module. The technical solution of the present disclosure solves the problem in the prior art that it is still difficult to obtain a good performance within a full output voltage range under a wide output voltage requirement.

A control device for controlling a switching converter includes a switch controller that generates a control signal with a switching period for controlling switching of a switch of the switching converter and setting a first interval in which a current flows in the switch, a second interval in which energy is transferred onto a storage element of the switching converter, and a third, wait, interval, at the end of the second interval. The duration of the first interval is determined based on a control voltage indicating the output voltage. A pre-distortion stage receives the control voltage and generates a pre-distorted control voltage as a function of the control voltage and a relationship between one of the first and third time intervals and the switching period, wherein the switch controller is configured to control a duration of the first interval based on the pre-distorted control voltage.