POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: OI, TAKESHI, KOYAMA, MASATO, IWATA, AKIHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.12.2010
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION

A power converting apparatus is configured with a first inverter circuit (1) which has a high-voltage first DC voltage source (5) and is operated at a low frequency using Si IGBTs (3) having a high withstand voltage Vx exceeding 1000 V and a second inverter circuit (2) which has a low-voltage capaci...