Some Recent Trends in Solid-State AC Drives

Abstract

In this paper, state-of-the-art in solid-state ac drives is described with special reference to major areas of application in modern industry. Performance requirements are discussed followed by detailed treatment of PWM and stepped-waveform inverters. Comparison of various inverter types is made. Likely future developments are listed.

Indexing Terms:

• Thyristor Inverters
• Static AC Drives
• Solid-State AC Drives