Single-Phase to Three-Phase Inverter with Small DC-Link Capacitor for Motor Drive System

The electrolytic-capacitor-less(EL-cap-less)technique has been attracting more and more interests in these years. The EL-cap-less single-phase to three-phase inverter(STI)with front-end diode rectifier is applied to home electrical appliances. In EL-cap-less systems,film-type capacitor is used to suppress the high-frequency ripple components instead of smoothing the DC-link voltage. By using the EL-cap-less solution,reliability can be improved,lifetime can be increased and high power factor(PF)also can be realized. The EL-cap-less STI brings the opportunity to simplify system structure and lower cost. Because a certain DC-link capacitance is still required,the real PF is limited. To further improve the PF,the ripple components of current references are made in synchronous with the DClink voltage. And the capacitance chosen guideline of the film-type capacitor also be presented. A prototype is built to verify its real performance.