Milestones in Matrix Converter Research

Abstract

The Matrix Converter (MC) evolved from the forced commutated cycloconverters and has been extensively investigated for more than thirty years. In this publication, the milestones in research on MCs in academia and industry are reviewed and presented chronologically and thematically ordered. The major contributions in the fundamental topic areas such as the development of the topology, topological extensions, commutation, modulation, loss calculation, control, or filtering and EMC are compiled and then expanded with examples of the latest activities in the corresponding field of research. In addition, an overview of the publicly reported research on MCs in industry is provided and the development of the commercialized MCs is briefly summarized. This review concludes with a brief comparison of the MC with the voltage source converter and a discussion of the current status of the MC technology and its future potential.

Torque Ripple Minimization of a Three Phase Matrix Converter Fed BLDC Motor

“…Indirect Matrix Converter An IMC topology without a DC link capacitor was suggested by ziogas in 1986 [16]and analyzed in detail by Kim et al in 1998 [17].The IMC features a two stage power conversion with a unipolar current source input stage with six bidirectional switches(CSR) and a voltage source converter output stage(VSI)which is shown in Fig.2 [14]. …”

Doing Research In Power Electronics [My View]

“…This has been recognized as a "key milestone contribution" in matrix converter research [20]. The IGBT-based ac switch is now universally used in matrix converters.…”

Application of Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation Based Matrix Converter as Revolutionized Power Electronic Converter

“…Matrix Converter in the three-phase variant is extensively researched at the same time as the single phase Matrix Converter had very little attention while offering the possibility of a very wide application. Single phase matrix converter was first released by Zuckerberger in 1997 as the direct single phase AC-AC converter [3]. The Single phase Matrix Converter can perform all the function of a generalized single phase power electronics converter only by varying the input parameters though having possibilities of single phase to three phase conversion in Matrix Converters [4].…”