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IntroductionPowerelectronicdeviceshaveachievedhigherperformancebyusingnewtechnologiessuchaspowertransistors,IGBTs(InsulatedGateBipolarTransistors),andmicroprocessors.
Inrecentyears,inresponsetothetrendofIT(InformationTechnology),FA(FactoryAutomation),andHA(HomeAutomation),facilitiesmanagementisbecomingintegratedinfactories,transportationsystems,powersystems,offices,andstores,whicharethetraditionalapplicationareaofpowerelectronicdevices.
Athome,thenumberofelectricalappliancesthatincludemarks"IH"(InductionHeating)and"Inverter"areincreasing.
Thebasicfunctionsofpowerelectronicsincludetheuseofelectronicstocontrolandtransformelectricenergyintermsofvoltage,current,frequency,andwaveform.
Thebasicfunctionsalsoincludetheuseofelectroniccontrolforconversiontootherformsofenergysuchaselectromagneticenergy,actuators,andhigh-frequencyinductionheating(Figure1).
Wecanthereforeexpectpowerelectronicstoplayanincreasinglyimportantroleintheaccuratemanagementandcontrolofelectricenergyathighspeedintheageofinformation.
ThispaperreportsonthetrendsinpowerelectronicsandthecurrentstateofresearchanddevelopmentatFujiElectric.
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EssentialtechnologiesandpowerelectronicsproductsInverterfornewenergyapplicationPowersystemcompensatorServoUPSHigh-frequencyapplicationEngineeringPowerdeviceTopologyElectroniccircuitElectromagneticsCoolingStructureNumericalanalysisControlITVarioustypesofpowerunitsMotorInverter2.
CurrentStateandIssuesofPowerElectronicsPowerelectronicdevicesnormallyfeaturelowlossesbecausetheswitchingoperationsthattheyperformarecontrolledbytheon/offstateofsemiconductors.
However,becausetheycanalsocauseelectromagneticinterferenceduetoswitching,itisnecessarytomaximizetheadvantagesofthedeviceswhileeliminatingorminimizingtheirdisadvantages.
Sincethecontroltechnologyisflexibleandwideinapplicationsfromhigh-speedcontrolinthegenerationofpowerwithahighpeakdemandtooperationsthatsaveenergy,appropriateoperationscanbeadjustedtotherequiredconditions.
Itisthereforeusefultohaveaclearideaofthetrendoftechnologyfortheimprovementofperformance,functionsandofthenecessarybenchmarkswhilemaintainingharmonywithoursurroundings,includingtheenvironment,asseenfromvariouspointsofview.
(1)ReductionofresourceconsumptionandstresstotheenvironmentRoughlyspeaking,thesizeofcurrentpowerelectronicsequipmentisaboutone-tenththatof20yearsagoandtheirweightaboutone-fifth.
Ineffortstoreducetheamountofenergyconsumedandtoreducecarbondioxidelevels,attemptstosaveenergybyreducinglossrelatedtoelementsandcircuitsandtouseregenerativeenergyrecoveryhavebeenmade.
Tocontinuallymaximizetheeffectsoftheseefforts,newtechnologiesareneededtooptimizesystemoperationbeyondthepartialoptimizationtechniques,suchasthelow-losscircuitsystemsandnewpowerdevices,andthesizeandweightreductionprovidedbysuchtechniques.
(2)LimitingnoiseandharmonicsdistortionCircuitsthatsuppressnoiseandharmonicsdistortioncausedbytheswitchingofpowerdevicesandstructuresthatblocktheradiationofnoiseareimportantasmeansofpreventingfailuresanderrorsinotherelectronicequipment.
Inrecentyears,steadyprogresshasbeenmadeinthestandardizationofEMC(ElectromagneticCompatibility).
IntheIECstandardoftheInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission,adirectivewasissuedtolimittheterminalvoltagenoise(conductivenoise)in150kHz-30MHztonomorethanthepresetvalue.
InJapan,"TheGuidelinesforHigh-VoltageUsers"andthe"GuidelinesforProtectiveMeasuresagainstHarmonicsinHouseholdAppliancesandGeneral-PurposeProducts"alongwiththeIECdirectivewereestablishedin1994toimposeself-regulation.
Fordomesticinformationprocessingdevices,self-regulationwasimposedbytheVCCI(VoluntaryControlCouncilforInformationProcessingEquipmentandElectronicOfficeMachines)toeliminateradiointerferencecausedbyelectromagneticradiation.
Thedevelopmentofequipmentthatconformtotheaboverequirementsandthatareelectromagneticallyclean,requiresadvancedcircuitsandstructuretechnologiesthatsuppresspowersupplyharmonicsandterminalvoltagenoise.
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8,20022(3)SeekingnewvaluesAsinformationcontinuestogaingreaterimportance,wecanexpectmorecontributionsfromthecreationofnewcutting-edgetechnologies,inwhichthecontrolofelectricenergy,motionandITarecloselyintegrated,byimprovingthelevelofdeviceperformance.
Eventoday,practicalequipmentwithsurprisinglevelsofperformance,suchasfastresponseIGBTtypeSVCs(StaticVarCompensator)thatcontrolsreactivepowerofseveraltensofMVA,high-speedpowersupplieswhichprovidelow-voltageandlargecurrentstohigh-speedCPUs,andservosthatcontrolprecisionmechanicalequipmentontheorderofnm,arebeingintroducedoneaftertheother.
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AppliedPowerElectronicTechnologiesThekeyelementsrequiredinpowerelectronicequipmentarethepowerdevices.
AsshowninFigure2,controllablepowerdevicesstartedwiththethyristor.
Theyhavesinceprogressedtothebipolartransistor,GateTurn-Offthyristor(GTO)andlatelytotheIGBT.
Becauseitisrelativelyeasytomakeahigh-voltage,large-capacityIGBT,theIGBTisexpectedtoreplacethethyristorandGTO.
ItisalsoimportanttodevelopIGBTswhichhavesuperiorcharacteristicstootherpowerdevices.
Thefollowingdescribesappliedtechnologiesforpowerdevices.
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PowerdevicetimelineDevicecapacityMVA2000199019801970YearThyristorGTOIGBTMOSFETBipolartransistor3.
1AppliedTechnologiesforNewPowerDevicesFujiElectriciscurrentlyworkingtodeveloptwonewdevices,theFS-IGBT(FieldStopIGBT)andreverse-blockingIGBT.
Astheworkondevicedevelopmentcontinues,appliedtechnologiesarebeingdeveloped,too.
(1)FS-IGBTTheFS-IGBTisafasterdevicecomparedwithconventionalonesaswellasithasasubstantialreducedforwardvoltagedrop(seeFigure5inthepaper"AppliedTechnologyforLarge-Capacity6-in-1IGBTModules"inthisspecialissue).
Aslim-linepackagewithafootprintone-halfthatofconventionaldeviceshasbeenimplementedbyoptimallylayingoutIGBTchipsthatcantakehighercurrentdensitiesandinput/outputterminals.
Whenweevaluatedaprototypeinverterstackthatincludesahigh-performancecoolingfan,theresultweobtainedshowedareductioninlossofabout20%.
Thisresultleadstoasubstantialminiaturizationofinvertersandpowersupplyequipment.
(2)Reverse-blockingIGBTThereverse-blockingIGBTisanentirelynewdevicewithreversewithstandvoltage.
ConventionalIGBTshavenoreversewithstandvoltageandarelimitedtoopeningandclosingintheforwarddirectiononly.
TheconventionalIGBTisthereforenotsuitableforcircuitstowhichreversevoltageisapplied,eventhoughsimpleones,suchasathyristorrectifier.
Thenewlydevelopedreverse-blockingIGBT,withitsproprietarywithstandvoltagestructure,succeedsinhavingreversewithstandvoltagewithoutincreasingtheforwardvoltagedrop.
Whentworeverse-blockingIGBTsareconnectedinanantiparallelconnection,abidirectionalswitchthatisalmostideallyfastandlowinlosscanberealized(seeFigure4inthepaper"AppliedTechnologyforReverse-BlockingIGBTs"inthisspecialissue).
Anewpowerdeviceisasourcefornewapplications.
Withtheadventofthereverse-blockingIGBT,wecanexpectnewdevelopmentsincircuitsystems,includingAC-ACdirectconversion.
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2SensingTechnologywithinthePackageInalarge-capacitypowerdeviceinwhichmultiplechipsaremounted,ensuringreliabilityisamajorproblem.
MultipleIGBTchipsmountedinapackagearedesignedsothattheloadamongthemisbalanced.
Thebalancingisaccomplishedbyreducingdifferencesinoperatingconditionsresultingfromthestructureandlayouttoaminimum.
However,whenweattemptedtochecktheloadbalancingundermorestringentconditions,itwasnoteasytomeasurethecurrentofeachchipwithinanarrowpackagewithhighelectromagneticfields,andasmall,high-speedsensorwiththerequiredprecisionwasdifficulttoobtain.
Wethereforedevelopedamicrosensorthatcouldbeincorporatedintopressureweldingelements(seeFigure3)andsucceededinobservingminutedifferencesinchipcurrentwithoutaffectingtheelements.
Thisprocedurealsoverifiedthattheloadisbalancednormallyinallareas.
Wethinkitispossibletousethismeasuringtechnologytoimprovetheperformanceandreliabilityoflarge-capacitypowerdevices.
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TechnologicalTrendsandChallengesFigure4summarizestherelationshipsamongthepowersupply,drivefieldsandtheessentialtechnologyforcircuits,control,andinformation.
Becauselownoise,highpowerfactor,lowharmonics,andhighefficiencyarethemeasuresofdevicesinthepowersupplyfield,theemphasisisoncircuittechnology.
Inparticular,ifthecapacityissmall,implementationwiththeminimumnumberofpartsbecomesimportant.
Inthedrivefield,ontheotherhand,theemphasisisonoperationandcontrol––forexample,energy-savingoperation,reductionoflaborbytuning,andbetterperformancethroughstateestimationandidentification.
Theseries-parallelconnectiontechnologyoftheIGBTposesachallengeinboththedrivefieldandinpowersupplyfieldforincreasingcapacity.
Thefollowingexplainshowtheseessentialtechnologiesandapplicationsarebeingaddressed.
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RelationshipsamongessentialtechnologiesandthepowersupplyanddrivefieldsSoftswitchingMultilevelconverterEnergy-savingoperationComputerizationHigh-performanceconverterHigh-speedcontrolEstimation/identificationTuningAdvancecontrolControltechnologyCircuittechnologyElementseries-parallelconnectionLownoise,lowlossHighpowerfactor,lowharmonicsMaintenance,serviceSystemcontrol,plantcontrol,maintenance,serviceHighperformanceLowlossLesslaborHighresponseHighresponseLargecapacityLargecapacityLowsurge,highvoltagePowersupplyfieldDrivefield4.
1ChallengesinthePowerSupplyField4.
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1Noise,harmonics,andlossreductionSoftswitchingisatechnologythatattacksthegivenproblemsbyusingtheresonanceofcircuits.
Thistechnologyisparticularlysuitableforasmallpowersupplywithhighswitchingfrequencies.
Oneoftheproblemsenteringpublicawarenessrecentlyisthereductionofpowerconsumptioninthestandbystate.
Asasolutiontothisproblem,atopclasstechnologyforlowpowerconsumptioninthestandbystatethatusesintermittentoperationbyburstoscillationhasbeendeveloped.
Ahighlevelofintegrationiseffectiveforimplementingasmall-capacitycircuitwithgoodreproducibilitywhilesatisfyingthecomplexrequirementsdescribedabove.
FujiElectrichasalreadybroughttomarketICsforpowersupplyswitching.
Figure5showstheIC.
ApowersupplywitharatingoftheseveralhundredsWtoseveralkWisinmanycasesusedforserverandcommunicationsequipment.
Suchapowersupplyshouldthereforefeaturehighlevelsofprecisionandefficiency,ahighpowerfactor,andlowharmonicssothatthesystemwilloperateefficientlyandstably.
FujiElectrichasproposedthesystemshowninFigure1ofthepaper"AC-ACConversionCircuitTechnology"inthisspecialissueasasuperiorconversioncircuitinprinciplethatcancaptureallofthesefeaturesinasinglesystem(Figure6showsthecircuitconfigurationandthedevice).
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2NewapplicationsSomedevicesusedinrecentproductionfacilitiesandinformationprocessingrequireaverystablepowersupplyenvironment.
Ifaninstantaneousvoltagedropoccurs,thedamages,suchasvariousproblemsandreductioninyield,areserious.
Also,aproblemwiththeconventionalUPS(UninterruptiblePowerSupply)istherapiddeteriorationofbatteriescausedbyrepeatedcharginganddischargingofthebatteriesifinstantaneousvoltagedropsarefrequent.
FujiElectrichasmadecommerciallyavailableequipmentthattakesspecialmeasuresforinstantaneousvoltagedrops.
Figure7(b)showstheprincipleofoperation.
BecausealargecapacitorisusedasanenergystoringelementinsteadofthebatteriesusedinaUPSinFigure7(a),thedevicehasexcellentreliabilityanddoesnotrequiremaintenanceforalongtime.
Wethinkthatthedevicewillcontributemuchtoimprovethequalityofsuppliedpower.
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ComparisonofbasicconfigurationsofUPSandequipmentprovidingproprietarymeasuresforinstantaneousvoltagedropsConverterACDCInverterACDCConverterACDCInverterACDC(a)UPSWhenbiasedWhenbiasedPowersystemBatteryLargecapacitorThenumberofcharginganddischargingtimesislimited.
(b)EquipmentprovidingproprietarymeasuresforinstantaneousvoltagedropsPowersystemThereisnolimitonthenumberofcharginganddischargingtimes.
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2DriveSystemChallengesPresentedherearethetechnologiesfortheinverterandservo,themainapplicationsinthemotordrivefield.
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1InvertercontroltechnologyInverterssuitableforinductionmachinesorpermanentmagnetsynchronousmachineshavebeendeveloped.
Withregardtoinductionmachines,vectorcontrol,speedsensorlessvectorcontrol,V/fcontrol,andanenhancedtypeofV/fcontrol(thatis,torquevectorcontrol)arealreadybeingusedinawiderangeofmotors,fromspecializedmotorsandgeneral-purposemotorstohigh-voltagemotors.
FujiElectrichasanoperationalversionofvectorcontrolandV/fcontrolforpermanentmagnetsynchronousmachinedrives.
AV/fcontrolthatcanbeeasilyhandledisappropriateforenergy-savingdrivesbecausehigh-efficiencycontrolisimplemented.
TheV/fcontrolachievesacontrolperformancethatiscomparabletothespeedsensorlessvectorcontrol(seeFigure6inthepaper"SensorlessControlTechnologyofPermanentMagnetSynchronousMotors"inthisspecialissue).
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2NewservofunctionsWorkonservosystemsusedforhigh-speedandhigh-precisionapplicationsisfocusedontwoareas.
Oneareaistheperformanceimprovementoftheservoamplifier.
High-speedpositioninganddampingcontrolareessentialinobtainingthebestperformancefrommachinesinwhichaservoisinstalled.
Theotherareaisasupporttoolusedfortuningwhentheworkingmachinesareincorporated.
Themachineanalysisfunctionincorporatedinthetoolcananalyzethecomplexmachineoscillationmodesthataretobeusedtotunethesystem.
Figure8showsanexampleofcombiningtheservosystemandthesupporttool.
Hithertoalongtimewasneededfortuningiftherewerecomplexmachinevibrations.
Whenthesupporttoolisused,tuningofthevibrationsuppressioncontrolarebothquickandaccurate.
Iftheidentificationaccuracyofthemachinetransferfunctionisimprovedinthefuture,automatictuningoftheservomaybeexpected.
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3HighPowerTechnologyInalarge-capacityconverterusedforflickercompensation,reactivepowercompensation,ordrivingofalargemotorinapowersystem,therequiredequipmentcapacitymustbeimplementedusingseries-parallelconnectionsofpowerdevices.
Intheconventionalseriestechnology,afunctionthatbalancesthevoltageamongthethyristor,GTO,andIGBTisimplementedusingaresistororsnubbercircuit.
Whenthismethodisused,lossduetotheresistorislargeandthebalancecanbemaintainedatalowcarrierfrequencyandswitchingspeed.
Theserestrictionspreventminiaturizationoftheconvertersandhinderperformance.
FujiElectrichasdevelopedanewseriestechnologythatcouldovercometheseproblems.
Theconfigurationisasimpleoneinwhichbalancecoresareinsertedforthegatedrive.
SincethebalanceismaintainedautomaticallybytheamplificationoftheIGBT,thetechnologyhaspotentialforhigherperformanceathighcarrierfrequencies.
Figure9showsabasicconfigurationwhenamultiseriescircuitisappliedtotheinverter.
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BasicconfigurationofmultiseriescircuitsDCvoltageGatedrivecircuit(upperarm)GatebalancecoreGatedrivecircuit(lowerarm)+5.
ConclusionInthispaper,wepresentedanoverviewofthecurrentresearchanddevelopmentinpowerelectronics.
Inthefuture,wealsointendtoconsolidateandimproveourtechnicalexpertiseinresponsetovarioustypesofneedsandtoquicklydevelopnewtechnologiesthatwillplayapartinsolvingenvironmentalandenergyproblems.
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