A novel Z-source three-level inverter based on coupled inductors is proposed. The two inductors in traditional Z-source impedance network are replaced by two coupled inductors. The operating principle is described and the equations of boost factor and voltage stresses are deduced. Comparisons are made with other Z-source three-level inverters, especially the multicell switched inductor Z-source...

This technical report presents the design of a Z-source inverter for an electric bike controller. The objective of this work is to evaluate the potential of using this non-standard inverter topology for a medium power (250W 3kW) motor drive application. The Z-source inverter is able to use the shoot-through state to boost the dc bus voltage, which enables a permanent magnet motor to achieve a h...

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the Z-source inverter with two different control techniques namely the simple boost control and the maximum constant boost control with third harmonic injection. The Z-source inverter has the capability to buck-boost the input voltage without any intermediate boost conversion stage. It utilizes the shoot-through states effectively to boost the input...

The impedance networks increment the input DC voltage of the voltage source inverters. Their advantage is lack of the additional switches – they use only inverter bridge switches. However they cause some side effects in the inverter operation. Up today the tips how to design Z-Source impedance network keeping it in the Current Continuous Mode are rare in the literature. The paper present proble...

In this paper, the operation principle of the Z-source inverter is analysed in detail. According to the characteristics of allowed short–shrougt zero state in the Z-source inverter, SPWM control method of the Zsource inverter is obtained by inserting fixed short–shrougt zero state into zero state of SPWM. It is simple and easily implemented in practice. However, in inductive load condition the ...

In this article, a novel structure for four-switch three-phase inverter with the ability of creating null vector is proposed. This utilizes symmetrical quasi-Z-source network and generates zero output voltage during shoot-through state, which similar to in conventional six-switch inverter. used remaining time each switching period. means that proposed has several advantages over inverter, two a...