Analysis of Bootstrap Circuit Operation with an Inverted PWM Drive Scheme for a Three-Phase Inverter for a Brushless DC Motor Drive

Yongkeun Lee, Jongkwang Kim

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Abstract

A bootstrap circuit for operating the high-side insulated-gate bipolar transistor of a three-phase inverter for a brushless dc motor drive is analyzed theoretically to avoid under voltage lockout by minimizing the discharge of a bootstrap capacitor (BSC). Unlike various methods of reducing the discharge of BSCs, which limits the controllability of the motor speed/torque, a proposed inverted PWM driving scheme has no limit to the controllability while maintaining the proper voltage level for a BSC. This method is verified experimentally in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8680797
Pages (from-to)58-65
Number of pages8
JournalCanadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Volume42
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2019

Keywords

  • Bootstrap capacitor (BSC)
  • bootstrap circuit
  • discharging
  • inverted pulsewidth modulation (PWM)
  • three-phase inverter

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