Flying Capacitor Voltage Regulation for a Self-Voltage-Boosting AC Motor Drive

In order to extend motor operation range, a self-voltage-boosting AC motor drive is proposed in this paper. Compared with the traditional frontend DC-DC converters, the proposed topology reuses the power switches inherently involved within the three-phase inverter without using any additional active components. By modifying the time distribution of the two zero vectors in traditional seven-segment space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technology, the inductor current and the flying capacitor voltage can be adjusted. The proposed topology has the advantage of a wider operating range without extra cost. Moreover, the performance of the motor drive is not affected. Experimental results demonstrate the correctness of the proposed topology.