High-Power Converters and ac Drives.

By Bin Wu 319
2006 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Abbreviations
ABB AseaBrownBoveri
APOD Alternative phase opposite disposition
CHB Cascade H-bridge
CSI Current source inverter
CSR Current source rectifier
DF Distortion factor
DPF Displacement power factor
DTC Direct torque control
ETO Emitter turn-off thyristor
FC Flux controller
FOC Field oriented control
GCT Gate communicated thyristor (also know as integrated gate
commutated thyristor)
CTO Gate turn-off thyristor
HPF High pass filter
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IEGT Injection enhanced gate transistor
IGBT Insulated gate bipolar transistor
IPD In-phase disposition
LCI Load commutated inverter
LPF Low pass filter
MCT MOS controlled thyristor
MOSFET Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
MV Medium voltage (2.3 KV to 13.8 KV)
NPC Neutral point clamped
PCBB Power converter building block
PF Power factor (DF DPF)
PI Proportional and integral
PLL Phase-locked loop
POD Phase opposite disposition
PWM Pulse width modulation
pu Per unit
rms Root mean square
rpm Revolutions per minute
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SCR Silicon controlled rectifier (thyristor)
SHE Selective harmonic elimination
SIT Static induction thyristor
SM Synchronous motor
SPWM Sinusoidal pulse width modulation
SVM Spacevector modulation
THD Total harmonic distortion
TPWM Trapezoidal pulse width modulation
VSI Voltage source inverter
320 Abbreviations
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