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Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng.  2012, Vol. 13 Issue (11): 866-874    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.C1200164
    
A fault tolerant single sided matrix converter for flight control actuation systems
Xiao-yan Huang, Mao-jing Jin, Jian-cheng Zhang, Qin-fen Lu, You-tong Fang, Andrew Goodman, Chris Gerada
College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; High Technology Research and Development Center, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing 100044, China; University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG72RD, UK
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Abstract  We describe a single sided matrix converter (SSMC) designed for safety critical applications like flight control actuation systems. Dynamic simulations of multi-phase SSMC using Matlab Simulink are carried out to evaluate the fault tolerance capabilities. Investigation into different numbers of phases and power converter topologies under single phase open circuit, single switch open circuit, and single switch short circuit has been executed. The simulation results confirm 5-phase SSMC design as a compromise between fault tolerance and converter size/volume. A 5-phase SSMC prototype was built. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of our design.

Key wordsSingle sided matrix converter      Fault tolerance      Flight control actuation systems     
Received: 25 May 2012      Published: 02 November 2012
CLC:  TM46  
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Xiao-yan Huang, Mao-jing Jin, Jian-cheng Zhang, Qin-fen Lu, You-tong Fang, Andrew Goodman, Chris Gerada. A fault tolerant single sided matrix converter for flight control actuation systems. Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng., 2012, 13(11): 866-874.

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A fault tolerant single sided matrix converter for flight control actuation systems

We describe a single sided matrix converter (SSMC) designed for safety critical applications like flight control actuation systems. Dynamic simulations of multi-phase SSMC using Matlab Simulink are carried out to evaluate the fault tolerance capabilities. Investigation into different numbers of phases and power converter topologies under single phase open circuit, single switch open circuit, and single switch short circuit has been executed. The simulation results confirm 5-phase SSMC design as a compromise between fault tolerance and converter size/volume. A 5-phase SSMC prototype was built. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of our design.

关键词: Single sided matrix converter,  Fault tolerance,  Flight control actuation systems 
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