Control system for medium voltage variable frequency drive
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPaolo Malapelle, James A. Buckey, Shelby Chun, Alan Wright, Grigoriy Puchkarev
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Abstract
A drive system (300) includes a plurality of power cells (312) supplying power to one or more output phases (A, B, C), each power cell (312) having multiple switching devices (315a-d) incorporating semiconductor switches, and a control system (400) in communication with the plurality of power cells (312) and controlling operation of the plurality of power cells (312), wherein the control system (400) includes a system on chip (410) with one or more central processing units (412, 414) and a field programmable gate array (416) in communication with the one or more central processing units (412, 414).
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A drive system comprising:
- a plurality of power cells supplying power to one or more output phases, each power cell comprising multiple switching devices incorporating semiconductor switches, and
- a control system in communication with the plurality of power cells and controlling operation of the plurality of power cells,
- wherein the control system comprises a system on chip comprising
- one or more central processing units, and
- a field programmable gate array in communication with the one or more central processing units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.