Polyphase rectifying apparatus having single-phase rectifiers controlled by common control signal

Abstract

A polyphase rectifying apparatus is disclosed, which substantially solves the instability of the single-phase rectifiers without adding a special circuit element, thereby balancing the input voltages of the single-phase rectifiers. The polyphase rectifying apparatus, used in a two or more-phase system, comprises a single-phase rectifier assigned to each phase, and having first and second input terminals, wherein the single-phase rectifiers of each phase are star-connected and the first input terminal of each single-phase rectifier is connected to the corresponding phase and the second input terminals of each of the single-phase rectifiers are connected to each other; and a converter assigned to each phase, wherein the output from the single-phase rectifier of the relevant phase is input into the corresponding converter. The single-phase rectifiers for all the phases are controlled by a common control signal. Preferably, the converters of all the phases are also controlled by a common control signal.

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