Reduction of the input current harmonic content in matrix converters under input/output unbalance

This paper deals with the performance evaluation of space-vector-modulated matrix converters under input and output unbalanced conditions. Two control strategies of the input current displacement angle are presented and compared in order to emphasize their influence on the input current harmonic content. The first one is based on keeping the input current vector in phase with the input voltage vector. In the second one, the input current displacement angle is dynamically modulated as a function of positive-and negative-sequence components of the input voltages. In both cases, the harmonic content and the three-phase rms value of the input current have been evaluated analytically. The input current harmonic spectrum is quite different for the two control strategies and can be related to the input and output unbalance. It has been verified that, in the usual case of balanced output conditions, using the second method, it is possible to eliminate the harmonic components of the input current, Some numerical simulations are presented to confirm the analytical results.