II. THE BUS LINK CAPACITOR’S ROLE The bus link capacitor is used in DC to AC inverters to decouple the effects of the inductance from the DC voltage source to the power bridge. Figures 1A and 1B show two examples of a typical hard switched pulse width modulated (PWM) inverter that converts DC voltage to a three phase AC voltage.
Home > Tech Tools > Technical Papers > Selecting Film Bus Link Capacitors For High Performance Inverter Applications Abstract – For years design engineers have chosen electrolytic capacitor technology for use as the bus link capacitor on inverter designs.
Abstract— Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are widely used in all types of inverter power systems, from variable-speed drives to welders to UPS units. This paper discusses the considerations involved in selecting the right type of aluminum electro-lytic bus capacitors for such power systems.
Abstract – For years design engineers have chosen electrolytic capacitor technology for use as the bus link capacitor on inverter designs. The main attraction has always been the low cost per farad associated with electrolytic capacitors.
The most common and easiest connection method for a capacitor onto a bus bar is a screw or bolt on connection. Soldering or spot welding connection methods can also be used, but they greatly increase the cost and complexity of the design. In sum, the bus bar design starts along with the power electronics converter design.
Capacitor Cbus is charged every half line cycle by low frequency current and discharged continuously by the high-frequency current pulses drawn by the converter. This action results in a low frequency ac current (Ilf) and a high frequency ac current (Ihf) passing through Cbus.