Study of Conducted EMI Reduction for Three-Phase Active Front-End Rectifier

The problem of electromagnetic interference (EMI) plays an important role in the design of power electronic converters, especially for airplane electrical systems. This paper explores techniques to reduce EMI noise in three-phase active front-end rectifier. The Vienna-type rectifier is used as the object. The design approach introduced in this paper is using a high-density EMI filter to satisfy the EMI standard. Design methodology is introduced in the paper by a three-stage LC- LC-L filter structure. In particular, the cause of high noise at high frequencies is studied in experiments, and the coupling effect of the final-stage capacitor and inductors is investigated. In order to reduce the EMI noise in the mid-frequency range, the application of random pulsewidth modulation (PWM) is also presented. The performance of random PWM in a Vienna-type rectifier is verified by theoretical analysis and experimental results. The approaches discussed in this paper significantly reduce the EMI noise in the Vienna-type rectifier, and therefore, the filter size can also be reduced.

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