Diode-Assisted Buck-Boost Current Source Inverters

This paper presents a couple of novel current source inverters (CSIs) with the enhanced current buckboost capability. With the unique diode-inductor network added between current source inverter circuitry and current boost elements, the proposed buck-boost current source inverters demonstrate a double current boost capability when comparing with the recently reported buckboost CSIs. For modulating the presented CSIs, two modulation schemes are proposed for achieving either optimized harmonic performance or minimal commutation count, meanwhile keeping the important current buck-boost operation uninfluenced. Lastly, all theoretical findings were verified experimentally using constructed laboratory prototypes