The MC represents a converter concept that aims at minimizing the internal energy storage. This key converter system property should be considered as an assessment criteria on whether the MC matches well its intended application. This means that for ac-ac converter applications that require internal energy storage due to high-load dynamics, single-phase operation capability, extended ridethrough capability, or unconstrained reactive power compensation, the MC does not provide the most appropriate solution. Another important aspect when considering the MC as an alternative converter topology is that there should be a certain degree of freedom on the system design level to adapt the overall drive system to the MC (e.g. motor voltage). A suitable load for a MC can be characterized in general as load with a high inertia and low dynamic performance requirements. Such “MC friendly” loads and operating conditions are found, for instance, for compressor, fan, or pump drives for 50 / 60 Hz mains application. For most of these applications, actually only unidirectional power flow is required and thus also an unidirectional MC, could be utilized. Under this restriction an unidirectional IMC, also known as Ultra- Sparse Matrix Converter (USMC) [1] could be applied. However, the strong competitor of the MC technology in this application area obviously is the VSI with a B6 diode bridge rectifier (B6-VSI), which is an industrially well established and reliable converter concept allowing for a high efficiency between 97% and 98%. Since the B6-VSI enables an input power factor above 0.9 and evidently also provides compliance to the considered Class B (CISPR 11) EMI standards, the main advantages of the USMC compared to the B6-VSI is its potential for reducing the volume of the passive components and the