diodes is increased. In theVSMC structure, the 12 IGBTs and 30 diodes is employed.
This topology is functionally similar to IMC.
Zero DC link current commutation and bidirectional power flow also would allow
the employment of the circuit topology of the inverting linkmatrix converter (ILMC)
presented in [81] and shown in Fig. 2.59. Here, the bidirectional current carrying
capability of the input stage is achieved by connecting an input rectifier and a voltage
inverter through two power transistors and two diodes. Unfortunately, the inversion