A technology survey of matrix converters in power generation systems

This paper presents a concise review of the novel matrix converter technology widely recognized in the last two decades attracting all scientific institutions, industrial markets, and governmental foundations towards developing it. The appealing features of the topology along with its structural characteristics are clearly highlighted. A state-of-art demonstration of the highly adopted modulation techniques is presented. Brief clarifications covering converters' efficiency and losses, protection issues including input filters are shown.