Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

DC link
the coupling between the rectifier and inverter in a variable speed AC drive.
DC link capacitor
a device used on the output of a rectifier to create an approximately constant DC voltage for the input to the inverter of a variable speed AC drive.

DC link inductor
an inductor used on the output of a controlled rectifier in AC current source drives to provide filtering of the input current to the current source inverter. If used in conjunction with a capacitor, then it is used as a filter in voltage source drives.