Optimized phase disposition (PD) modulation of a modular multilevel converter

BP McGrath, CA Teixeira… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a theoretical harmonic analysis of phase disposition (PD) and phase-
shifted carrier pulse-width modulation strategies for modular multilevel converters (MMCs). It …

Enhanced implementation of a state machine-based decoder for optimal modulation of multilevel converters

HO Ramos, HR Torquato, MAS Mendes… - Computers and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multilevel converters (MLCs) have become a trend for many industrial applications, often
even being a requirement. MLCs have several advantages over conventional converters …

High-quality PWM scheme for high-speed electric drives

C Zhang, M Takongmo, J Salmon - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A pulsewidth modulation (PWM) scheme is presented for three-phase high-speed electric
drives using coupled inductors with a very low series output inductance that generate …

Circulating current suppression scheme for interleaved active neutral point clamped nine-level inverter

W Guo, R Li, J Yang, Y Cao - IEEE Journal of Emerging and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The interleaved active neutral point clamped nine-level (ANPC-9L) inverter can be used in
1500-V photovoltaic (PV) power generation because of its advantages of low voltage stress …

Carrier transition techniques for parallel connected vscs using cross-coupled inductors

C Zhang, M Takongmo, S Wdaan… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallel inverters can be connected using cross-coupled inductors (CIs) to produce high-
quality line voltages in three-phase ac systems. Since no fundamental flux is present in the …

Enhanced interleaved PWM scheme with flux compensation for three-parallel connected inverters

C Zhang, M Takongmo, J Salmon - 2021 IEEE Energy …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme is described for a 3-phase voltage source
converter (VSC). The VSC uses three inverter legs in each phase, which are connected in …

Optimised phase disposition (PD) modulation of a modular multilevel converter using a state machine decoder

BP McGrath, CA Teixeira… - 2015 IEEE Energy …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a theoretical harmonic analysis of phase disposition (PD) and phase
shifted carrier (PSC) pulse width modulation (PWM) strategies for MMC converters. It is …

Multi-level voltage source converters using coupled inductors and parallel connected inverter legs

M Takongmo, C Zhang, J Salmon - 2022 IEEE Applied Power …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An Enhanced PWM scheme with a flux balancing technique is described for a 3-phase
voltage source converter (VSC) with 4-parallel connected inverter legs per phase. The VSC …

A hardware/software co-simulation approach for power converter firmware design and debugging

CA Teixeira, DG Holmes, BP McGrath… - 2017 Australasian …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a hardware/software co-simulation approach to rapidly develop and
validate processor firmware for modern power electronic converters. The methodology …

Design and implementation of finite state machine decoders for phase disposition pulse width modulation of modular multilevel converters

CA Teixeira, Y Sun, DG Holmes… - 2016 IEEE Energy …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is well known that level shifted phase disposition pulse width modulation (PD-PWM)
achieves the best possible three-phase line-to-line output voltage spectrum for multilevel …