Medium-voltage multilevel converters—State of the art, challenges, and requirements in industrial applications

H Abu-Rub, J Holtz, J Rodriguez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper gives an overview of medium-voltage (MV) multilevel converters with a focus on
achieving minimum harmonic distortion and high efficiency at low switching frequency …

The age of multilevel converters arrives

LG Franquelo, J Rodriguez, JI Leon… - IEEE industrial …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work is devoted to review and analyze the most relevant characteristics of multilevel
converters, to motivate possible solutions, and to show that we are in a decisive instant in …

Modulation, losses, and semiconductor requirements of modular multilevel converters

S Rohner, S Bernet, M Hiller… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the operation of modular multilevel converter, an emerging and highly
attractive topology for medium-and high-voltage applications. A new pulsewidth-modulation …

Over modulation strategy of power converters: A review

X Guo, M He, Y Yang - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasingly prominent global energy problem, renewable energy technology has
gradually become the focus of attention. The development and utilization of the pulse width …

Phase-shifted carrier PWM technique for general cascaded inverters

R Naderi, A Rahmati - IEEE Transactions on power electronics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phase-shifted carrier (PSC) pulsewidth modulation (PWM) in its conventional form is a good
solution for single-phase Cascaded inverters as alternative phase opposition disposition …

Comparisons of space-vector modulation and carrier-based modulation of multilevel inverter

W Yao, H Hu, Z Lu - IEEE transactions on Power Electronics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the relations of space-vector modulation (SVM) and carrier-based pulse-
width modulation (PWM) for multilevel inverter. The PWMs' generation of SVM can be …

A novel virtual space vector modulation with reduced common-mode voltage and eliminated neutral point voltage oscillation for neutral point clamped three-level …

W Jiang, P Wang, M Ma, J Wang, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper briefly reviews the common-mode voltage (CMV) and neutral point (NP) voltage
for neutral point clamped three-level inverter (NPC TLI). Then, the space vector pulsewidth …

Analysis of THD and output voltage performance for cascaded multilevel inverter using carrier pulse width modulation techniques

P Palanivel, SS Dash - IET Power Electronics, 2011 - IET
Multilevel inverter is used in applications that need high voltage and high current. The
topologies of multilevel inverter have several advantages such as lower total harmonic …

Analytical modeling of current harmonic components in PMSM drive with voltage-source inverter by SVPWM technique

W Liang, J Wang, PCK Luk, W Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sideband current harmonic components would inhere in permanent-magnet (PM)
synchronous machine systems driven by a voltage-source inverter with space vector …

Fault detection on multicell converter based on output voltage frequency analysis

P Lezana, R Aguilera… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel converters use a large amount of semiconductors, allowing the reconfigurate of
the converter to work even on internal fault condition. This paper presents a method to detect …