A step-up switched-capacitor multilevel inverter with self-voltage balancing

Y Ye, KWE Cheng, J Liu, K Ding - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The objective of this paper is to propose a new inverter topology for a multilevel voltage
output. This topology is designed based on a switched capacitor (SC) technique, and the …

Wireless control of modular multilevel converter submodules

B Çiftçi, S Schiessl, J Gross, L Harnefors… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless control of modular multilevel converter (MMC) submodules offers several potential
benefits to exploit, such as decreased converter costs and ease in converter installation …

Power and voltage balance control of a novel three-phase solid-state transformer using multilevel cascaded H-bridge inverters for microgrid applications

L Wang, D Zhang, Y Wang, B Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new application of power and voltage balance control schemes for the
cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter (CHMI)-based solid-state transformer (SST) topology …

A flying-capacitor-clamped five-level inverter based on bridge modular switched-capacitor topology

L He, C Cheng - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel flying-capacitor-clamped five-level inverter based on bridge modular switched-
capacitor topology is proposed in this paper. The inverter features the switched-capacitor …

Tolerance band modulation methods for modular multilevel converters

A Hassanpoor, L Ängquist, S Norrga… - … on power electronics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converters (M2Cs) are increasingly used in high-voltage direct current
(HVDC) systems. The efficiency of M2Cs is influenced by the modulation and cell selecting …

Modular medium-voltage grid-connected converter with improved switching techniques for solar photovoltaic systems

MR Islam, AM Mahfuz-Ur-Rahman… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The high-frequency common magnetic-link made of amorphous material, as a replacement
for common dc-link, has been gaining considerable interest for the development of solar …

Decoupled control system for cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter based STATCOM

G Farivar, B Hredzak… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In conventional control systems for a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) based on
a cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter, the action of individual voltage controllers that …

Distributed control for a modular multilevel converter

S Yang, Y Tang, P Wang - IEEE Transactions on power …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional centralized control strategies may reduce the flexibility and expandability of a
modular multilevel converter (MMC) system. To tackle this issue, this paper proposes a …

Cyber-attacks in modular multilevel converters

C Burgos-Mellado, F Donoso… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed control of modular multilevel converter (MMC) submodules (SMs) offers several
potential benefits such as flexibility, scalability, and modularity. In this approach, low-level …

A distributed control architecture for cascaded H-bridge converter with integrated battery energy storage

B Xu, H Tu, Y Du, H Yu, H Liang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cascaded H-bridge topology has been used in grid-tied converters for battery energy
storage system due to its modular structure. To fully utilize the converter's modularity, this …