Novel technique for maintaining balanced internal DC link voltages in diode clamped five-level inverters

IEE Proceedings: Electric Power Applications

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-349

  Newton, C ^a   Sumner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; INDUCTION MOTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

BALANCER CIRCUITS; CLAMPING CIRCUITS; DIODE CLAMPED FIVE LEVEL INVERTERS; DIRECT CURRENT LINK VOLTAGES;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0032636125     PISSN: 13502352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-epa:19990103     Document Type: Article

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