Hybrid multilevel power conversion system: a competitive solution for high-power applications

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 834-841

  Manjrekar, Madhav D ^a   Steimer, Peter K ^b   Lipo, Thomas A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONTROL; THYRISTORS;

DIODE BRIDGE RECTIFIER; HYBRID MODULATION TECHNIQUE; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED GATE COMMUTATED THYRISTORS; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; POWER DEVICES; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0033689725     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.845059     Document Type: Article

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