Multicell converters: Derived topologies

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 978-987

  Meynard, Thierry A ^a,b   Foch, Henri ^b   Forest, François ^c   Turpin, Christophe ^b   Richardeau, Frédéric ^b   Delmas, Laurent ^b   Gateau, Guillaume ^b   Lefeuvre, Elie ^b  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

AC AC power conversion; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Multilevel systems; Power electronics; Power systems harmonics; Resonant power conversion; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

MULTICELL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; POWER ELECTRONICS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036773229     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2002.803189     Document Type: Article

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