Multilevel voltage-source duty-cycle modulation: Analysis and implementation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1009-1016

  Corzine, Keith A ^a,b   Baker, James R ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel converters; Pulsewidth modulation; Sine triangle; Space vector; Voltage source

Indexed keywords

MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL H BRIDGE INVERTER; SWITCHING LOSSES;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SHIP PROPULSION;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036773230     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2002.803203     Document Type: Article

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