Synchronisation of distributed PWM cascaded multilevel inverters with minimal harmonic distortion and common mode voltage

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 177-182

  Loh, P C ^a   Holmes, D G ^b   Lipo, T A ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC DISTORTION; PHASE SHIFT;

CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0042659310     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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