Multilevel DC-link inverter

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 848-854

  Su, Gui Jia ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascaded half bridge; Diode clamped; Flying capacitor; Muitilevel inverter; Multilevel dc link; Reduced part count

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SWITCHES;

CASCADED HALF BRIDGE INVERTER; DIODE CLAMPED; FLYING CAPACITOR; MULTILEVEL DC LINK INVERTER; REDUCED PART COUNT;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 20544463711     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.847306     Document Type: Article

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