A diode-clamped multilevel converter with reduced number of clamping diodes

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 820-824

  Pan, Zhiguo ^a   Peng, Fang Z ^a   Stefanovic, Victor ^b   Leuthen, Mickey ^c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Baker Hughes ^*  (United States)

^c BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel converter; Reduced parts count; Topology

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING; TOPOLOGY;

CLAMPING DIODES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; REDUCED PARTS COUNT;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 2342655588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2004.1295917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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