Evaluation of the low-frequency neutral-point voltage oscillations in the three-level inverter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1582-1588

  Pou, Josep ^a,b   Pindado, Rafael ^a   Boroyevich, Dushan ^b   Rodríguez, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

DC link capacitors; Low frequency oscillation; Nearest vectors; Neutral point balance; Three level inverter

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; VECTORS;

DC-LINK CAPACITOR; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; NEAREST VECTORS; NEUTRAL POINT BALANCE; THREE LEVEL INVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 29244435033     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2005.858723     Document Type: Article

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