Fast-processing modulation strategy for the neutral-point-clamped converter with total elimination of the low-frequency voltage oscillations in the neutral point

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1054-1059

  Pou, J ^a   Rodriguez P ^a   Sala, V ^a   Zaragoza, J ^a   Burgos, R ^b   Boroyevich, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW-FREQUENCY VOLTAGE OSCILLATION; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTER; NONLINEAR LOADS; SWITCHING FREQUENCIES;

ALGORITHMS; CAPACITORS; MODULATION; OSCILLATIONS; VECTORS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 33749685782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2005.1569050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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