Reduced switching frequency computed PWM method for multilevel converter control

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2560-2564

  Du, Zhong ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^a   Chiasson, John N ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed PWM control; Harmonic elimination; Multilevel converter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED PWM CONTROL; HARMONIC ELIMINATION; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION (THD);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; HARMONIC DISTORTION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 33847756057     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2005.1581993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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