Three phase three-level PWM switched voltage source inverter with zero neutral point potential

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1320-1326

  Oh, Won Sik ^a,b   Han, Sang Kyoo ^c   Choi, Seong Wook ^a,b   Moon, Gun Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ^*

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neutral point clamped (NPC); Power conditioning system (PCS); Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Switched voltage source (SVS)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED (NPC); NEUTRAL POINT POTENTIAL; POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM (PCS); SWITCHED VOLTAGE SOURCE (SVS);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 33947180361     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.880300     Document Type: Article

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