A simple and reliable PWM synchronization & phase-shift method for cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters based on a standard serial communication protocol

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 988-994

  Park, Young Min ^a,b   Yoo, Han Seong ^a   Lee, Hyun Won ^a   Jung, Myung Gil ^a   Lee, Se Hyun ^a   Lee, Choong Dong ^a   Lee, Sang Bin ^b   Yoo, Ji Yoon ^b  

^a Hyundai Heavy Industries   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CAN; H bridge multilevel (HBML) inverter; PWM phase shift; PWM synchronization; Serial communication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; INDUCTION MOTORS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PHASE SHIFT; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

H-BRIDGE MULTILEVEL (HBML) INVERTERS; MODULARIZATION CAPABILITY; SERIAL COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 34948883287     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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