Multilevel voltage-source-converter topologies for industrial medium-voltage drives

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2930-2945

  Rodríguez, José ^a   Bernet, Steffen ^b   Wu, Bin ^c   Pontt, Jorge O ^a   Kouro, Samir ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

High power applications; Multilevel converters; Voltage source inverters (VSIs)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY;

HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE DRIVES; VOLTAGE-SOURCE INVERTERS (VSIS);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; TOPOLOGY;

ACTIVE AREA; CASCADED H-BRIDGE; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FUTURE TRENDS; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; HIGH-POWER; MEDIUM VOLTAGE DRIVES; MODULATION METHODS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY REVIEW; UNIQUE FEATURES; VOLTAGE LEVELS; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE-SOURCE INVERTER;

EID: 36249031448     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.907044     Document Type: Review

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