Multilevel converter topology using two types of current-source inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1558-1564

  Kwak, Sangshin ^a   Toliyat, Hamid A ^b  

^a Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Gate turn off thyristor (GTO) inverter; Load commutated inverter (LCI); Multilevel converter

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COMMUTATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTION MOTORS; POWER CONVERTERS; THYRISTORS; TOPOLOGY;

CURRENT-SOURCE INVERTERS; GATE TURN-OFF THYRISTORS; LOAD-COMMUTATED INVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; POWER FACTOR;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 37849188674     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.882645     Document Type: Article

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