Multicarrier PWM with DC-link ripple feedforward compensation for multilevel inverters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-59

  Kouro, Samir ^a   Lezana, Pablo ^a   Angulo, Mauricio ^a   Rodriguez, José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

DC link ripple; Feedforward; Multicarrier PWM; Multilevel inverters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DC-LINK RIPPLE FEEDFORWARD COMPENSATION; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; MULTICARRIER PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; MULTILEVEL INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 38349065544     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.911834     Document Type: Article

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