Analytical modelling of voltage balance dynamics for a flying capacitor multilevel converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 543-550

  McGrath, Brendan Peter ^a   Holmes, Donald Grahame ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Double Fourier; Dynamic model; Flying capacitor; Multilevel converter; Natural balance; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Root locus

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOURIER SERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; STATE SPACE METHODS;

FLYING CAPACITOR; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NATURAL BALANCE; ROOT LOCUS; STATE-SPACE MATRIX;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 41549097846     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.915175     Document Type: Article

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