Practical implementation of PWM synchronization and phase-shift method for cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters based on a standard serial communication protocol

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 634-643

  Park, Young Min ^a   Yoo, Ji Yoon ^b   Lee, Sang Bin ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Heavy Industries   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Controller area network (CAN); H bridge multilevel (HBML) inverter; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM) phase shift; PWM synchronization; Serial communication

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; INDUCTION MOTORS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SYNCHRONIZATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK; H-BRIDGE MULTILEVEL INVERTER; SERIAL COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 41949110685     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.916742     Document Type: Article

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