Space vector modulator for Vienna-type rectifiers based on the equivalence between two- and three-level converters: A carrier-based implementation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1888-1898

  Burgos, Rolando ^a   Lai, Rixin ^a   Pei, Yunqing ^b   Wang, Fei ^a   Boroyevich, Dushan ^a   Pou, Josep ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carrier; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Space vector modulation (SVM); Three level converter; Vienna rectifier

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CIVIL AVIATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; MODULATION; MODULATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VECTORS;

CARRIER (CO); CONVERTERS (PAPER INDUSTRY); DIGITAL SIGNALS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA); LEVEL CONVERTERS; NEUTRAL POINT VOLTAGES; NON REGENERATIVE (NR); OPERATING RANGES; OVER-MODULATION; SPACE VECTOR MODULATOR (SVM); STATE VECTORS; THREE-LEVEL (TL) CONVERTERS; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 47249142914     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.925180     Document Type: Article

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