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

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1810-1816

  McGrath, B P ^a   Holmes, D G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CONTROL THEORY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODULATION; ROOT LOCI; STATE SPACE METHODS;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CIRCUIT MODELING; DOUBLE FOURIER SERIES; FLYING CAPACITORS; FOURIER; LOW VOLTAGES; MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; NON-LINEAR; PROTOTYPE CONVERTER; PWM SWITCHING; ROOT-LOCUS; STATE SPACE MODEL; STATE SPACES; VOLTAGE BALANCING;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 48349142165     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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