Five-level active NPC converter topology: SHE-PWM control and operation principles

2007 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pulikanti, Sridhar Reddy ^a,b   Agelidis, Vassilios G ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANPC converter topology; Floating capacitor.; SHE PWM method

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MODULATION; MOTORS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

ANPC CONVERTER TOPOLOGY; FLOATING CAPACITOR.; POWER ENGINEERING; SHE-PWM METHOD;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 51349140794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AUPEC.2007.4548071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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