Modified staircase modulation with low input current distortion for multicell converters

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1989-1994

  Pérez, Marcelo ^a   Kouro, Samir ^a   Rodríguez, José ^a   Wu, Bin ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODULATION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; STAIRS; SWITCHING;

CASCADED H-BRIDGE; HARMONIC ELIMINATION; HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS; INPUT CURRENT DISTORTION; INPUT CURRENTS; LOW-ORDER HARMONICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES; MULTI-LEVEL INVERTERS; MULTICELL CONVERTERS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHASE SHIFTING; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION; SIMULATION RESULTS; SWITCHING ANGLES; SWITCHING LOSSES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 52349112936     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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