Simple analysis of a flying capacitor converter voltage balance dynamics for DC modulation

2008 13th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, EPE-PEMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 260-267

  Ruderman, A ^a   Reznikov, B ^b   Margaliot, M ^c  

^a Elmo Motion Control Ltd

^b General Satellite Corporation

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CHARGE CARRIERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MODULATION; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ANALYTICAL RESEARCHES; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CAPACITOR CHARGES; CARRIER FREQUENCIES; CONTINUOUS MODELS; DC MODULATIONS; DUTY RATIOS; DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS; FLYING CAPACITOR CONVERTERS; FLYING CAPACITORS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; INDUCTIVE LOADS; LEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTIPLE POINTS; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; PWM CONVERTERS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME DOMAIN APPROACHES; VOLTAGE BALANCES;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 56449113717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEPEMC.2008.4635276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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