A comprehensive study of a hybrid modulation technique for the neutral-point-clamped converter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-304

  Zaragoza, Jordi ^a   Pou, Josep ^a   Ceballos, Salvador ^b   Robles, Eider ^c   Ibáñez, Pedro ^c   Villate, Jose Luis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carrier based modulation; Neutral point clamped (NPC) converter; Optimal compensator; Three level converter; Voltage balance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CIVIL AVIATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MOTION ESTIMATION;

CARRIER-BASED MODULATION; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED (NPC) CONVERTER; OPTIMAL COMPENSATOR; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTER; VOLTAGE BALANCE;

MODULATION;

EID: 60449086295     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2005132     Document Type: Article

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