Balancing and harmonic analysis of flying capacitor multilevel converters

IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 609-613

  Thielemans, Steven ^a   Vyncke, Thomas ^a   Melkebeek, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AC motor drives; Multilevel systems; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

AC MACHINES; AC MOTOR DRIVES; BUS VOLTAGES; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DC VOLTAGES; DC-AC CONVERTERS; FLEXIBLE CONTROLS; FLYING CAPACITORS; HARMONIC CONTENTS; HIGH VOLTAGES; HIGH-VOLTAGE RATINGS; LOAD IMPEDANCES; MEDIUM VOLTAGES; MODULAR DESIGNS; MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; THREE PHASE; VOLTAGE BALANCING; WAVE FORMS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOTORS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

AC MOTORS;

EID: 62749141233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EEEI.2008.4736604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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