Three-level Active NPC converter: PWM strategies and loss distribution

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3333-3338

  Floricau, D ^a   Floricau, E ^a   Gateau, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTING CIRCUITS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; HIGH-POWER; LOSS DISTRIBUTIONS; MEDIUM VOLTAGES; MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; PWM STRATEGIES; SIMULATION RESULTS; STATCOM; THREE-LEVEL;

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

EID: 63149089353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2008.4758494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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