Cascaded multilevel inverter employing three-phase transformers and single DC input

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2005-2014

  Song, Sung Geun ^a   Kang, Feel Soon ^b   Park, Sung Jun ^c  

^a Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

^b Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cascaded multilevel inverter; Harmonics; Switching phase angle control; Three phase transformers

Indexed keywords

CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTER; CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; HARMONICS; INPUT POWER; LOW FREQUENCY; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; OPTIMAL SWITCHING; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHASE ANGLES; SINGLE-PHASE TRANSFORMERS; SWITCHING LOSS; THREE-PHASE TRANSFORMERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; POWER TRANSFORMERS; SWITCHING;

DC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 67649337407     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2013846     Document Type: Article

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