Three-level AC-DC-AC Z-source converter using reduced passive component count

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1671-1681

  Loh, Poh Chiang ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Tan, Pee Chin ^b   Blaabjerg, Frede ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AC DC AC energy conversion; Diode rectifiers; Neutral point clamped inverters; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Z source inverters

Indexed keywords

AC-DC-AC ENERGY CONVERSION; DIODE RECTIFIERS; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED INVERTERS; PULSEWIDTH MODULATION (PWM); Z-SOURCE INVERTERS;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; DIODES; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 67650142459     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2011756     Document Type: Article

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