An optimum PWM strategy for 5-level active NPC (ANPC) converter based on real-time solution for THD minimization

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1976-1982

  Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Bhattacharya, Subhashish ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active NPC; Floating capacitor balancing; Minimized THD; Multilevel converters; Optimum PWM; Real time

Indexed keywords

5-LEVEL; ACTIVE NPC; CONTROL SCHEMES; DIGITAL PROCESSORS; FLOATING CAPACITOR; HIGH-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; HIGH-POWER; LOOK UP TABLE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PWM STRATEGY; REAL TIME ALGORITHMS; REAL-TIME SOLUTIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; SWITCHING ANGLES; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TABLE LOOKUP;

PULSE MODULATION;

EID: 72449155137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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