Evaluation of the hybrid four-level converter employing half-bridge modules for two different modulation schemes

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 909-914

  Batschauer, Alessandro L ^a   Perin, Arnaldo J ^b   Mussa, Samir A ^b   Heldwein, Marcelo L ^b  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC SOURCES; DIODE BRIDGE; HALF-BRIDGE; LEVEL CONVERTER; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULATION SCHEMES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; POWER FLOWS; THREE-PHASE VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 77952171936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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