Symmetrical hybrid multilevel DCAC converters with reduced number of insulated DC supplies

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2307-2314

  Ruiz Caballero, Domingo A ^a   Ramos Astudillo, Reynaldo M ^a   Mussa, Samir Ahmad ^b   Heldwein, Marcelo Lobo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DC AC converters; Hybrid inverters; Modulation; Symmetrical multilevel converters

Indexed keywords

CASCADED H-BRIDGE; COMPONENT COUNT; DC SOURCES; DC SUPPLIES; DC-AC CONVERTER; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH-POWER SYSTEMS; HYBRID CONVERTERS; HYBRID INVERTERS; LOW FREQUENCY; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULATION PATTERNS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PHASE TOPOLOGY; SWITCHING DEVICES; THREE-LEVEL; VOLTAGE DISTORTIONS; VOLTAGE SHARING;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MODULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TOPOLOGY;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77953548534     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2036636     Document Type: Article

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