Comparison of neutral-point-clamped, symmetrical, and hybrid asymmetrical multilevel inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2297-2306

  Zambra, Diorge A B ^a   Rech, Cassiano ^b   Pinheiro, José Renes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Induction motor drives; Inverters; Multilevel systems; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; COMMON MODE VOLTAGE; DISTORTION FACTOR; FIRST-ORDER; INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE; MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEMS; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED INVERTERS; NOMINAL OPERATING POINT; PERFORMANCE INDICES; POWER-LOSSES; SECOND-ORDER DISTORTION; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

ELECTRIC DRIVES; INDUCTION MOTORS;

LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION;

EID: 77953576154     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2040561     Document Type: Article

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