Simple time domain analysis of a 4-level H-bridge flying capacitor converter voltage balancing

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 818-823

  Thielemans, Steven ^a   Ruderman, Alex ^b   Reznikov, Boris ^c   Melkebeek, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Elmo Motion Control Ltd   (Israel)

^c General Satellite Corporation   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-LEVEL; CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; EXCESSIVE ENERGY; FLYING CAPACITOR; FLYING CAPACITOR CONVERTER; H-BRIDGES; HIGH ORDER; LOAD CURRENTS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATED CONVERTERS; SWITCHING HARMONICS; SYSTEM MODELS; TIME AVERAGING; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-DOMAIN PARAMETERS; VOLTAGE BALANCING; VOLTAGE UNBALANCES;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; MODEL STRUCTURES;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954418957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2010.5472616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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