Exact linearization nonlinear neutral-point voltage control for single-phase three-level NPC converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2357-2362

  Cobreces, Santiago ^a   Bordonau, Josep ^b   Salaet, Joan ^b   Bueno, Emilio J ^a   Rodriguez, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multilevel converters; Neutral point control; Nonlinear control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL TECHNIQUES; EXACT LINEARIZATION; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NEUTRAL POINTS; NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGES; NON LINEAR CONTROL; NONLINEAR LOADING; TIME VARIANT SYSTEMS;

LINEARIZATION;

LOADING;

EID: 77954529548     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2015221     Document Type: Article

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