Self-precharge for single-leg odd-level multilevel converter

IET Conference Publications

Volumn 2010, Issue 563 CP, 2010, Pages

  Thielemans, S ^a   Ruderman, A ^b   Reznikov, B ^c   Melkebeek, J A A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Elmo Motion Control Ltd   (Israel)

^c General Satellite Corporation   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Converters; Multilevel; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGE BALANCING; CONVERTERS; DC-BUS VOLTAGES; FLYING CAPACITOR; MULTILEVEL; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PRE-CHARGE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATED CONVERTERS; START-UPS; SWITCHING SCHEME; VOLTAGE BALANCING;

CAPACITORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 77956086926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2010.0142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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