Hybrid PWM strategy of SVPWM and VSVPWM for NPC three-level voltage-source inverter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2607-2619

  Jiang, Wei Dong ^a   Du, Shao Wu ^a   Chang, Liu Chen ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Zhao, Qin ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hybrid pulsewidth modulation (PWM); neutralpoint (NP) clamped (NPC); space vector pulsewidth modulation (SVPWM); three level inverter; virtual SVPWM (VSVPWM)

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE CONTROL; HYBRID MODULATION; LOW POWER FACTOR; MODULATION INDEXES; MODULATION STRATEGY; NEUTRALPOINT (NP) CLAMPED (NPC); NEW MODULATION; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; POWER FACTORS; PWM STRATEGY; SPACE VECTOR PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL INVERTERS; VOLTAGE DRIFT; VOLTAGE-SOURCE INVERTER; VSV-PWM;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; MODULATION; VECTOR SPACES;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 77957724726     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2041254     Document Type: Article

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