Single phase AC-DC-AC three-level three-leg converter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4075-4084

  De Freitas, Isaac Soares ^a   Jacobina, Cursino Brando ^b   Da Silva, Edison Roberto Cabral ^b   Oliveira, Talvanes Meneses ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DC link voltage control; single phase ac dc ac; three level converter

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DC LINK CAPACITOR; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; LEG CONVERTER; LEVEL CONVERTER; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-PHASE AC DC AC; SINGLE-PHASE APPLICATION; SYSTEM DESIGN; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 78349301264     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2043042     Document Type: Article

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