Impact of sampling frequency on harmonic distortion for modular multilevel converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 298-306

  Tu, Qingrui ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Harmonics; HVDC; modular multilevel converter (MMC); staircase modulation; uniform sampling frequency; voltage levels

Indexed keywords

HARMONICS; HVDC; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; STAIRCASE MODULATION; UNIFORM SAMPLING; VOLTAGE LEVELS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; MODULATION; STAIRS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650856858     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2078837     Document Type: Article

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