A seven-level converter using a combination of staircase and PWM switching methods

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2307-2310

  Sepahvand, Hossein ^a   Ferdowsi, Mehdi ^a   Corzine, Keith A ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODE-CLAMPED; FUNDAMENTAL HARMONIC; H-BRIDGE CELLS; H-BRIDGES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; PWM SWITCHING; SEVEN-LEVEL; SINUSOIDAL WAVEFORMS; SWITCHING ANGLES; SWITCHING METHODS; SWITCHING PATTERNS; THREE-PHASE CONVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; STAIRS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

SWITCHING;

EID: 78751507914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2010.5675121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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