Analysis of a generalized symmetrical multilevel inverter

Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-311

  Banaei, M R ^a   Salary, E ^a  

^a AZARBAIJAN SHAHID MADANI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Generalized multilevel inverter; reduction of components; symmetrical cascade

Indexed keywords

AC DRIVE SYSTEM; CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; DC VOLTAGE LEVEL; MAIN COMPONENT; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SYMMETRICAL CASCADE; VOLTAGE GENERATIONS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 79952613575     PISSN: 02181266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218126611007268     Document Type: Article

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