Packed U cells multilevel converter topology: Theoretical study and experimental validation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1294-1306

  Ounejjar, Youssef ^a   Al Haddad, Kamal ^a   Grégoire, Luc André ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

DSP implementation; harmonics; multilevel converter topologies; power quality; unity power factor operation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGED MODELS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; D-SPACE; DSP IMPLEMENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HARMONIC CONTENTS; HARMONICS; LOAD VOLTAGES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; POWER DEVICES; POWER SWITCHES; PRODUCTION COST; SEVEN-LEVEL; SINUSOIDAL MODULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSFORMERLESS; UNITY POWER FACTOR OPERATION;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ENERGY CONVERSION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 79952664132     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2050412     Document Type: Article

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