Neutral point clamped converter for high fundamental frequency applications

IET Power Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-308

  Derrico, L ^a   Lidozzi, A ^a   Solero, L ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS; ENERGY RECOVERING; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HIGH-SPEED; LOW-VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED CONVERTERS; SINE-WAVE; THREE-LEVEL;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRIC DRIVES;

EID: 79959726946     PISSN: 17554535     EISSN: 17554543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2009.0166     Document Type: Article

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