Multilevel circuit topologies based on the switched-capacitor converter and diode-clamped converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2127-2136

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Han, Yunlong ^a   He, Xiangning ^a   Tan, Cheng ^a   Cheng, Jun ^a   Zhao, Rongxiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diode clamped converter; multilevel; pulse width modulation (PWM); switched capacitor converter; working states transitions

Indexed keywords

DIODE-CLAMPED; MULTILEVEL; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM); SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER; WORKING STATE;

DIODES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TOPOLOGY;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 80051678927     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2104330     Document Type: Article

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