An optimized discontinuous PWM method to minimize switching loss for multilevel inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3958-3966

  Nguyen, Nho Van ^a   Nguyen, Bac Xuan ^a   Lee, Hong Hee ^b  

^a Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology   (Viet Nam)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Discontinuous pulse width modulation (DPWM); multilevel inverter; switching losses

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUOUS PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (DPWM); DISCONTINUOUS PWM; HIGH CURRENTS; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; PEAK VALUES; PWM CONTROL; SWITCHING LOSS; SWITCHING LOSSES; THREE-PHASE LOADS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 80051718549     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2102312     Document Type: Article

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