High-frequency link: A solution for using only one DC source in asymmetric cascaded multilevel inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3884-3892

  Pereda, Javier ^a   Dixon, Juan ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical multilevel inverters; cascaded H bridges (CHBs); multilevel converters; power conversion

Indexed keywords

CASCADED H-BRIDGE; CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; DC POWER; DC SOURCES; DC SUPPLIES; H-BRIDGES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; NON-REGENERATIVE; POWER CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS; POWER SOURCES; SINGLE DC SOURCE; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS; VOLTAGE AMPLITUDE; VOLTAGE LEVELS;

DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; POWER QUALITY; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80051737582     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2103532     Document Type: Article

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