Hybrid multicell converter: Topology and modulation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3938-3945

  Lezana, Pablo ^a   Aceitón, Roberto ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascaded multicell (CM); flying capacitor (FC); hybrid multicell; multilevel

Indexed keywords

CASCADED MULTICELL (CM); FLYING CAPACITOR; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-VOLTAGES; INVERTER TOPOLOGIES; LOW LOSS; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; MULTICELL; MULTICELL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; OUTPUT LEVELS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES;

CAPACITORS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 80051766862     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2102316     Document Type: Article

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