Cascade dual-buck full-bridge inverter with hybrid PWM technique

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-119

  Sun, Pengwei ^a   Chen, Chien Liang ^a   Lai, Jih Sheng ^a   Liu, Chuang ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bipolar PWM; cascade dual buck inverter; hybrid PWM; phase shifted PWM; unipolar PWM

Indexed keywords

CASCADE INVERTER; DEAD TIME; FULL-BRIDGE INVERTERS; H-BRIDGES; HIGH-VOLTAGES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT CURRENT; PHASE SHIFTED; POWER MOSFETS; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; PWM TECHNIQUES; SHOOT-THROUGH; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER; ZERO-CROSSINGS;

EXHIBITIONS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOFT SWITCHING;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84860191844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2012.6165806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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