Topology for multilevel inverters to attain maximum number of levels from given DC sources

IET Power Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-446

  Gupta, K K ^a   Jain, S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE BALANCES; CONDUCTION LOSS; DC SOURCES; LOW SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MODULATION SCHEMES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; NUMBER OF SWITCHES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER DELIVERY; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHES;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84860278736     PISSN: 17554535     EISSN: 17554543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2011.0178     Document Type: Article

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