A novel six-band hysteresis control for the packed U cells seven-level converter: Experimental validation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3808-3816

  Ounejjar, Youssef ^a   Al Haddad, Kamal ^a   Dessaint, Louis A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active rectifier; harmonic reduction; hysteresis; inverter; multilevel converters; packed U cells (PUC)

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HYSTERESIS; PASSIVE FILTERS; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

ACTIVE RECTIFIERS; HARMONIC REDUCTION; INVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PACKED U CELLS (PUC);

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84860463103     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2161059     Document Type: Article

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