Multi-DSP and -FPGA-based fully digital control system for cascaded multilevel converters used in FACTS applications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 511-527

  Atalik, Tevhid ^a   Deniz, Mustafa ^a   Koç, Erkan ^a   Gercek, Cem Özgur ^b   Gültekin, Burhan ^b   Ermiş, Muammer ^b   Çadirci, Isik ^c  

^a SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cascaded multilevel converter (CMC); digital controller; digital signal processor (DSP); field programmable gate array (FPGA); transmission type static synchronous compensator (T STATCOM)

Indexed keywords

CASCADED MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; COMMUNICATION SPEED; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; DSP BOARDS; DSP-BASED; FIBER OPTIC LINKS; FIELD TEST; FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; FPGA BOARDS; FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION; FULLY DIGITAL CONTROLLER; HIGH-SPEED; INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS; MONITORING FUNCTIONS; SERIAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACES; SERIAL DATA LINK; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR; STEADY STATE CHARACTERISTICS;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84864559722     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2012.2194160     Document Type: Article

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