Nearest-vector modulation strategies with minimum amplitude of low-frequency neutral-point voltage oscillations for the neutral-point-clamped converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4485-4499

  Orfanoudakis, Georgios I ^a   Yuratich, Michael A ^b   Sharkh, Suleiman M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b One Ropley Business Park   (United Kingdom)

^c HiT Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitor balancing; Nearest vector (NV) modulation strategies; Neutral point (NP) voltage ripple; Neutral point clamped (NPC) converter

Indexed keywords

DC LINK CAPACITOR; MODULATION STRATEGY; NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGES; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; THREELEVEL NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTERS (NPC); VOLTAGE OSCILLATION; VOLTAGE RIPPLES;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES;

MODULATION;

EID: 84875202782     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2236686     Document Type: Article

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