Novel high-efficiency three-level stacked-neutral-point-clamped grid-tied inverter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3766-3774

  Wang, Yong ^a   Li, Rui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body diodes; grid tied; hybrid power module; losses; PWM strategy; three level neutral point clamped (3L NPC) inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); LOSSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TOPOLOGY;

BODY DIODE; GRID TIED; HYBRID POWER; PWM STRATEGY; THREE-LEVEL NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 84877784899     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2204712     Document Type: Article

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