Neutral-point voltage balancing method for three-level inverter systems with a time-offset estimation scheme

Journal of Power Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-249

  Choi, Ui Min ^a   Lee, Kyo Beum ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multilevel; Neutral point voltage balancing; NPC inverter

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION SCHEMES; MULTILEVEL; NEUTRAL POINTS; NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGE BALANCING; NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGES; NPC INVERTERS; THREE-LEVEL INVERTERS; TURN-ON TIME;

ESTIMATION;

TIME SWITCHES;

EID: 84877922161     PISSN: 15982092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2013.13.2.243     Document Type: Article

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