Comparative evaluation of advanced three-phase three-level inverter/converter topologies against two-level systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5515-5527

  Schweizer, Mario ^a   Friedli, Thomas ^a,b   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparison; losses; three level; volume

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY CONVERSION; LOSSES; TOPOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPARISON; INCREASING ENERGY COSTS; LOW-VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE-SOURCE CONVERTER; VOLUME;

MACHINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 84880289530     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2233698     Document Type: Article

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