Space vector modulation strategy for neutral-point voltage balancing in three-level inverter systems

IET Power Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1390-1398

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

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGE BALANCING; NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGES; SPACE VECTOR MODULATION; SPACE-VECTOR MODULATION STRATEGIES (SVM); SWITCHING LOSS; THREE-LEVEL INVERTERS;

MODULATION;

VECTOR SPACES;

EID: 84881503375     PISSN: 17554535     EISSN: 17554543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2012.0597     Document Type: Article

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