FPGA-based implementation of a predictive current controller for power converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1312-1321

  Martin Sanchez, Pedro ^a   Machado, Osmell ^a   Bueno Pena, Emilio J ^a   Rodriguez, Francisco J ^a   Meca, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field programmable gate array (FPGA) based implementation; multilevel converters; neutral point clamped inverters; predictive control

Indexed keywords

CURRENT CONTROL STRATEGY; DSP-BASED IMPLEMENTATION; FPGA-BASED IMPLEMENTATION; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NEUTRAL-POINT CLAMPED INVERTERS; NEUTRAL-POINT VOLTAGE BALANCING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 84882961816     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2012.2232300     Document Type: Article

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