Global asymptotic stability of modular multilevel converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 603-612

  Antonopoulos, Antonios ^a   Ängquist, Lennart ^a   Harnefors, Lennart ^a,b   Ilves, Kalle ^a   Nee, Hans Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lyapunov stability; modular multilevel converters (M2Cs); open loop control; prototype

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS;

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GLOBAL ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; GLOBALLY ASYMPTOTICALLY STABLE; LYAPUNOV STABILITY; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; PROTOTYPE; STEADY STATE SOLUTION;

LOADING;

EID: 84882971184     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2254100     Document Type: Article

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