Phase current reconstructions from DC-link currents in three-phase three-level PWM inverters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 582-593

  Shin, Hojoon ^a   Ha, Jung Ik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Current reconstruction; dc link shunt sensing; PWM inverter; shunt sensor; three level inverter

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RECONSTRUCTION; DC-LINK; PWM INVERTER; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; THREE-LEVEL INVERTERS; TWO-LEVEL INVERTERS; VOLTAGE INJECTION; VOLTAGE OPERATIONS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84883253437     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2257866     Document Type: Article

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