A submodule implementation for parallel connection of capacitors in modular multilevel converters

2013 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ilves, Kalle ^a   Taffner, Franz ^a   Norrga, Staffan ^a   Antonopoulos, Antonios ^a   Harnefors, Lennart ^a   Nee, Hans Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emerging topology; HVDC; Multilevel converters; Switching losses

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGE RIPPLE; EMERGING TOPOLOGIES; HIGH-VOLTAGE HIGH-POWER; HVDC; LOW SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; SWITCHING LOSS;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER ELECTRONICS;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84890135428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPE.2013.6634325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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