Design rules for diode-clamped multilevel inverters used in medium-voltage applications

International Power Electronics Congress - CIEP

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 165-170

  Von Bloh, J ^a   De Doncker, R W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitors; Circuit topology; Inverters; Medium voltage; Power electronics; Power generation economics; Power harmonic filters; Semiconductor devices; Semiconductor diodes; Valves

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BUS CAPACITORS; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DIODE-CLAMPED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; POWER GENERATION ECONOMICS; POWER HARMONIC FILTERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 84949948137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIEP.2002.1216654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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