Multilevel power conversion -An overview of topologies and modulation strategies

OPTIM 1998 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipments

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages AD11-AD24

  Suh, Bum Seok ^a   Sinha, Gautam ^a   Manjrekar, Madhav D ^a   Lipo, Thomas A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULATION STRATEGY; MULTILEVEL POWER; MULTILEVEL POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING CONVERTER;

EID: 85019225018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OPTIM.1998.708006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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