This letter proposes a currentless sorting and selection (SAS)-based capacitor-voltage-
balancing method for modular multilevel converters. Without the knowledge of arm-current …

The modularity, fault-tolerability, and voltage scalability features allow the modular multilevel
converter (MMC) to be a promising topology for modern electric ship applications. Arm …

Since the introduction of modular multilevel converters (MMC), various additional features
have been introduced for MMCs, among them parallel inter-module connectivity. However …

Various advantages are directing the attention to modular multilevel converters (MMCs).
Simple ways to balance the voltage difference of MMC modules are strongly desired but an …

The space vector modulation (SVM) scheme is popularly implemented in multilevel
converters. However, in flying capacitor-based (FC-based) multilevel converters, it becomes …

The nearest level modulation (NLM)-based space vector pulsewidth modulation (SVPWM)
algorithms have attracted a great deal of interest since they can provide various degrees of …

This paper develops a modulation based fault-tolerant (FT) strategy for restoring the
operation of three-phase modular multilevel converters (MMCs) with faulty switches. This FT …

A submodule (SM) level fault-tolerant method for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) with
a scalable control design for medium-and high-voltage applications is proposed in this …

This article presents a simple pulse width modulator to achieve both N+ 1 and 2N+ 1
modulation in a modular multilevel converter. The proposed implementation needs a single …

Space vector modulation (SVM) is a mature modulation scheme, which is widely used for
voltage source inverters. In this article, a flexible online SVM scheme is proposed for a …