A comprehensive review of capacitor voltage balancing strategies for multilevel converters under selective harmonic elimination PWM

M Wu, YW Li, G Konstantinou - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent decades, applications of selective harmonic elimination pulsewidth modulation
(SHE-PWM) have been extended from two-level to multilevel converters (MLCs). For most …

An inclusive review on different multi-level inverter topologies, their modulation and control strategies for a grid connected photo-voltaic system

A Sinha, KC Jana, MK Das - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The popularity of multi-level inverters (MLIs) for high power and high voltage applications, is
increasing day-by-day. These MLIs are being integrated with the grid for renewable energy …

The essential role and the continuous evolution of modulation techniques for voltage-source inverters in the past, present, and future power electronics

JI Leon, S Kouro, LG Franquelo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cost reduction of power-electronic devices, the increase in their reliability, efficiency,
and power capability, and lower development times, together with more demanding …

A seven-switch five-level active-neutral-point-clamped converter and its optimal modulation strategy

H Wang, L Kou, YF Liu, PC Sen - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel inverters are receiving more attentions nowadays as one of preferred solutions for
medium-and high-power applications. As one of the most popular hybrid multilevel inverter …

A new multilevel inverter topology with self-balancing level doubling network

SK Chattopadhyay… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new multilevel inverter (MLI) topology is proposed using a level doubling network (LDN).
The LDN takes the form of a half-bridge inverter to almost double the number of output …

Capacitor voltage balancing of a five-level ANPC converter using phase-shifted PWM

K Wang, L Xu, Z Zheng, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Five-level active neutral-point clamped (5L-ANPC) converter is an attractive topology for
high-power medium-voltage motor drives. This paper presents a capacitor voltage …

A comprehensive study of classical and hybrid multilevel inverter topologies for renewable energy applications

P Kala, S Arora - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, multilevel inverters (MLIs) are being extensively utilized in many
industrial and grid connected applications due to their numerous merits. With the recent …

Topology and control of a four-level ANPC inverter

K Wang, Z Zheng, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Four-level hybrid-clamped inverter is a newly proposed topology that can operate under a
wide voltage range without switches connected in series. However, when it is applied in …

A novel five-level voltage source inverter with sinusoidal pulse width modulator for medium-voltage applications

M Narimani, B Wu, NR Zargari - IEEE transactions on power …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new five-level voltage source inverter for medium-voltage high-power
applications. The proposed inverter is based on the upgrade of a four-level nested neutral …

Analytical determination of conduction and switching power losses in flying-capacitor-based active neutral-point-clamped multilevel converter

AK Sadigh, V Dargahi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel converters are mainly used in medium-voltage high-power applications. Active
neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) flying capacitor multicell (FCM) converter is a well-known …