This paper addresses to some of the latest contributions on the application of Finite Control
Set Model Predictive Control (FCS-MPC) in Power Electronics. In FCS-MPC, the switching …

Multilevel converters have been under research and development for more than three
decades and have found successful industrial application. However, this is still a technology …

The evolution of power electronics and its control has been mainly driven by industry
applications and influenced by the development achieved in several technologies, such as …

This paper gives an overview of medium-voltage (MV) multilevel converters with a focus on
achieving minimum harmonic distortion and high efficiency at low switching frequency …

Neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverters are the most widely used topology of multilevel
inverters in high-power applications (several megawatts). This paper presents in a very …

This paper proposes a novel control strategy for three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC)
power converter. The proposed control scheme consists of three control loops, ie …

The development of high-processing-capability microprocessors allows the implementation
of new digital control methods for neutral-point-clamped (NPC) multilevel converter in power …

The neutral-point (NP) potential of the three-level neutral-point-clamped converters is
needed to maintain balancing. Zero-sequence voltage is the only freedom degree when …

This study introduces a new multilevel converter topology, which can synthesise all possible
additive and subtractive combinations of input DC levels in the output voltage waveform with …

Multilevel converters can reach medium-voltage operation increasing the efficiency of high-
power applications. Among the existing multilevel converter topologies, the modular …