Multilevel converters: Fundamental circuits and systems

H Akagi - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides a chronological overview of the topology for multilevel converters, and
discusses their different terminology usages and characteristics. The multilevel converters …

A survey on capacitor voltage control in neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters

S Alepuz, S Busquets-Monge, J Nicolás-Apruzzese… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters are currently a suitable solution for a wide
range of applications. It is well known that the capacitor voltage balance is a major issue for …

Single‐source multilevel inverter based on flyback DC‐DC converter

M Ghavipanjeh Marangalu… - IET Power …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A new multilevel inverter based on flyback converter is presented in this paper. By
employing the DC‐DC flyback converter the voltage of DC‐link capacitors is adjusted. In the …

A new transformer-less five-level grid-tied inverter for photovoltaic applications

N Vosoughi, SH Hosseini… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new fundamental structure of a single-phase transformer-less grid connected multilevel
inverter based on a switched-capacitor structure is presented in this study. By employing the …

A generalized carrier-overlapped PWM method for neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters

K Wang, Z Zheng, L Xu, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The neutral-point voltage unbalance problem holds back the extensive application of neutral-
point-clamped (NPC) multilevel converters with more than three voltage levels in industry …

Neutral-point-clamped five-level inverter with self-balanced switched capacitor

Y Ye, T Hua, S Chen, X Wang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a new five-level inverter is developed by inserting a switched-capacitor (SC)
unit into the traditional three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter phase leg. The SC …

A novel bidirectional T-type multilevel inverter for electric vehicle applications

A Sheir, MZ Youssef, M Orabi - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a new configuration of bidirectional multilevel converter in electric
vehicle (EV) applications. It has multilevel dc-dc converter with a dc link capacitor voltage …

Neutral-point voltage balancing method for five-level NPC inverters based on carrier-overlapped PWM

K Wang, Z Zheng, L Xu, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neutral-point voltage imbalance is one of the main problems of five-level neutral-point
clamped inverters that impedes their industrial application. In order to solve this problem, a …

A solar power generation system with a seven-level inverter

JC Wu, CW Chou - IEEE transactions on power electronics, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new solar power generation system, which is composed of a dc/dc
power converter and a new seven-level inverter. The dc/dc power converter integrates a dc …

Selective harmonic mitigation based self-elimination of triplen harmonics for single-phase five-level inverters

M Sharifzadeh, H Vahedi, R Portillo… - … on Power Electronics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a modified selective harmonic mitigation pulse amplitude modulation (SHM-
PAM) is presented to be capable of canceling all triplen harmonic orders and suitable for …