A survey on neutral-point-clamped inverters

J Rodriguez, S Bernet, PK Steimer… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Multilevel converters: An enabling technology for high-power applications

J Rodriguez, LG Franquelo, S Kouro… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel converters are considered today as the state-of-the-art power-conversion systems
for high-power and power-quality demanding applications. This paper presents a tutorial on …

Analysis and calculation of zero-sequence voltage considering neutral-point potential balancing in three-level NPC converters

C Wang, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Design of neutral-point voltage controller of a three-level NPC inverter with small DC-link capacitors

R Maheshwari, S Munk-Nielsen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A neutral-point-clamped three-level inverter with small dc-link capacitors is presented in this
paper. The inverter requires zero average neutral-point current for stable neutral-point …

An improved virtual space vector modulation scheme for three-level active neutral-point-clamped inverter

C Hu, X Yu, DG Holmes, W Shen… - … on Power Electronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an improved virtual space vector modulation (IVSVM) scheme for a
three-level active neutral-point-clamped (3L-ANPC) inverter to balance neutral-point …

Comparative analysis between two-level and three-level DC/AC electric vehicle traction inverters using a novel DC-link voltage balancing algorithm

A Choudhury, P Pillay… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an extensive comparative study between a two-and three-level inverter
for electric vehicle traction applications. An advanced control strategy for balancing the two …

A hybrid PWM applied to high-power three-level inverter-fed induction-motor drives

Y Zhang, Z Zhao, J Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A hybrid pulsewidth modulation (PWM), combining the merits of both space-vector PWM
(SVPWM) and selective harmonic elimination (SHE) PWM (SHEPWM), is proposed for three …

High-frequency model of the coupled inductors used in EMI filters

JL Kotny, X Margueron, N Idir - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with a high-frequency modeling method of the coupled inductors used in
electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters. These filters are intended to reduce conducted …

DC-link voltage balancing for a three-level electric vehicle traction inverter using an innovative switching sequence control scheme

A Choudhury, P Pillay… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an advanced switching sequence for space-vector pulsewidth
modulation (SV-PWM)-based three level neutral-point clamped inverter. The developed …

A reduced switching loss PWM strategy to eliminate common-mode voltage in multilevel inverters

NV Nguyen, TKT Nguyen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a novel pulse width modulation (PWM) technique to eliminate
common-mode voltage in odd-multilevel inverters using the three zero common-mode …