Unidimensional modulation technique for cascaded multilevel converters

This paper presents a simple and low computational cost modulation technique for multilevel cascaded H-bridge converters. The technique is based on geometrical considerations considering an unidimensional control region to determine the switching sequence and the corresponding switching times. In ad...

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Autores: León Galván, José Ignacio, Vázquez Pérez, Sergio, Kouro, Samir, García Franquelo, Leopoldo, Carrasco Solís, Juan Manuel, Rodríguez, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/85869
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/85869
https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2009.2016510
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Modulation
H-bridge converters
Multilevel cascaded
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Sumario:This paper presents a simple and low computational cost modulation technique for multilevel cascaded H-bridge converters. The technique is based on geometrical considerations considering an unidimensional control region to determine the switching sequence and the corresponding switching times. In addition, a simple strategy to control the dc voltage ratio between the H-bridges of the multilevel cascaded converter is presented. Examples for the two-cell topology are shown but the proposed technique can be applied to develop modulation methods for a higher number of H-bridges. Experimental results are presented to validate the proposed technique.