A symmetrical cascaded compact-module multilevel inverter (CCM-MLI) with pulsewidth modulation
A symmetrical cascaded compact-module multilevel inverter (CCM-MLI) with pulsewidth modulation
Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) multilevel inverters (MLIs) have been widely used for power electronics systems. While high-voltage blocking across power switches is not a constraint for low voltage applications, the research trend has been oriented to the design of more compact module topologies as an alternative for CHB. Despite the generation of more voltage levels with reduced switch count, the existing module topologies in recent literature take no account of the freewheeling current path during dead-time, thus, inducing multistep jumps in voltage levels and giving rise to undesirable voltage spikes. Addressing this concern, this paper proposes two symmetrical compact-module topologies for cascaded MLI, where freewheeling current path during dead-time is provided for smooth transition between voltage levels to prevent voltage spikes. The proposed 7-level and 13-level compact-modules demonstrated low number of conducting switches for all voltage levels. Comprehensive analysis and comparison with the latest module topologies are conducted. To validate the operation of the proposed compact-module topologies, simulation and experimental results are presented.
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Lee, Sze Sing
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Sidorov, Michail
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Nik Idris, Nik Rumzi
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Heng, Yeh En
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June 2018
Lee, Sze Sing
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Sidorov, Michail
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Nik Idris, Nik Rumzi
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Heng, Yeh En
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Lee, Sze Sing, Sidorov, Michail, Nik Idris, Nik Rumzi and Heng, Yeh En
(2018)
A symmetrical cascaded compact-module multilevel inverter (CCM-MLI) with pulsewidth modulation.
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65 (6), .
(doi:10.1109/TIE.2017.2772209).
Abstract
Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) multilevel inverters (MLIs) have been widely used for power electronics systems. While high-voltage blocking across power switches is not a constraint for low voltage applications, the research trend has been oriented to the design of more compact module topologies as an alternative for CHB. Despite the generation of more voltage levels with reduced switch count, the existing module topologies in recent literature take no account of the freewheeling current path during dead-time, thus, inducing multistep jumps in voltage levels and giving rise to undesirable voltage spikes. Addressing this concern, this paper proposes two symmetrical compact-module topologies for cascaded MLI, where freewheeling current path during dead-time is provided for smooth transition between voltage levels to prevent voltage spikes. The proposed 7-level and 13-level compact-modules demonstrated low number of conducting switches for all voltage levels. Comprehensive analysis and comparison with the latest module topologies are conducted. To validate the operation of the proposed compact-module topologies, simulation and experimental results are presented.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 October 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 November 2017
Published date: June 2018
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423005
ISSN: 0278-0046
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