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...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: León Galván, José Ignacio, Vázquez Pérez, Sergio, Kouro, Samir, García Franquelo, Leopoldo, Carrasco Solís, Juan Manuel, Rodríguez, José
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2009
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositório:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/85869
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/85869
https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2009.2016510
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Modulation
H-bridge converters
Multilevel cascaded
Descrição
Resumo: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.