In this paper a novel symmetric multilevel converter structure based on cascaded converter family is proposed. This inverter is likely to be used in low/medium voltage applications. The proposed topology is analyzed and then compared with conventional multilevel cascade converters. Comparison depicts the proposed inverter superiority over the conventional inverters. In this topology, all the de...

Abstract—This paper presents bifurcation and chaos in a PWM currentmode H-bridge inverter. This inverter exhibits various interesting bifurcation phenomena. First, we briefly explain the behavior of a PWM currentmode H-bridge inverter from viewpoints of the switched dynamical system. In order to analyze the circuit dynamics we derive a return map exactly. Using this map, the stability of the pe...

Use of multilevel inverters has become popular in recent years for high-power applications. Various topologies and modulation strategies have been investigated for utility and drive applications in the literature. Trends in power semiconductor technology indicate a tradeoff in the selection of power devices in terms of switching frequency and voltage-sustaining capability. New power converter t...

Modeling of Cascaded Multilevel converter has put more emphasize on conventional cascaded Hbridge inverter. First a new phase shifted SPWM control algorithm for cascaded NPC/H-bridge inverter is proposed. Its Superior harmonic suppression is verified by comparing its harmonic spectrum with that of the conventional multicarrier approach. For DCbus capacitor voltage control, a new, balance circui...

 Traditional high-frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters for motor drives have several problems associated with their high frequency switching which produces high voltage change (dV/dt) rates. Multilevel inverters solve these problems because their devices switch at the fundamental frequency. Two different multilevel topologies are identified for use as a converter for electric drive...

 Traditional 2-level high-frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters for motor drives have several problems associated with their high frequency switching which produces common-mode voltage and high voltage change (dV/dt) rates to the motor windings. Multilevel inverters solve these problems because their devices can switch at a much lower frequency. Two different multilevel topologies a...

 When utilized at low amplitude modulation indices, existing multilevel carrier-based PWM strategies have no special provisions for this operating region, and several levels of the inverter go unused. This paper proposes some novel multilevel PWM strategies to take advantage of the multiple levels in both a diode-clamped inverter and a cascaded Hbridges inverter by utilizing all of the levels ...

Cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters have been developed for applications including user interface of renewable energy, voltage regulation, VAR compensation, and harmonic filtering in power systems. A modified cascaded inverter (MLI) is implemented solar applications. Multilevel based on topology will help the reduction number switches. This concept helps to reduce complexity switching compar...