In a high switching frequency operation of current-source inverter (CSI), a conventional way to obtain unidirectional power switches is by connecting discrete diodes in series with the high speed power switches, i.e. power MOSFETs or IGBTs. However, these discrete diodes will cause extra losses to the power converter. This paper presents experimental test results of high switching frequency fiv...

The harmonic currents are generated by single phase nonlinear loads. The mirror surplus harmonic elimination method is used mostly because of its less computation. The Selective Harmonic Elimination Pulse Width Modulation (SHEPWM) based methods can provide theoretically the highest quality output among all the PWM methods. In this paper SHEPWM model of a multilevel series connected voltage sour...

This paper presents a topology with a reduced number of switches, which is used to reduce the total harmonic distortion (THD%) using MCPWM technique, MCPWM with trapezoidal reference wave and also SHE technique such as PSO technique and Newton-Raphson (NR) technique. SHE technique is used to eliminate a particular harmonic in a multilevel inverter (MLI);the MCPWM and Trapezoidal reference wave ...

The paper deals with a harmonic detection algorithm for hybrid power filters called DQ axis with Fourier (DQF) algorithm. This algorithm is a combination of the advantages of DQ axis method and sliding window Fourier analysis (SWFA). It is flexible and suitable in terms of design for hybrid power filters. This paper also presents the harmonic elimination by using the DQF algorithm for both thre...

In this paper we propose a suitable reference wave for Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) AC Drives. Staircase reference waves whose levels are calculated to eliminate certain harmonics are studied and a certain staircase reference waveform with L levels is constructed. When L is made very large in limit, this staircase waveform approaches a continuous one which is called Quasine (Quasi + Sine). This...

This paper proposed the comparison made between Multi-Carrier Pulse Width Modulation, Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation and Selective Harmonic Elimination Pulse Width Modulation technique for minimization of Total Harmonic Distortion in Cascaded H-Bridge Multi-Level Inverter. In Multicarrier Pulse Width Modulation method by using Alternate Position of Disposition scheme for switching pulse gene...

This article has been accepted for publication in a future issue of this journal, but has not been fully edited. Content may change prior to final publication. Abstract—In this paper, SHM (Selective Harmonic Mitigation) and SHE (Selective Harmonic Elimination) modulation techniques have been combined to produce appropriate pulses for four-leg three-level NPC (Neutral Point Clamped) inverter. In...

Multilevel inverters have drawn tremendous interest in high power and high voltage application. Multilevel inverters have unique structure which makes it possible to reach high voltages with less harmonic content. The harmonic content of the output voltage waveform decreases as the number of output voltage increases. The main advantages are lower Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), less stress on ...

Time-modulation (TM) arrays is implemented by using a set of radio-frequency switches in the beam forming network to modulate, by means of periodic pulse sequences to control the antenna radiation features. The on–off reconfiguration of the switches that can be easily implemented via software unavoidably generates harmonic radiations that can be suitably exploited for multiple channel communica...