Multilevel voltage source inverter offer several advantages compared to their conventional counterparts. Cascaded H-bridge inverter provides Stepped AC voltage wave form with lesser harmonics at higher levels by combining different ranges of voltage DC sources and the filter components are reduced by increasing Step levels. By increasing the level of the inverter we can get several advantages: ...

This paper proposes a novel single-stage buck-boost three-Level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter with two independent dc sources coupled for the grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) application, which can effectively solve the unbalanced operational conditions generally appeared between two coupled independent PV sources induced by the unequal irradiation and temperature distribution. The proposed c...

In this paper, an H-bridge inverter topology with reduced switch count technique is introduced. This technique reduces the number of controlled switches used in conventional multilevel inverter. To establish a single phase system, the proposed multilevel inverter requires one H-bridge and a multi conversion cell. A multi conversion cell consists of three equal voltage sources with three control...

Three-level PWM inverters have been increasingly employed in industry and traction applications where high power and efficiency energy conversions are required. This paper presents a high performance control of a cage induction motor drive fed by a 100 Hp three-level IGBT inverter operating at a low switching frequency. A practical math model of the drive control system is established to aid in...

In this paper a new 5-level single phase symmetrical cascade multi-level inverter is proposed. The proposed topology contains combination of unidirectional and bidirectional power switches based on output voltage level number. The number of power switches and withstanding voltage of powers witches were reduced related to the other topologies. This configuration can be extended to the n-level in...

Multilevel inverter technology has emerged recently as a very important alternative in the area of high power medium-voltage control and also for improving the total harmonic distortion by reducing the harmonics. Generally, the poor quality of voltage and current of a conventional inverter fed induction machine is obtained due to the presence of harmonics and hence there is a significant level ...

The multi level inverters are mainly classified as Diode clamped, Flying capacitor inverter and cascaded multi level inverter. The cascaded H-bridge multilevel control method is very easy when compare to other multilevel inverter because it doesn‟t require any clamping diode and flying capacitor. The simulation had been carried for single leg of three phase three and five level Half-bridge modu...

Multilevel voltage source inverter has been recognized as an important alternative to the normal two level voltage source inverter, especially in high power application. Using multilevel technique, the output voltage amplitude is increased, switching devices stress is reduced and the overall harmonics profile is improved. Three presentable topologies can b considered for multilevel inverter (ML...

In the last decade, model predictive control (MPC) has been widely studied in power converters, such as voltage source inverters (VSIs). Unfortunately, MPC often presents a high computational burden that limits their applicability, especially when driving multilevel (MLIs) because of higher number switching combinations than two-level inverters. As result, some strategies have developed to redu...