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The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is a promising converter technology for various highvoltage high-power applications. The reason to that is low-distortion output quantities can be achieved with low average switching frequencies per…
This paper presents an estimator-based control framework for hybrid flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) converters, achieving high-bandwidth control and reduced computational complexity. Utilizing a hybrid estimation method that combines…
Multi-active bridge (MAB) converters, the core of the state-of-the-art medium-voltage power electronic transformers, can flexibly connect multiple DC ports among distributed DC grids and loads, but suffer from hard switching under…
This paper presents a hybrid switched-capacitor converter (HSCC) with a novel multi-mode modulation (3M) scheme for wide-range voltage regulation in 48-V automotive power systems. By introducing a three-state operating sequence beyond the…
A modular and scalable converter for medium voltage (MV) AC to low voltage (LV) DC power conversion is proposed; single-phase-modules (SPMs), each consisting of an active-front-end (AFE) stage and an isolated DC-DC stage, are connected in…
Current-fed half bridge converter with bidirectional switches on ac side and a full bridge converter on dc side of a high frequency transformer is an optimal topology for single stage galvanically isolated ac-dc converter for onboard…
Bus-clamping Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is an effective method to reduce the switching loss in a three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI). In bus-clamping PWM scheme, the phase legs are switched using high frequency PWM signals for…
A new carrier-based pulse-width modulation (PWM) technique to control power inverters is presented in this paper. To generate the output waveform, this technique compares a harmonic-injection modulating wave and a frequency-modulated…
In this paper, we propose a virtual full-duplex (VFD) technique with zero-interval modulation and sampling (ZIMS), where two half-duplex (HD) transceivers can simultaneously transmit signals and each transceiver can effectively receive the…
Phase-shifted carrier pulse-width modulation (PSC-PWM) is a widely adopted scheduling algorithm in cascaded bridge converters, modular multilevel converters, and reconfigurable batteries. However, non-uniformed pulse widths for the modules…
Dual active bridge (DAB) converter is the key enabler in many popular applications such as wireless charging, electric vehicle and renewable energy. ZVS range and efficiency are two significant performance indicators for DAB converter. To…
This paper proposes a novel switching algorithm for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) that significantly reduces the switching frequency while fulfilling all control objectives required for their proper operation. Unlike in the…
The objective of this research is to mitigate vibrations in induction motors. To achieve this goal, a discontinuous pulse width modulation (PWM) control strategy based on carrier wave modulation is proposed for multilevel inverters. This…
Random Pulse Width Modulation (RPWM) has been successfully applied in power electronics for nearly 30 years. The effects of the various possible RPWM strategies on the Power Spectral Density have been thoroughly studied. Despite the…
Multilevel inverters (MLIs) are popular because of their advantages such as improved output voltage quality, lower switching losses, low EMI, and ability to handle higher voltage and power levels. To generate the desired output voltage in…
The power flow control of multi-active bridge converters requires a comprehensive steady-state analysis of the converter and the determination of conditions for zero voltage switching of all switching in the converter which result in…
Zero Added Loss Multiplexing (ZALM) offers broadband, per channel heralded EPR pairs, with a rich parameter space that allows its performance to be tailored for specific applications. We present a modular ZALM simulator that demonstrates…
In recent years, the use of multilevel inverter has become popular due to its many advantages. Due to the popularity of multilevel inverters in industries and in applications that require a wide range of voltages, there have been many…
The main challenge in using the Modular Multilevel Converter-based constant-torque variable-speed motor drives is increased sub-module capacitor voltage ripples (SM-CVR) at lowfundamental frequency operation, due to the inverse relationship…
An implementation of a harmonic injection pulse width modulation frequency-modulated triangular carrier (HIPWM-FMTC) control strategy applied to a multilevel power inverter feeding an asynchronous motor is presented. The aim was to justify…