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Dual Vector Control Strategy For A Three-Stage Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter, Saad Mekhilef
Dual Vector Control Strategy For A Three-Stage Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter, Saad Mekhilef
Saad Mekhilef
This paper presents a voltage control algorithm for a hybrid multilevel inverter based on a staged-perception of the inverter voltage vector diagram. The algorithm is applied to control a three-stage eighteen-level hybrid inverter, which has been designed with a maximum number of symmetrical levels. The inverter has a two-level main stage built using a conventional six-switch inverter and medium- and low- voltage three-level stages constructed using cascaded H-bridge cells. The distinctive feature of the proposed algorithm is its ability to avoid the undesirable high switching frequency for high- and medium- voltage stages despite the fact that the inverter's dc sources …