A Hybrid Capacitor-Clamp Cascade Multilevel Converter

Author

Sneineh, Anees Abu ; Wang, Ming Yan ; Tian, Kai

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. Autom., Harbin Inst. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

2031

Lastpage

2036

Abstract

Use of multilevel converter has become popular in recent years. This paper presents a new topology of a hybrid capacitor-clamp cascade multilevel converter that is derived from two popular topologies. The new concept of the converter is based on the connection of multiple three-level capacitor-clamp converter modules with different DC bus voltages. With the novel topology consisting of higher voltage modules and lower voltage modules, realization of multilevel converters using a hybrid approach involving higher voltage devices and faster devices operating in synergism is possible. A detailed example of HCCMC is given. The proposed converter is also verified by computer simulation using MATLAB-Simulink. Simulation results are also presented in this paper

Keywords

capacitors; power convertors; DC bus voltages; MATLAB-Simulink; higher voltage modules; hybrid capacitor-clamp cascade multilevel converter; lower voltage modules; Automation; Frequency conversion; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power conversion; Pulse width modulation; Switches; Switching converters; Switching frequency; Topology; Voltage; Capacitor-clamp; Cascade; Hybrid Modulation; Multilevel Converter; Sub-Harmonic PWM; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0390-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2006.347337

Filename

4153095