A novel hybrid finite control set model predictive control scheme with reduced switching

This work presents a new control scheme based on a finite states model predictive control aimed to fix the switching frequency and to reduce the spectrum dispersion on the output variables of static converters while regulating the sate variables as required by the references. These topics are particularly important in the operation of power converters including filters with resonant modes and in the overall efficiency due to the switching losses. The proposed scheme allows obtaining continuous outputs from the optimization process of MPC, thus exploiting the advantages of modulated schemes like known spectrum and fixed switching frequency. Simulated results show the proper performance of the proposed scheme, without significant reduction on the dynamic response in comparison to previous schemes using direct, non-modulated outputs.