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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2018.18.4.1051

Step-up Switched Capacitor Multilevel Inverter with a Cascaded Structure in Asymmetric DC Source Configuration  

Roy, Tapas (Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM))
Bhattacharjee, Bidrohi (Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM))
Sadhu, Pradip Kumar (Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM))
Dasgupta, Abhijit (School of Electrical Engineering, KIIT University)
Mohapatra, Srikanta (School of Electrical Engineering, KIIT University)
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Journal of Power Electronics / v.18, no.4, 2018 , pp. 1051-1066 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents a novel step-up switched capacitor multilevel inverter (SCMLI) structure. The proposed structure comprises 2 unequal DC voltage sources, 4 capacitors, and 14 unidirectional power switches. It can synthesize 21 output voltage levels. The important features of the proposed topology are its self-voltage boosting and inherent capacitor voltage balancing capabilities. Furthermore, a cascaded structure of the proposed SCMLI with an asymmetric DC voltage source configuration is presented. The proposed topology and its cascaded structure are compared with conventional and other recently developed topologies in terms of different aspects, such as the required components to produce a specific number of output voltage levels, the total standing voltage (TSV) and peak inverse voltage of the structure, and the maximum number of switches in the conducting path. Furthermore, a cost function is developed to verify the cost-effectiveness of the proposed topology with respect to other topologies. The TSV of the proposed topology is significantly lower than those of other topologies. Moreover, the developed topology is cost-effective compared with other topologies. A detailed operating principle, power loss analysis, and selection procedure for switched capacitors are presented for the proposed SCMLI structure. Extensive simulation and experimental studies of a 21-level inverter structure prove the effectiveness and merits of the proposed SCMLI.
Keywords
Asymmetric; Boosting; Multilevel; Switched capacitor; Voltage balancing;
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