• DocumentCode
    1921120
  • Title

    Capacitor balance in a five-level based halfbridge converter by use of a mixed active-cell

  • Author

    da Silva, Edison Roberto Cabral ; Muniz, Joao H. G. ; Silva, Ranoyca N. A. ; dos Santos Junior, Euzeli Cipriano ; Barreto, Luiz H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., UFCG, Campina Grande, Brazil
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Lastpage
    419
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a 5-level half-bridge hybrid converter topology with improved capacitor voltage balance and reduced kVA rating. In order to validate the proposed structure, experimental results are presented. In addition, it is compared with an existing counterpart structure in terms of capacitor voltage oscillation and capacitance size.
  • Keywords
    bridge circuits; capacitors; network topology; power convertors; capacitor voltage balance; capacitor voltage oscillation; five-level based half-bridge converter; mixed active-cell; reduced kVA rating; Capacitance; Capacitors; Discharges (electric); Oscillators; Pulse width modulation; Switches; Topology; capacitor balancing; half-bridge converter; multilevel converter; power converter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCE.2013.6646731
  • Filename
    6646731