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


Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 1051-1066, Jul. 2018
10.6113/JPE.2018.18.4.1051


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 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.


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[IEEE Style]

T. Roy, B. Bhattacharjee, P. K. Sadhu, A. Dasgupta, S. Mohapatra, "Step-up Switched Capacitor Multilevel Inverter with a Cascaded Structure in Asymmetric DC Source Configuration," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1051-1066, 2018. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2018.18.4.1051.

[ACM Style]

Tapas Roy, Bidrohi Bhattacharjee, Pradip Kumar Sadhu, Abhijit Dasgupta, and Srikanta Mohapatra. 2018. Step-up Switched Capacitor Multilevel Inverter with a Cascaded Structure in Asymmetric DC Source Configuration. Journal of Power Electronics, 18, 4, (2018), 1051-1066. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2018.18.4.1051.