Experimental Validation of a Cascaded Single Phase H-Bridge Inverter with a Simplified Switching Algorithm


Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 507-518, May  2014
10.6113/JPE.2014.14.3.507


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 Abstract

This paper presents a new cascaded asymmetrical single phase multilevel converter with a lower number of power semiconductor switches and isolated DC sources. Therefore, the number of power electronic devices, converter losses, size, and cost are reduced. The proposed multilevel converter topology consists of two H-bridges connected in cascaded configuration. One H-bridge operates at a high frequency (high frequency inverter) and is capable of developing a two level output while the other H-bridge operates at the fundamental frequency (low frequency inverter) and is capable of developing a multilevel output. The addition of each power electronic switch to the low frequency inverter increases the number of levels by four. This paper also introduces a hybrid switching algorithm which uses very simple arithmetic and logical operations. The simplified hybrid switching algorithm is generalized for any number of levels. The proposed simplified switching algorithm is developed using a TMS320F2812 DSP board. The operation and performance of the proposed multilevel converter are verified by simulations using MATLAB/SIMULINK and experimental results.


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[IEEE Style]

K. Mylsamy, R. Vairamani, G. C. R. Irudayaraj, H. T. R. Lawrence, "Experimental Validation of a Cascaded Single Phase H-Bridge Inverter with a Simplified Switching Algorithm," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 507-518, 2014. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2014.14.3.507.

[ACM Style]

Kaliamoorthy Mylsamy, Rajasekaran Vairamani, Gerald Christopher Raj Irudayaraj, and Hubert Tony Raj Lawrence. 2014. Experimental Validation of a Cascaded Single Phase H-Bridge Inverter with a Simplified Switching Algorithm. Journal of Power Electronics, 14, 3, (2014), 507-518. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2014.14.3.507.