Simplified PWM Strategy for Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) Three-Level Converter


Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 519-530, May  2014
10.6113/JPE.2014.14.3.519


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 Abstract

A novel simplified pulse width modulation(PWM) strategy for neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level converter is proposed in this paper.The direct output voltage modulation is applied to reduce the calculation time. Based on this strategy, several optimized control methods are proposed. The neutral point potential balancing algorithm is discussed and a fine neutral point potential balancing scheme is introduced. Moreover, the minimum pulse width compensation and switching losses reduction can be easily achieved using this modulation strategy. This strategy also gains good results even with the unequal DC link capacitor. The modulation principle is studied in detail and the validity of this simplified PWM strategy is experimentally verified in this paper. The experiment results indicated that the proposed PWM strategy has excellent performance, and the neutral point potential can be balanced well with unequal DC link captaincies.


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[IEEE Style]

Z. Ye, Y. Xu, F. Li, X. Deng, Y. Zhang, "Simplified PWM Strategy for Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) Three-Level Converter," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 519-530, 2014. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2014.14.3.519.

[ACM Style]

Zongbin Ye, Yiming Xu, Fei Li, Xianming Deng, and Yuanzheng Zhang. 2014. Simplified PWM Strategy for Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) Three-Level Converter. Journal of Power Electronics, 14, 3, (2014), 519-530. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2014.14.3.519.