TY - JOUR
T1 - Multilevel voltage-source-converter topologies for industrial medium-voltage drives
AU - Rodríguez, José
AU - Bernet, Steffen
AU - Wu, Bin
AU - Pontt, Jorge O.
AU - Kouro, Samir
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received July 20, 2007; revised August 20, 2007. This work was supported in part by the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, by the Chilean National Fund of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) under Grant 1060423, and by the Industrial Electronics and Mechatronics Millenium Science Nucleus (ICM).
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - This paper presents a technology review of voltage-source-converter topologies for industrial medium-voltage drives. In this highly active area, different converter topologies and circuits have found their application in the market. This paper covers the high-power voltage-source inverter and the most used multilevel-inverter topologies, including the neutral-point-clamped, cascaded H-bridge, and flying-capacitor converters. This paper presents the operating principle of each topology and a review of the most relevant modulation methods, focused mainly on those used by industry. In addition, the latest advances and future trends of the technology are discussed. It is concluded that the topology and modulation-method selection are closely related to each particular application, leaving a space on the market for all the different solutions, depending on their unique features and limitations like power or voltage level, dynamic performance, reliability, costs, and other technical specifications.
AB - This paper presents a technology review of voltage-source-converter topologies for industrial medium-voltage drives. In this highly active area, different converter topologies and circuits have found their application in the market. This paper covers the high-power voltage-source inverter and the most used multilevel-inverter topologies, including the neutral-point-clamped, cascaded H-bridge, and flying-capacitor converters. This paper presents the operating principle of each topology and a review of the most relevant modulation methods, focused mainly on those used by industry. In addition, the latest advances and future trends of the technology are discussed. It is concluded that the topology and modulation-method selection are closely related to each particular application, leaving a space on the market for all the different solutions, depending on their unique features and limitations like power or voltage level, dynamic performance, reliability, costs, and other technical specifications.
KW - High-power applications
KW - Multilevel converters
KW - Voltage-source inverters (VSIs)
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U2 - 10.1109/TIE.2007.907044
DO - 10.1109/TIE.2007.907044
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:36249031448
SN - 0278-0046
VL - 54
SP - 2930
EP - 2945
JO - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IS - 6
ER -