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Six-Switch Five-Level Inverter Design

The document discusses multi-level inverters which are optimal for medium-voltage and high-power applications. It notes that multi-level inverters reduce switch voltage stress and output filter size compared to two-level inverters. Existing Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) and Flying Capacitor (FC) inverters have limitations as voltage levels increase such as more components and losses. Hybrid multi-level inverters combine benefits of NPC and FC inverters. The document proposes a Six-Switch Five-Level Active Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (6S-5L-ANPC) topology to reduce switches and conduction losses for medium power applications.

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Six-Switch Five-Level Inverter Design

The document discusses multi-level inverters which are optimal for medium-voltage and high-power applications. It notes that multi-level inverters reduce switch voltage stress and output filter size compared to two-level inverters. Existing Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) and Flying Capacitor (FC) inverters have limitations as voltage levels increase such as more components and losses. Hybrid multi-level inverters combine benefits of NPC and FC inverters. The document proposes a Six-Switch Five-Level Active Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (6S-5L-ANPC) topology to reduce switches and conduction losses for medium power applications.

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ABSTRACT

Multi-level inverters have received increased attention in both academia and industry now-a-
days as one of the optimal solutions of power conversion for medium-voltage and high power
applications. For medium-power applications, the motivation for the use of multi-level inverters
is to reduce the switch voltage stress as well as the output filter size. They also have the
advantages of improved output quality, lower total harmonic distortion (THD), lower common-
mode voltage, and lower electromagnetic interference in contrast to their two-level counterparts.
Furthermore, the multi-level inverters have possibility to achieve higher efficiency over the
conventional inverters due to the use of low-voltage drop devices, leading to their low-voltage
application such as photovoltaic (PV) cells.

In the existing system, the Neutral Point Clamped (NPC)-type multi-level inverters generate the
voltage levels from the neutral point voltage by adopting the clamping diodes. However, when
voltage levels increase, more clamping diodes, active semiconductor switches, and dc-link
capacitors are needed. Excessive number of clamping diodes is connected in series to block the
higher voltage, thus producing more conduction losses and generating reverse recovery currents
that affect the switching losses of other devices. As another type of classic multi-level inverters,
the Flying Capacitor (FC) inverter produces the required output voltage levels by summing the
FC and dc-link voltages. The increased number of capacitors in higher levels leads to complex
control method to balance the voltages of both dc-link capacitors and FCs.

Hybrid Multi-level inverters have the beneficial features of both NPC and FC. Due to the
reduced costs, volume and control complexity, the Five-level Active Neutral Point Clamped
Inverter (5L-ANPC) is used for medium power level industrial applications. For this, atleast
eight switches are required. The motivation behind the proposed topology of Six-Switch Five-
Level Active Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (6S-5L-ANPC) is to reduce the number of active
switches and to minimise the conduction losses. This topology enables the inverter to operate
under both active and reactive power conditions.

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