Renewable energy sources are being widely used for Distributed Generation (fuel cells, solar panels, Wind power generators etc..,) because of their advantages. But they produce a very low output voltage. To interconnect a low-dc-voltage to residential loads a special voltage matching converter is required. This paper presents a back to back connection of cascaded quasi-Z-source network based st...

In this paper, we propose a novel full-bridge (FB) diode-clamped four-level symmetric switching converter. Multi-neighboring reference vector discontinuous PWM (MNRV DPWM) for FB topology was implemented through half-bridge (HB)-based control using an offset voltage addition method. A symmetrical circuit with pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) proposed and its working principle explained in detai...

Multilevel inverters are suited for high power drive applications due to their increased voltage capability. Specifically, as compared to three level inverters, for a given dc bus voltage, a four-level inverter is able to synthesize better waveforms with reduced device ratings. In a medium voltage drive, a conventional diode bridge rectifier is a low cost multilevel solution if the dc bus volta...