The Diode Clamped Multilevel Inverter (DCMLI) is an attractive type multilevel inverter due to its robustness. This paper discusses new modulation strategies for a single phase five level H-bridge type DCMLI with reduced components as compared to conventional DCMLI. The chosen multi level inverter is controlled with multicarrier based Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) technique with Vari...

In this paper presents a symmetrical five level cascaded inverter topology for Induction motor drive. It can continuously works at lower power stage. For this symmetrical circuit, when the number of level is increased, the voltage and power will also get increased. For reducing harmonics the Sinusoidal PWM method is used. The multilevel inverter gives the output to drive the three phase Inducti...

The need for high power apparatus in industry has increased in recent years. Multilevel inverters have developed as easy alternatives for such power requirements. Multilevel inverters consist of a group of semiconductor switches and a set of voltage source components like capacitors or independent sources. The basic concept of these inverters depends on using this series of switches and sources...

This paper presents a strategy for vector control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drive fed with a diode clamped multilevel inverter. In the proposed work the conventional 2-level inverter is replaced with three and five level inverters in PMSM drive system. The implementation of multilevel inverters improved the torque and speed response under various operating conditions. PI cont...

Multilevel inverters are increasingly being used in high-power medium voltage applications due to their superior performance compared to two-level inverters. Among various modulation techniques for a multilevel inverter, the space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) is widely used. The complexity is due to the difficulty in determining the location of the reference vector, the calculation of ...

This paper presents a new topology for a multilevel inverter, which consists of a single dc voltage source with a series of capacitors, power switches and a mid-point transformer to demonstrate the operation of a five level inverter. A SPARTAN 3E field programmable gate array based controller is used for the generation of the switching scheme. The comparative study of the proposed inverter with...

Multilevel inverter technology has emerged recently as a very important alternative in the area of high-power medium-voltage energy control. This paper presents modeling and simulation of a single phase simplified eleven-level inverter (SELl). Multilevel inverter offers high power capability. Its performance is highly superior to that of conventional two-level inverter due to reduced harmonic d...

This paper presents the most important multilevel inverter topologies like diode-clamped inverter (neutral-point clamped), capacitor-clamped (flying capacitor), and cascaded multicell( H-Bridge ) with separate dc sources. A Comparison of 5-level hybrid cascaded inverter with PWM method, 5 level diode clamped inverter & 5 level capacitor coupled inverter is also presented in this paper. This pap...