Random nearest level modulation strategy of multilevel cascaded H‐bridge inverters
Open Access
- 1 November 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in IET Power Electronics
- Vol. 9 (14), 2706-2713
- https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0154
Abstract
Power converters using deterministic pulse width modulation (PWM) schemes have discrete and high harmonics concentrated at well-defined frequencies. In this study, two random PWM strategies to reduce the harmonic spikes for multilevel cascaded H-bridge (CHB) inverters are proposed. The proposed strategies select two nearest voltage levels to approximate output voltage based on simple geometrical calculations and randomly vary the pulse position of output voltage by choosing a random output instant of two nearest levels. The first proposed strategy provides two discrete pulse positions and one of them is selected by a random bit. The continuous varying of pulse position is generated in the second strategy, where a random interval varying from zero to sampling period is used to delay the beginning instant of pulse position. A maximum degree of freedom can be achieved in the second proposed strategy with lower harmonic spikes but higher commutation frequency, in comparison with the first strategy. A five-level CHB inverter controlled by TMS320F28335 DSP is tested and the experimental results compared with the deterministic PWM strategy validate the proposed strategies.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation, United Arab Emirates
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