Journal of Electrical Engineering and Automation
IRO Journals
Volume 5 — Issue 1 — March 2023

Multilevel Inverter from a New Basic Unit

https://doi.org/10.36548/jeea.2023.1.010
Dhinesh J
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
N. Narmadhai
Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
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J, Dhinesh, and N. Narmadhai. 2023. “Multilevel Inverter from a New Basic Unit”. Journal of Electrical Engineering and Automation 5 (1): 134-50. https://doi.org/10.36548/jeea.2023.1.010.
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Keywords

— Multi-Level Inverter (MLI)
— High level
— Reduced switches
Published: 09-05-2023

Abstract

This research makes a novel suggestion for a cascaded single-phase multilevel inverter. The suggested basic unit is connected in series with this inverter, which can only create positive levels at the output. So, the recommended inverter is expanded upon by an H-bridge. This inverter is referred to as a developed cascaded multilevel inverter, and it allows the output of the architecture to have both even and odd voltage levels. Having fewer driver circuits, DC voltage sources and power switches is a benefit of the single-phase cascaded multilevel inverter that is built. In turn, this lowers the inverter’s cost as well as the size on installation. These features are acquired when comparing the proposed inverter with the conventional inverter.

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