A New General Topology for

Cascaded Multilevel
Inverters With Reduced No. of
Components
Based on Developed H-Bridge
Presentation by,
T.Anandkumar.
ME (PED) I Year
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CONTENTS

Introduction
Proposed Topology
Output Voltages
Proposed Algorithm
Calculation Of Losses
Conclusions
References

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ABSTRACT
Cascaded multilevel inverter using developed
H-bridges inverter
It requires a lesser number of dc voltage
sources and switches
The proposed topology decrease total cost of
the inverter
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INTRODUCTION
Multilevel inverters are used in high power
applications .
Generate a stepped voltage waveform by using
a number of dc voltage sources
Need of filters is reduced by increasing the
voltage level
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Continued
In high power applications, Cascaded inverter
can easily interface with Solar PV module and
fuel cells
Advantages such as high power quality, lower
order harmonics
Lower switching losses and better
electromagnetic interference
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PROPOSED SEVEN-LEVEL INVERTERS

First proposed topology

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Second proposed topology

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OUTPUT VOLTAGES OF THE 7-LEVEL

INVERTERS

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Proposed 31-level inverter

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Proposed 127-level inverter

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PROPOSED TOPOLOGY
By adding two unidirectional power switches and
one dc voltage source obtain Developed H-bridge
inverter
Simultaneous turn-on of SL,1 and SL,2 or SR,1 and
SR,2 causes the voltage sources to short-circuit
If the values of the dc voltage sources are equal, the
number of voltage levels decreases to three.
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PROPOSED GENERAL TOPOLOGY

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Continued
Other important parameters the variety of
value of the blocking voltage of the switches
Total cost of a Multilevel Inverter decreases by
reducing the variety of dc voltage sources
Nvariety = 2n.

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Continued
Blocking voltage of SR,1 and SR,2 are
calculated by
VSR,1 = VSR,2 = VR,1.

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FORMULA FOR CALCULATING SWITCH

AND VOLTAGE

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Nstep = 2^(2n+1) 1
Nswitch = 4n + 2
Nsource = 2n
Vo,max = VL,n + VR,n.

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PROPOSED ALGORITHM
Algorithm is applied to determine the
magnitude of dc voltage sources
It is important to note that all voltage levels
(even and odd) can be generated.

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PROPOSED GENERAL MULTILEVEL

INVERTER
Magnitudes of the dc voltage sources
VL,j =5^(j1) Vdc for j = 1, 2, 3, . . . , n
VR,j =2 5^(j1) Vdc for j = 1, 2, 3, . . . , n.

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CALCULATION OF LOSSES
Mainly, two kinds of losses conduction and
switching losses are associated
Switches include IGBTs and diodes
The conduction losses of an IGBT pc,IGBT(t)
and a diode pc,D(t) are calculated

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CONDUCTION LOSSES OF AN IGBT

AND DIODE
Conduction losses of an IGBT and a diode are
calculated as follows.
pc,IGBT(t) =VIGBT + RIGBTi(t)i(t)
pc,D(t) = [VD + RDi(t)] i(t)

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AVERAGE
CONDUCTION POWER LOSS
Average value of the conduction power loss
(Pc) of the multilevel inverter can be written as

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EFFICIENCY OF THE INVERTER

Efficiency () of the inverter is calculated as

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CONCLUSIONS
Harmonics is reduced
By adding two switches for H-bridge inverters
to generate seven voltage levels
Comparison results shows, the proposed
topology requires a lesser number of IGBTs.
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Thank You

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