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TOSHIBA G9000 UPS White Paper
FIGURE 5
A multilevel (3-level)
3-phase inverter
circuit
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The term multilevel was firstly coined in the paper: A. Nabae, I. Takahashi, and H. Akagi, "A new neutral-point-clamped PWM
inverter", IEEE Trans. Ind. Applicat. Vol. IA-17, No. 5 (1981).
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An alternative power conversion circuit arrangement called multilevel
features several advantages over the conventional two-level converter
including:
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lower voltage stresses on power semiconductors devices;
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considerable reduction of acoustic noise and electromagnetic
interference;
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higher efficiency (lower losses);
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higher reliability;
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compactness.
The most common multilevel structure is shown in Figure 5. In this
sophisticated arrangement note that:
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the voltage stress on each power switch is equal to E/2 Volts.
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the output voltage at each terminal assumes one out of three levels:
+E/2, 0 and –E/2 Volts.
This observation shows that:
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voltage stresses on power switches are half of those in the
conventional circuit;
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the voltage variation (dv/dt) at each terminal is equal to E/2 Volts.
These findings imply that
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voltage ratings of power semiconductors can be half of those in the
conventional circuit widening design options.
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significant noise reduction (acoustic noise and electromagnetic
interference) is associated with the lower dv/dt.
Due to this additional voltage level, the number of combinations to
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