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A RELIABLE SWITCH LADDER MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER

Author(s)
U. Tahir Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Lahore,Lahore,Pakistan
S. Munir Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Lahore,Lahore,Pakistan
M. Mehmood Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Lahore,Lahore,Pakistan
H. Abid Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Lahore,Lahore,Pakistan
Abstract
In this paper, a multi-level inverter (MLI) based on switch ladder topology is presented. In conventional MLI, the arrangement of power semi-conductor switches is in series and a large number of switches conduct at the same time. Moreover, if one switch fails to conduct, the whole output voltage collapses. Thus, the conventional MLIs are less reliable and they have high on-state voltage drop. As compared to the conventional MLIs, the switch ladder inverter topology presented in this paper deploys parallel arrangement of controlled switches. Switch ladder topology uses less number of controlled switches, gate drive circuits and diodes. Therefore, it has minimal on-state voltage drop, less conduction losses, less switching complexity and high reliability. MATLAB/Simulink platform is chosen to simulate the proposed Switch Ladder Multi-Level Inverter. The viability of the proposed inverter has been proven through hardware results as well.
Publication Details
Page(s) 15-20
DOI DOI not available
Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Science, Volume: 71, Issue: 4S, Year: 2019

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Keywords
Multilevel Inverter, Less conduction losses, Switch ladder topology
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