THREE LEVEL INVERTER FOR 690V

APPLICATIONS

VSI
INVERTER
S
2
MULTILEVE
LEVEL
L
INVERT
INVERTER
ER
SINGLE
MULTIP
DC
LE DC
SOURC
SOURC
E
E
DIODE
CLAMPE
D/NPC

FLYING
CAPACIT
OR

CASCADED
H BRIDGE

TWO LEVEL INVERTER:

THREE LEVEL INVERTER

Diode Clamped configuration

FLYING CAPACITOR CONFIGURATION

CASCADED H-BRIDGE CONFIGURATION:

ANALYSIS:
TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION(3-LEVEL):
Sl No.
1
2
3
4

Inverter Configuration
Two level inverter
Diode clamped three level inverter
Flying Capacitor three level
inverter
Cascaded H bridge three level
inverter

Total Harmonic
Distortion- Voltage
74.34%
35.05%
64.11%

Total Harmonic
Distortion-Current
6.75%
22.17%
64.01%

97.81%

41.37%

ODD ORDER HARMONICS:

Odd Order
Harmonics

Two level
inverter

Third
Fifth
Seventh
Ninth
Eleventh

1.68%
6.13%
2.94%
1.53%
8.47%

Diode clamped
three level
inverter
0.61%
0.85%
17.91%
0.06%
3.70%

Flying Capacitor
three level
inverter
2.27%
20.91%
32.47%
1.33%
8.71%

Cascaded H
bridge three
level inverter
0.43%
7.60%
19.67%
0.59%
1.95%

Diode clamped
three level
inverter
0.23%
0.23%
0.85%
0.23%
0.24%
0.24%

Flying Capacitor
three level
inverter
1.50%
1.10%
0.57%
0.97%
0.28%
0.88%

Cascaded H
bridge three
level inverter
0.63%
0.75%
0.37%
0.45%
0.76%
0.57%

EVEN ORDER HARMONICS:

Even Order
Harmonics

Two level
inverter

Second
Fourth
Sixth
Eighth
Tenth
Twelfth

2.21%
0.37%
1.30%
0.45%
1.53%
0.69%