AN ASYMMETRICAL MULTILEVEL INVERTER

WITH MINIMUM NUMBER OF SWITCHES

FOR 1-Φ GRID-CONNECTED APPLICATIONS

Guided by, Presented by,

Ms. Rabiya Rasheed Layana Mary
Assistant Professor S2 PEPS
EEE Department FISAT Roll no:02
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MULTILEVEL INVERTER
 Power electronic device that can be operated in renewable
energy resources.

 Operated to lower the harmonics

Classification of MLI’s:

 Diode-clamped MLI

 Capacitor clamped MLI

 Cascade H-bridge(CHB) MLI.

 Asymmetrical and symmetrical MLI.

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MLI TOPOLOGIES

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SYMMETRIC MULTILEVEL INVERTERS
 Symmetric configuration- the magnitude of input DC sources
is equal.

 Number of output levels are less.

 More number of switches with increased total harmonic

distortion (THD).

 Cost of switches, area required, control circuit and complexity

increases.

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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM OF SYMMETRIC MLI

 Magnitude of dc source are

identical.

 17 level symmetrical MLI-

8 dc source

20 switches

16 diodes

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ASYMMETRIC MULTILEVEL INVERTERS

 Asymmetric MLI- input DC sources are unequal.

 Different voltage levels can be generated.

 By combining such voltage levels more levels can be

generated.

 With a lesser number of switches - reduction in THD.

 Asymmetrical topology requires only twelve switches to obtain

7,9,11,13,15 ,17 level output voltage.

 Symmetrical topology 12,16,20,24,28 switches are needed.

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CIRCUIT OF ASYMMETRICAL MLI

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COMPARISON SYMMETRIC AND ASYMMETRIC
MLI

Item 17 level 17 level

Symmetric Asymmetric
MLI MLI
DC Source 8 4

Diodes 15 0

Switches 18 11

THD 5.41% 2.36%

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SQUARE T-TYPE (ST-TYPE) TOPOLOGY
 ST-Type module with a new component arrangement
including 12 switches, 12 diodes and 2 unequal DC source
pairs.

 The module can be connected together as cascade

connection easily to generate more and higher output .

 This arrangement sources produces 17 levels (8 positive

levels, 8 negative levels and zero level).

 Also it can be extended as cascade connection in two

strategies to achieve more levels.

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CIRCUIT OF ST-TYPE MODULE OF MULTILEVEL
INVERTER

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Advantages:

 Inherent creation of the negative voltage levels without any

additional circuit.

 Manufacturing process to be done more quickly and cheaply

 Simple voltage balancing modulation.

Disadvantages:

 More switches and diodes

 Switching loss high

 Separate DC sources are required.

 Switching loss high

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S3CM TOPOLOGY

 Voltage boosting capability which has made the reduction in

the number of dc sources possible.

 A two-stage topology consisting of a switched-capacitor circuit

and an H-bridge

 Withstand voltage twice of the input dc source

 Demerits overcome by single-stage switched-capacitor

module (s3cm).

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 Consist of twelve switches, two capacitors and only one

dc source.

 Number of levels increased by cascading multiple (N)

modules.

Circuit diagram of s3c topology

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Comparison of topology of 2 topologies

S3CM SCM

Levels 8N + 1 8N + 1

Switches 12N 15N

Diodes – N
DC sources N N
Capacitors 2N 2N

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SLI TOPOLOGY

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figure 1: circuit diagram for SLI topology Figure 2: Waveform
MODES OF OPERATION

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SWITCHING SEQUENCES

 Mode 0 : S4 S7
 Mode 1 : S7 S3

 Mode 2 : S7 S2

 Mode 3 : S6 S4

 Mode 4 : S6 S3
 Mode 5 : S1 S3
 Mode 6 : S5 S4

 Mode 7 : S5 S3
 Mode 8 : S5 S2
 Positive polarity : S8 S11

 Negative polarity: S9 S10 17

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