Marcelo A. Perez

TL;DR: This paper first presents a brief overview of well-established multilevel converters strongly oriented to their current state in industrial applications to then center the discussion on the new converters that have made their way into the industry.

TL;DR: A survey of different topologies, control strategies and modulation techniques used by cascaded multilevel inverters in the medium-voltage inverter market is presented.

TL;DR: A review of the latest achievements of modular multilevel converters regarding the mentioned research topics, new applications, and future trends is presented in this article, where the authors present several attractive features such as a modular structure, the capability of transformer-less operation, easy scalability in terms of voltage and current, low expense for redundancy and fault tolerant operation, high availability, utilization of standard components, and excellent quality of the output waveforms.

TL;DR: This paper serves as an introduction to the subject for the not-familiarized reader, as well as an update or reference for academics and practicing engineers working in the field of industrial and power electronics.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a tutorial on multilevel converters, covering the operating principle, modulation methods, technical issues and industry applications for high power and power-quality demanding applications.