A Novel Generalized Common-Ground Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Suitable for Transformerless Grid-Connected Applications

Publisher:
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2021, 36, (9), pp. 10293-10306
Issue Date:
2021-09-01
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Recent research on common-ground switched-capacitor transformerless (CGSC-TL) inverters shows some intriguing features, such as integrated voltage boosting ability, possible multilevel output voltage generation, and nullification of the leakage current issue. However, the number of output voltage levels and also the overall voltage boosting ratio of most of the existing CGSC-TL inverters are limited to five and two, respectively. This article presents a generalized circuit configuration of such converters capable of higher voltage gain and output voltage levels generation. A basic five-level (5L) CGSC-TL inverter is first proposed using eight power switches and two self-balanced dc-link capacitors. A generalized extension of the circuit for any output voltage levels and voltage gain is then presented while keeping all the traits of the proposed basic 5L-CGSC-TL inverter. The circuit descriptions, control strategy, design guidelines, comparative study, and the relevant simulation and experimental results for the proposed 5L-CGSC-TL inverters and its seven-level derived topology are presented to validate the effectiveness and feasibility of this proposal.
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