Saudi Journal of Engineering and Technology (SJEAT)
Volume-8 | Issue-11 | 283-292
Review Article
An Effective Modulation Technique for Multi Level Inverters
Essam Hendawi
Published : Nov. 14, 2023
Abstract
High frequency modulation techniques play very important role in multilevel inverters MLIs. These techniques have several advantages over low frequency modulation methods where they provide lower harmonic contents and higher performance in real time adaptation. Multicarrier sinusoidal pulse width modulation MCSPWM is a common high frequency technique and control method for MLIs. The synchronization of carrier signals, complexity of hardware components and high cost are very important issues when implementing multicarrier MCSPWM in real time. This paper presents an efficient approach that can overcome the problems of multicarrier signals. The proposed approach combines the advantages of low and high frequency modulation techniques. Real time adaptation of modulation index can be achieved easily, and harmonics contents are reduced to very low levels as well. Simulation and comparison of the proposed approach with MCSPWM are presented. The proposed approach is applied and tested effectively with different topologies of MLIs.