This paper presents a new single-source switched capacitor- (SC-) based multilevel inverter (MLI) design with a boosting potential of three times the supply voltage. To produce a waveform with seven output voltage levels, the suggested switching capacitor inverter consists of eight switches, single diode, and two capacitors. Because capacitors are inherently balanced, there is no need for a balancing circuit or sensor. The structure can be expanded using the provided generalized equations. In addition, the technique for switching control and loss analyses is explored. A fair comparison with the most recent SCMLI topologies has been conducted to demonstrate the merits of the proposed work. Furthermore, the proposed topology is evaluated using the MATLAB/SIMULINK tool, and experiments under both transient and steady-state situations are performed to demonstrate its feasibility. At dynamic-loaded situations, the performance of the proposed SCMLI with dynamic modulation index and switching frequency is tested.
In this paper, a single-phase 13-level switching capacitor multilevel boost inverter (SCMLBI) with less switches and a voltage boost gain of six times is presented. The main focus of this work is to present a single DC source SCMLBI topology, which can provide an AC output voltage with low harmonic distortion by suitable sinusoidal pulse modulation (SPWM) technique. The given SCMLBI boost topology is designed to provide 13 output voltage levels utilizing a single DC source and 14 power electronic switches, and it includes intrinsic capacitor self-voltage balancing. The presented SCMLBI inverter does not require any magnetic elements like inductors which do not make the system complex in IC fabrication. In this work, the DC source is provided with a solar PV array with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. The proposed SCMLBI topology provides an output voltage larger than the input voltage by appropriately converting the capacitors in series and parallel combinations. Sinusoidal PWM technique is used to control the switches in SCMLBI. A solar PV array of 100 W with incremental and conductance MPPT algorithm is used in this work. The verification of the presented SCMLBI topology is simulated on MATLAB software. Hardware results are also presented for the validation of SCMLBI topology.
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