This article presents a reconfigurable integrated level shifted carrier-based pulse width modulation (ILSC-PWM) method for modular multilevel converters (MMCs). The principles of basic level shifted carrier-based PWM (LSC-PWM) methods such as phase disposition PWM (PD-PWM), phase opposition disposition PWM (POD-PWM) and alternate phase opposition disposition PWM (APOD-PWM) methods are combined to develop the concept of reconfigurable ILSC-PWM method. The main objectives of the proposed reconfigurable ILSC-PWM method is to develop the pulse width modulated output voltage with both half-wave and quarter-wave symmetries and to reduce the total harmonic distortion (THD). A simplified mathematical approach is developed to formulate reconfigurable single ILSC wave for MMC with N number of submodules (SMs) per arm. The functionality and performance of the reconfigurable ILSC-PWM method are carried out on three-phase five-level MMC in MATLAB/Simulink. A hardware prototype of single-phase five-level MMC is designed for experimental validation. The proposed ILSC-PWM method is implemented on an Altera/Cyclone I series (EP1C12Q240C8N) field programmable gate array (FPGA). Computer Simulations and laboratory experimental results are presented.
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