In this paper, an advanced configuration for symmetric multilevel voltage source inverter is proposed. The authority of the proposed inverter versus the conventional cascaded H-bridge inverter and the most recently introduced ones, is verified with provided comparisons. The proposed inverter is able to generate the desired voltage levels using a lower number of circuit devices including power semi-conductor switches and related gate driver circuits of switches. As a result, the total cost is considerably reduced and the control scheme gets simpler. Moreover, reduced amount of on-state switches in the suggested configuration decreases voltage drops. And power losses are diminished, as well. The given simulation results confirms the feasibility of the proposed configuration. Also, to approve the practicability of the proposed inverter, a prototype of the proposed topology has been implemented. Finally simulation and experimental results are compared with each other and the provided comparison shows that the obtained results are in good agreements.
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