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    A Single-Phase Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based On A New Basic Unit With Reduced Number of Power Switches

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    This document proposes a new cascaded multilevel inverter based on a basic unit that reduces the number of power switches needed. It connects multiple basic units in series to generate voltage levels at the output for applications like AC drives and static VAR compensation. The proposed inverter aims to increase the number of output levels using fewer power devices than existing cascaded H-bridge inverters. It presents the circuit configuration, control algorithms, and simulation results to validate the design.

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    A Single-Phase Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based On A New Basic Unit With Reduced Number of Power Switches

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    This document proposes a new cascaded multilevel inverter based on a basic unit that reduces the number of power switches needed. It connects multiple basic units in series to generate voltage levels at the output for applications like AC drives and static VAR compensation. The proposed inverter aims to increase the number of output levels using fewer power devices than existing cascaded H-bridge inverters. It presents the circuit configuration, control algorithms, and simulation results to validate the design.

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    This document proposes a new cascaded multilevel inverter based on a basic unit that reduces the number of power switches needed. It connects multiple basic units in series to generate voltage levels at the output for applications like AC drives and static VAR compensation. The proposed inverter aims to increase the number of output levels using fewer power devices than existing cascaded H-bridge inverters. It presents the circuit configuration, control algorithms, and simulation results to validate the design.

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    A Single-Phase Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based On A New Basic Unit With Reduced Number of Power Switches

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    A Single-Phase Cascaded Multilevel Inverter

    Based on a New Basic Unit with Reduced


    Number of Power Switches

    Abstract
    Introduction:
    The demand for high-voltage high-power inverters is
    increasing, and it is impossible to connect a power
    semiconductor switch to a high-voltage network directly.
    Therefore, multilevel inverters had been introduced and are
    being developed now. With an increasing number of dc voltage
    sources in the input side, a sinusoidal like waveform can be
    generated at the output. As a result, the total harmonic distortion
    (THD) decreases, and the output waveform quality increases,
    which are the two main advantages of multilevel inverters. In
    addition, lower switching losses, lower voltage stress of dv/dt on
    switches, and better electromagnetic interference are the other
    most important advantages of multilevel inverters. These kinds
    of inverters are generally divided into three main categories, i.e.,
    neutral-point-clamped multilevel inverters, flying capacitor
    multilevel inverters, and cascaded multilevel inverters. There is
    no diode clamped or flying capacitors in cascaded multilevel
    inverters. Moreover, these inverters consist of modularity,
    simplicity of control, and reliability, and they require the lowest
    number of power semiconductor devices to generate a particular
    level.
    Existing system:
    A cascaded H-bridges multilevel inverter is simply a series
    connection of multiple Hbridge inverters. Each H-bridge
    inverter has the same configuration as a typical single-phase
    full-bridge inverter. The cascaded H-bridges multilevel inverter
    introduces the idea of using Separate DC Sources (SDCSs) to
    produce an AC voltage waveform. Each H-bridge inverter is
    connected to its own DC source Vdc. By cascading the AC
    outputs of each H-bridge inverter, an AC voltage waveform is
    produced. By closing the appropriate switches, each H-bridge
    inverter can produce three different voltages: +Vdc, 0 and -Vdc.
    It is also possible to modularize circuit layout and packaging
    because each level has the same structure, and there are no extra
    clamping diodes or voltage balancing capacitors.

    Proposed system:
    In order to increase the number of generated output levels
    by using a lower number of power electronic devices, a new
    basic unit is proposed in this paper. By a series connection of
    several proposed basic units, a new cascaded multilevel inverter
    is proposed. Then, to generate all positive and negative levels at
    the output, an H-bridge will be added to this inverter because the
    proposed inverter only generates positive levels. This inverter is
    called the developed proposed cascaded multilevel inverter. In
    order to generate all voltage levels at the output, four different
    algorithms are proposed.
    Advantages:
     Requires the minimum number of power switches, IGBTs,
    power diodes, driver circuits, and dc voltage sources.
     Reduction in the installation space and total cost of the
    inverter.
    Applications:
     AC drives
     Static VAR compensation
    Block diagram:

    INPUT DC UNI DIRECTIONAL FULL BRIDGE LOAD


    SUPPLY SWITCHING INVERTER
    UNIT1 CIRCUIT UNIT 1

    INPUT DC UNI DIRECTIONAL


    SUPPLY SWITCHING
    UNIT2 CIRCUIT UNIT 2

    DRIVER 12V DC
    CIRCUIT
    INPUT DC UNI DIRECTIONAL
    SUPPLY SWITCHING
    UNIT3 CIRCUIT UNIT 3

    12V DC OPTO ISOLATOR


    CIRCUIT

    5V DC PIC CONTROLLER WITH


    BUFFER
    Tools and software used:
     MPLAB – microcontroller programming.
     ORCAD – circuit layout.
     MATLAB/Simulink – Simulation.

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