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  • Fast reliability assessment of neutral-point-clamped topologies through Markov models 

    Busquets-Monge, Sergio; Rafiezadeh, Roya; Alepuz, Salvador; Filba-Martinez, Alber; Nicolas-Apruzzese, Joan (IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 2021;36(12), 2021-06-08)
    This article presents detailed Markov models for the reliability assessment of multilevel neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converter leg topologies, incorporating their inherent fault-tolerance under ...
  • A survey on capacitor voltage control in neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters 

    Alepuz, Salvador; Busquets-Monge, Sergio; Nicolas-Apruzzese, Joan; Filba-Martinez, Alber; Bordonau, Josep; Yuan, Xibo; Kouro, Samir (Electronics. 2022 Feb 10;11(4):527, 2022-02-10)
    Neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters are currently a suitable solution for a wide range of applications. It is well known that the capacitor voltage balance is a major issue for this topology. ...