"A New Hybrid Multilevel Inverter Topology with Level Shifted Multicarr" by Md Halim Mondol, Shuvra Prokash Biswas et al.
This paper presents a new hybrid three-phase cascaded modular multilevel inverter developed with reduced switch count for harvesting renewable energy. The basic module of the proposed inverter consists of six switches, three asymmetric dc links, and two blocking diodes. The inverter can generate six positive voltage states, which are negatively polarized by the end-side H-bridge unit. As a result, higher number of voltage levels are obtained with minimum number of switches that ensure reduced total harmonic distortion in the grid current. Additionally, the proposed inverter can operate at comp...