Abstract
Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter(FCMC) needs all its flying-capacitors charged to the appropriate voltage levels during stat-up. This paper presents a novel carrier based precharging technique for single-phase odd-level FCMCs. A new set of modified phase-shifted carrier signals are derived for precharging. These carrier signals when compared to zero modulation signal, ensure the synthesisation of sufficient number of zero output voltage switching modes (zero-modes) of the converter. The proposed precharging technique is detailed using a five-level FCMC and then generalized to higher odd-level FCMCs. State-space averaging models are derived to validate the proposed technique mathematically. Extensive simulation and experimental results are provided to validate the functionality of the proposed technique.
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