Abstract
Compared with the traditional cascaded H-bridge multi-level inverters, the hybrid cascaded multi-level inverters have been receiving attention because they can generate more levels with the same number of power cells. However, with the general hybrid pulse width modulation (PWM), the output power distribution between the high-voltage and low-voltage H-bridge cells is extremely uneven in low amplitude modulation, and it may appear that the high-voltage cell feeds power into the low-voltage cell in some modulation ratio intervals causing the low-voltage cell capacitor voltage boost. To avoid this problem, a method of a modified hybrid PWM strategy with power balance control is proposed. It has achieved the output power balance of H-bridge cells in full amplitude modulation, the occurrence of the phenomena of extremely uneven output power distribution between the high- and low-voltage cells in low amplitude modulation is avoided, and the performance of the inverter is improved. Simulation and experimental results verify the correctness and feasibility of the proposed strategy.
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