Sliding Mode Observer for Multicell Converters

Abstract This paper deals with the observation of the capacitor voltages in multicell converters using sliding-mode techniques with only the measurement of the load current and the input voltage. Our aim is to develop a sensorless control scheme of these converters in order to reduce the cost and encumbrance.

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