A zero-sequence component injected PWM method with reduced switching losses and suppressed common-mode voltage for a three-phase four-leg voltage source inverter

A new switching scheme, which combines conventional space vector modulation (SVM) and carrier-based pulse width modulation (CBPWM), is proposed for a three-phase four-leg voltage source inverter (VSI). The proposed algorithm is simpler than conventional three-dimensional space vector modulation (3-D SVM) and easy in implementation in a real-time DSP system, it avoids the selection of a prism and tetrahedron in a 3-D SVM, therefore alleviates the computation burden of the DSP. Also, the concept of near-state pulse width modulation (NSPWM) method, which is used in a three-phase three-leg inverter to reduce the common mode voltage (CMV) noises, can be adopted in this algorithm so as to reduce the common mode voltage for a three-phase four-leg VSI. The feasibility of the proposed modulation technique is verified by both computer simulation and experimental results.

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