Generalized Proportional Integral Tracking Controller for a Single-Phase Multilevel Cascade Inverter: An FPGA Implementation

This paper presents a robust linear generalized proportional integral (GPI) control scheme for the output reference trajectory tracking task on a multilevel single-phase “buck” inverter. The scheme is shown to be robust with respect to arbitrary time-varying load current demands, acting as perturbation inputs to the inverter, and to significant converter parameter variations. The discrete time version of the control scheme is implemented on a field-programmable gate array hardware. Several laboratory robustness tests are performed on the controlled inverter with excellent results.

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