Nonlinear observer-based capacitor voltage estimation for sliding mode current controller in NPC multilevel converters

This paper deals with the estimation problem in three-phase, three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) converter via nonlinear observer. An observer based on adaptive backstepping approach is used for capacitor voltages estimation. It is assumed that capacitance value of the DC-link capacitors are unknown.

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