, Member, IEEE, Fellow, IEEE, Member, IEEE, Fellow, IEEE Abstract A three-level common-mode voltage eliminated inverter with single dc supply using flying capacitor inverter and cascaded H-bridge has been proposed in this paper. The three phase space vector polygon formed by this configuration and the polygon formed by the common-mode eliminated states have been discussed. The entire system is simulated in Simulink and the results are experimentally verified. This system has an advantage that if one of devices in the H-bridge fails, the system can still be operated as a normal three-level inverter at full power. This inverter has many other advantages like use of single dc supply, making it possible for a back-to-back grid-tied converter application, improved reliability, etc. Index Terms Common-mode voltage elimination, hybrid multilevel inverter, multilevel inverter, three-level inverter. M dvdt dc dc dc
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