Karaca, Hulusi2020-03-262020-03-262013978-988-19252-3-72078-0958https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/29180World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science -- OCT 23-25, 2013 -- San Francisco, CAMultilevel inverter is energy conversion device that is generally used in medium-voltage and high-power applications. It offers lower total harmonic distortion, switching losses and voltage stress on switches than conventional inverter. In this paper, a novel multilevel inverter topology with the decreased number of power switches is proposed, and its modulation technique is introduced. This multilevel inverter structure consists of the level module units to enhance the level of the output voltage. Since a level module unit consists of only a DC voltage source and a bidirectional switch, this structure allows a reduction of the system cost and size. Effectiveness of the proposed topology has been demonstrated by analysis and simulation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMultilevel invertermultilevel converterpower converterH-bridgeConference ObjectI350354N/AWOS:000335870200067N/A