%0 Journal Article
%T Integrated fuzzy and phase shift controller for output step voltage control in multilevel inverter with reduced switch count
%A Jawahar Rahila
%A M. Santhi
%J Automatika
%D 2020
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/00051144.2019.1680010
%X ABSTRACT A modified multilevel inverter with a configurable level generation is proposed in this paper. The MLI is composed of a modified boost converter at the front end followed by a level generation circuit and a H-bridge configuration. The front-end converter is biased with a PV source with a Hybrid boost resonant converter. The switches are triggered out of phase through a MPP tracker which uses Fractional INC MPPT. The secondary side of the circuit is composed of a derived voltage doubler along with the voltage regulator. The output of the doubler is regulated through a level converter which integrates a fuzzy controller and a phase shift controller. The modified multilevel inverter uses a low-voltage PV source as input and generates a variable-step multilevel output voltage with lower harmonic distortion and it is suitable for low-power PV applications
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00051144.2019.1680010