PWM Technique of Five-Leg Inverter Applying Two-Arm Modulation

Abstract

This paper presents the simple pulse width modulation (PWM) technique of a five-leg inverter to drive two three-phase AC motors independently. Normal PWM techniques in three-phase voltage source inverter cannot be used for the five-leg inverter with the independent drive. In this paper, two kinds of simple and novel PWM techniques of the five-leg inverter with two three-phase AC motors are introduced. Experimental results are provided to illustrate the validity of the proposed PWM technique.