{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2612283562","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icit.2017.7915586","title":"A simple control method for modular multilevel converters","display_name":"A simple control method for modular multilevel converters","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2612283562","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icit.2017.7915586","mag":"2612283562"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icit.2017.7915586","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icit.2017.7915586","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084763003","display_name":"Mohammad Sleiman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6496-4306"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9736820","display_name":"\u00c9cole de Technologie Sup\u00e9rieure","ror":"https://ror.org/0020snb74","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49663120","https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mohammad Sleiman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060846403","display_name":"Bachir Kedjar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-5895"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9736820","display_name":"\u00c9cole de Technologie Sup\u00e9rieure","ror":"https://ror.org/0020snb74","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49663120","https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bachir Kedjar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043936540","display_name":"Handy Fortin Blanchette","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9736820","display_name":"\u00c9cole de Technologie Sup\u00e9rieure","ror":"https://ror.org/0020snb74","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49663120","https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Handy Fortin Blanchette","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004883599","display_name":"Hadi Y. Kanaan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4477-9477"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hadi Kanaan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Engineering ESIB, CTS, Mkalles, Lebanon"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Engineering ESIB, CTS, Mkalles, Lebanon","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053052626","display_name":"Kamal Al\u2010Haddad","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-4277"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9736820","display_name":"\u00c9cole de Technologie Sup\u00e9rieure","ror":"https://ror.org/0020snb74","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49663120","https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kamal Al-Haddad","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ecole de Technologie Suprieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9736820"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5084763003"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9736820"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.7301,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.72701506,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1486","last_page":"1491"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11102","display_name":"HVDC Systems and Fault Protection","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11102","display_name":"HVDC Systems and Fault Protection","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14502","display_name":"High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems","score":0.9750999808311462,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10361","display_name":"Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies","score":0.9438999891281128,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ripple","display_name":"Ripple","score":0.8175154328346252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/converters","display_name":"Converters","score":0.7957500219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/modular-design","display_name":"Modular design","score":0.7852997779846191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/voltage","display_name":"Voltage","score":0.7737153172492981},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-theory","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","score":0.6926369071006775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simple","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","score":0.5374150276184082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.473952054977417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.4170917868614197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.3397786617279053},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.32859718799591064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electronic-engineering","display_name":"Electronic engineering","score":0.3281174302101135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.2711293697357178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.24283823370933533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.10047134757041931}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779599953","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1776117","display_name":"Ripple","level":3,"score":0.8175154328346252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778422915","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10302051","display_name":"Converters","level":3,"score":0.7957500219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101468663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620158","display_name":"Modular design","level":2,"score":0.7852997779846191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165801399","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25428","display_name":"Voltage","level":2,"score":0.7737153172492981},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.6926369071006775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586882","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520643","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5374150276184082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.473952054977417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4170917868614197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.3397786617279053},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.32859718799591064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24326235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126095","display_name":"Electronic engineering","level":1,"score":0.3281174302101135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2711293697357178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.24283823370933533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.10047134757041931},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icit.2017.7915586","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icit.2017.7915586","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:espace2.etsmtl.ca:15330","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://espace2.etsmtl.ca/id/eprint/15330/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402392","display_name":"Espace \u00c9TS (ETS)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1341030882","host_organization_name":"Educational Testing Service","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341030882"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Compte rendu de conf\u00e9rence"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","score":0.7699999809265137,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":20,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1547948762","https://openalex.org/W1646854882","https://openalex.org/W2005842351","https://openalex.org/W2037239418","https://openalex.org/W2116085535","https://openalex.org/W2123746471","https://openalex.org/W2154551857","https://openalex.org/W2242559542","https://openalex.org/W2314620611","https://openalex.org/W2314849168","https://openalex.org/W2316985390","https://openalex.org/W2326291684","https://openalex.org/W2340179427","https://openalex.org/W2343445963","https://openalex.org/W2406543934","https://openalex.org/W2408674950","https://openalex.org/W2525980828","https://openalex.org/W2562166267","https://openalex.org/W2569241505","https://openalex.org/W6636723338"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4229441739","https://openalex.org/W4303411445","https://openalex.org/W4207040089","https://openalex.org/W2384455639","https://openalex.org/W1519622926","https://openalex.org/W3109306766","https://openalex.org/W2944076747","https://openalex.org/W4286587111","https://openalex.org/W2893966936","https://openalex.org/W4255032657"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,22],"this":[1,44],"paper":[2],"a":[3],"simple":[4],"control":[5,14],"method":[6,45,93],"involving":[7],"new":[8],"insertion":[9,42,92],"index":[10],"selection":[11],"scheme":[12],"for":[13],"of":[15,41,54,65,78,89,116],"Modular":[16],"Multilevel":[17],"Converters":[18],"(MMC)":[19],"is":[20],"proposed.":[21],"contrast":[23],"with":[24,85,110],"classical":[25],"closed-loop":[26],"methods,":[27],"where":[28],"all":[29],"available":[30,47,55,79],"arm":[31,59,80,96],"voltages":[32,60,97],"are":[33,72,102],"measured":[34,66],"and":[35,57,100,104],"used":[36],"in":[37],"the":[38,51,86,90,114,117],"generation":[39],"process":[40],"indices,":[43],"uses":[46],"average":[48],"voltage,":[49],"i.e.":[50],"arithmetic":[52],"mean":[53],"upper":[56],"lower":[58],"per":[61],"leg.":[62],"Thus,":[63],"number":[64],"signals":[67],"to":[68,74],"be":[69],"fed":[70],"back":[71],"reduced":[73],"half.":[75],"Moreover,":[76],"development":[77],"voltage":[81],"ripple":[82],"expressions":[83],"along":[84,109],"thorough":[87],"evaluation":[88],"proposed":[91,118],"impact":[94],"on":[95],"driving":[98],"input-":[99],"output-currents":[101],"presented":[103],"discussed.":[105],"Finally,":[106],"analytical":[107],"findings":[108],"simulation":[111],"results":[112],"proved":[113],"effectiveness":[115],"method.":[119]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}