Gating signal generator design for MMC with Staircase modulation

Abstract

This paper deals with the design of logic gating signal generator circuit implemented in Staircase modulation technique in order to eliminate Boolean simplification and making the computational process more handled assigning processing task to gate arrays. The control system implementation is described and its performance is evaluated through a 21-level half-bridge MMC based system simulation using the MATLAB Simulink software. It is shown that the circuit performing with simplified logic function is very simple to implement.