Research Article

A New 7-Level Symmetric Multilevel Inverter with Minimum Number of Switches

Table 6

Voltage stress in proposed topology across switches.

ParameterConventional
CMLI
9 switches,
7-level
7 switches,
7-level
6 switches,
7-level
Proposed topology
5 switches, 7-level

Voltage stress5 V11 V ( )6 V ( )3.33 V ( )3.33 V ( )
(All switches)10 V ( )6 V ( )13.3 V ( )13.3 V ( )
2 V ( )
10 V
18 V ( )23.3 V ( )23.3 V ( )
( & )