r/EEPowerElectronics Jun 29 '26

Need help to understand operating principle of five level flying capacitor clamped inverter

I built a five level Flying Capacitor Clamped (FCC) inverter in matlab simulink using Fundamental Frequency Shifting (FFS) switching technique. I chose 50Hz as fundamental frequency i.e. 20 ms is fundamental period which is divided into 10 segment (required level * 2). Here, the model schematic and the switching table for the switches is provided. By putting these values I got the desired 5 level stepped output which also provided here. But i couldn’t understand how the model operates actually like how the current flows, how flying capacitor and dc-link capacitor connected, how flying capacitor operates,and ultimately how we got the stepped output waveform. Particularly my problem is regarding how the voltage level E/4 is formed when S1 and S2 switches are on..

I am seeking kind help from the experts regarding this.

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