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19.1 Introduction
Multilevel inverters are nding increased attention in industry as the preferred choice of electronic
power conversion for high power applications. It is well suited for applications in a variety of industries
involving transportation and energy management. Many research works have been published in recent
times stressing the growing importance of multilevel converters [1–4]. is chapter deals with some
of the recent trends in this eld. It is organized as follows. Aer a brief introduction of the basics, the
most common topologies of multilevel inverter are discussed. e main emphasis of this chapter is to
introduce