A Transition Arm Modular Multilevel Universal Pulse-Waveform Generator for Electroporation Applications

• Published in: IEEE transactions on power electronics Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 8979 - 8991
• Main Authors: Elgenedy, Mohamed A., Darwish, Ahmed, Ahmed, Shehab, Williams, Barry W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.12.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Capacitors; Classification; Computer simulation; Electric bridges; Electric charge; Electric discharges; Electric fields; Electric potential; Electromagnetic interference; Electroporation; Experimentation; Generators; high voltage (HV); Insulated gate bipolar transistors; modular multilevel converters (MMCs); Modularity; Multilevel; Pulse duration; Pulse repetition rate; pulse-waveform generator; pulsed electric field (PEF); Redundancy; Repetition; series-connected insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs); Sorting algorithms; Switches; Topology; transition arm; Viability; Voltage control; Waveforms
• ISSN: 0885-8993; 1941-0107
• DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2653243

High-voltage (HV) pulses are used in electroporation to subject pulsed electric field (PEF) onto a sample under treatment. Pulse-waveform shape, voltage magnitude, pulse duration, and pulse repetition rate are the basic controllable variables required for particular PEF application. In practice, a c...