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Table 4 Comparison of the performance of the topologies under investigation

From: A new five-level inverter with reduced leakage current for photovoltaic system applications

Topology

HERIC

M-NPC [16]

Proposed in [23]

Proposed in [25]

The first proposed structure

The second proposed structure

VCM (V)

Floating (∼ 200)

Constant (200)

–

–

Constant (200)

Constant (200)

Ileakage (mA)

34.85

14.73

14.65

20.75

13.82

13.82

THD %

8.6

8.85

7.75

5.83

3.64

4.48

Efficiency

99.7

98.22

98.6

91

99.5

99.7