A Switched-Capacitor-Based 7-Level Self-Balancing High-Gain Inverter Employing a Single DC Source

Table 1

Switching states of the 7-L SC MLI with capacitor charging (↑) and capacitor discharging (↓) period.

Voltage level	Conducting devices	Capacitor (C1)↑	Capacitor (C2)↓
0	S5, S7	—	—
	S4, S5, S6	—	↑
	S2, S3, S5, S6	↑	↓
	S1, S5, S6	↓	↓
	S1, S7, S8	↓	↓
	S2, S3, S7, S8	↑	↓
	S4, S7, S8	—	↑