Implementation and Performance Analysis of 5-Level Multilevel Converter using Arduino

The AC-DC rectifiers are utilized in Electric Vehicles (EV's) to charge the batteries with improved quality of power. Today's market EV's are widely complicatedly designed with incorporated chargers having numerous phases of transformation topologies. It restrains the charging power to an immense degree, since a charger appraised for high power would be too massive to even consider placing the vehicle on board. In addition, it would also negatively affect the weight of the vehicle just as it would affect the space required under the bonnet. This paper features a single stage AC to DC rectifier for off-board E-Vehicle battery charger. The proposed active rectifier is built up by four MOSFETs and four diodes can generate five levels of voltage, reducing the channels used to communicate with electrical power. The outcome of the proposed work results in reduction of Total Harmonic Reduction (THD) with improved power factor. The simulations results are validated by compared with hardware results.