TY - JOUR N2 - Current source inverters (CSI) is one of the widely used converter topology in medium voltage drive applications due to its simplicity, motor friendly waveforms and reliable short circuit protection. The current source inverters are usually fed by controlled current source rectifiers (CSR) with a large inductor to provide a constant supply current. A generalized control applicable for both CSI and CSR and their extension namely current source multilevel inverters (CSMLI) are dealt in this paper. As space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) features the advantages of flexible control, faster dynamic response, better DC utilization and easy digital implementation it is considered for this work. This paper generalizes SVPWM that could be applied for CSI, CSR and CSMLI. The intense computation involved in framing a generalized space vector control are discussed in detail. The algorithm includes determination of band, region, subregions and vectors. The algorithm is validated by simulation using MATLAB /SIMULINK for CSR 5, 7, 13 level CSMLI and for CSR fed CSI. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/85249/PDF/DOI%2010.1515aee-2016-0016.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/85249 PY - 2016 IS - No 2 June EP - 248 DO - 10.1515/aee-2016-0016 KW - current source rectifiers (CSR) KW - current source inverters (CSI) KW - current source multilevel inverter (CSMLI) KW - space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) A1 - Roseline, J. Anitha A1 - Kumaran, M. Senthil A1 - Rajini, V. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 65 DA - 2016 T1 - Generalized space vector control for current source inverters and rectifiers SP - 235 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85249 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -