Li, JinfengJinfengLi2020-11-132020-11-132020-11-092020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2020http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/83936A novel bypass-embedded multilevel multicell inverter is proposed with manipulation of bidirectional flow of currents targeting electric motor drives and regenerative braking (battery recharging) for hybrid electric vehicles. To balance switching losses, maximise DC supply utilisations, balance the state of charge, and minimise total harmonic distortions, the inverter control method is optimised by incorporating phase disposition PWM with variable carrier frequency, third harmonic injection, as well as carrier reordering and reduction schemes. The proposed control scheme is investigated on an 11-level inverter for motor drives of a parallel hybrid electric vehicle with regenerative braking capability. The total harmonic distortion is 1.23% for line voltage, and 1.04% for stator current without filtering networks, i.e. a comparable performance to the states of the arts.© 2020 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Conference Paperhttps://www.dx.doi.org/10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244313