Table 2 Comparison of the PI with other switched capacitors-based topologies.

From: Self-balanced switched capacitors based thirteen level three-fold multilevel inverter for solar PV applications

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\({\text{N}}_{\text{L}}\)

\({\text{N}}_{\text{IS}}\)

\({\text{N}}_{\text{S}}\)

\({\text{N}}_{\text{D}}\)

\({\text{N}}_{\text{AD}}\)

\({\text{N}}_{\text{GD}}\)

\({\text{N}}_{\text{C}}\)

Device count per level

4

13

2

16

16

2

16

4

4.30

5

13

1

10

10

4

10

4

3.00

6

5

1

9

9

0

9

1

5.80

7

9

1

10

10

1

8

2

3.55

8

9

1

12

12

0

11

2

4.22

9

7

1

10

10

0

10

2

4.71

10

5

1

6

6

2

6

1

4.40

11

7

1

16

16

0

14

2

7.00

12

5

1

6

6

2

6

2

4.60

13

5

1

9

9

1

8

1

5.80

14

5

1

6

6

1

6

1

4.20

15

5

1

12

12

0

12

2

7.80

16

5

1

7

7

3

7

2

5.40

17

9

1

11

11

0

10

2

3.88

8

9

1

12

12

0

11

2

4.22

18

9

1

11

11

0

10

2

3.89

19

13

1

14

14

1

14

3

3.62

20

13

1

13

13

2

13

3

3.46

21

9

1

11

11

0

10

2

3.89

22

13

1

13

13

2

13

3

3.46

23

13

1

13

13

2

13

3

3.46

24

13

1

15

15

-

15

3

3.77

25

5

1

8

8

1

8

2

5.60

26

13

2

11

11

1

11

2

2.92

Proposed

13

1

13

13

1

12

3

3.30