“…Of particular interest are reduced topologies of the inverter feeding the electric motor used as a propeller. The four-switch three-phase inverter (FSTPI), with just two legs, is currently considered as a viable candidate to substitute the conventional six-switch three-phase inverter (SSTPI) (Van Der Broeck and Van Wyh, 1984;Van Der Broeck and Skudelney, 1988;Fukuda et al, 1990;Holtz, 1993;Jacobina et al, 1995;Zhou and Wang, 2002;Elbadsi et al, 2005). Furthermore, and in some applications, there is currently a trend to carry on feeding an electric motor with the FSTPI in case of troubles with one leg of the SSTPI.…”