This paper presented a generalized algorithm of

n

-level space vector PWM suitable for hardware implementation.The optimized algorithm was proposed based on the geometrical symmetry of the

n

-level space vector diagram

which can be split into six sectors with same shape.Through corresponding relationships between sectors

the algorithm carried out all the computation effort of space vector PWM in one specific sector.Compared with the conventional algorithm

the proposed algorithm reduced the computation amount to one sixth of the conventional one

which indicates the proposed one is more suitable to hardware implementation.For flexibility and versatility

some key design considerations were given in hardware implementation.Finally

two design examples- two-level SVPWM IP core and three-level SVPWM IP core were demonstrated to verify the cor

rectness and validity of the proposed algorithm.