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All available Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) techniques employed to different Matrix Converter (MC) topologies generally generate switching Common-Mode Voltage (CMV), which introduces numerous operational concerns in electric drives. Although a body of research for the three-phase case has been undertaken to either reduce or eliminate CMV, corresponding discussions for multiphase MC remain scarce. Interestingly enough, the three- to five-phase (3 × 5) Indirect MC (IMC) is a potential converter topology for five-phase based high power motor drives. In this paper, the different available switching states of a 3 × 5 IMC are classified based on their corresponding CMV levels. Accordingly, two different Space Vector Modulation (SVM) techniques are proposed, which can successfully reduce the peak CMV by 28% and 48%, respectively, when compared with the conventional modulation strategy, while the …