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Submodule and electrical arrangement having submodules

US10601340B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Joerg Dorn · Buttenheim, DE
Daniel Schmitt · Postbauer-Heng, DE
Frank Schremmer · Ergolding, DE
Marcus Wahle · Veitsbronn, DE
Felix Hacker · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2018
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10D84/133
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical configuration contains at least one submodule which has a first and a second outer electrical terminal. The configuration further has a bypass switching device, which is electrically connected between the first and second terminals and in the on-state causes an electrical short-circuit in at least one current flow direction between the two outer terminals. The bypass switching device has a thyristor with an anode terminal, a cathode terminal and a trigger terminal and is connected by its anode terminal to one of the two outer terminals and by its cathode terminal to the other of the two outer terminals. A triggering device is connected to the trigger terminal of the thyristor for triggering the thyristor, and a switch is provided which in the on-state connects the anode terminal of the thyristor to the trigger terminal of the thyristor.

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