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Voltage source converter

US7239535B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2004
Grant dateJul 3, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/5395
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a voltage source converter with at least two bridges of semiconducting self commutating elements connected in anti-parallel with a diode, including circuitry for producing a switching control pulse train to form a fundamental frequency, circuitry for effecting a switching order and circuitry for detecting a switching event.

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