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US7969238B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Tobias Bernhard · Hirschaid, DE
Mike Dommaschk · Guteborn, DE
Jörg Dorn · Buttenheim, DE
Ingo Euler · Erlangen, DE
Franz Karlecik-Maier · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Jörg Lang · Stadtsteinach, DE
John-William Strauss · Schkölen, DE
Quoc-Buu Tu · Roßtal, DE
Carsten Wittstock · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Klaus Würflinger · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2008
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E40/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cost-effective device for influencing the transmission of electrical energy of an alternating voltage line with a plurality of phases has phase modules, which each have an alternating voltage terminal for connecting to a phase of the alternating voltage line and two connecting terminals. A phase module branch extends between each connecting terminal and each alternating voltage terminal. The phase module branch is formed of a series connection of sub-modules, each having a power semiconductor circuit and an energy accumulator connected in parallel to the power semiconductor circuit. The connecting terminals are connected to one another. The power semiconductor circuit is equipped with power semiconductors that can be switched off and are connected to each other in a half bridge.

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