Cascaded flying capacitor modular high voltage inverters
US8144491B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M7/4837
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A high voltage inverter is provided which includes a plurality of k-level flying capacitor H bridge modules, k being greater than 2, each having a positive dc terminal, a negative dc terminal, and two ac terminals, a connecting unit for connecting said ac terminals of said plurality of k-level flying capacitor H bridge modules in series to form a cascading set of modules, and a dc source connected to an ac source and having a transformer, a rectifier rectifying an output voltage of said transformer, and a capacitor connected between the positive and negative dc terminals.
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