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Cascaded flying capacitor modular high voltage inverters

US8737098B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2012
Grant dateMay 27, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2032

Classification

  • 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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