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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Rodrigo Alonso Alvarez Valenzuela, Nuremberg, DE;
Joerg Dorn, Buttenheim, DE;
Dominik Ergin, Baiersdorf, DE;
Herbert Gambach, Uttenreuth, DE;
Wolfgang Goblirsch, Tuchenbach, DE;
Joerg Lang, Stadtsteinach, DE;
Martin Pieschel, Nuremberg, DE;
Frank Schremmer, Fuerth, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A modular multilevel converter includes a plurality of sub-modules. Each of the sub modules has at least two electronic switching elements, an electrical energy storage device, two galvanic power terminals, an optical communication input () and an optical communication output. A plurality of the sub-modules is connected to a series circuit by way of their communication input and communication output.