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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
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;
Martin Pieschel, Nuremberg, DE;
Frank Schremmer, Fuerth, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A modular multilevel converter has a plurality of sub-modules, each of which includes at least two electronic switching elements and an electrical energy storage device. The sub-modules are controlled by a control device. An optical output of the control device of the converter is connected to an input of an optical distributor by way of a first optical waveguide. A plurality of outputs of the optical distributor are individually connected to an optical input of one of the sub-modules, respectively, by way of a second optical waveguide.