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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hee Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyeon Hur, Seoul, KR;
Hee Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dong Su Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Kyeon Hur, Seoul, KR;
Jae Sik Kang, Seoul, KR;
Sang Min Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jong Seo Na, Seoul, KR;
HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Other;
Abstract
A modular multilevel converter (MMC) includes multiple converter arms, each converter arm having: N submodules connected to each other in series, N being an integer equal to or greater than 2; and a circuit opening unit connected to the N submodules in series to open a circuit of the converter arm, wherein the N submodules has n submodules including full-bridge circuits and N−n submodules including half-bridge circuits, n being less than N.