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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN;
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN;
Abstract
A power converter comprising one or more switch blocks. Each switch block has: a plurality of switch-pairs each having two switches connected in series to each other; a plurality of primary nodes each interconnecting the switches in a respective switch-pair; and a plurality of secondary nodes, each switch-pair being connected in series to an adjacent switch-pair through a said secondary node to form a serial chain of switch-pairs, the secondary nodes including a secondary node at one end of said serial chain and a secondary node at another end of said serial chain. Each adjacent pair of said primary nodes is connectable to a flying capacitor. Each pair of said secondary nodes is connectable to one or more of the following: one or more bypass capacitors, and one or more other said switch blocks. The power converter further comprises a first terminal formed by any two of the secondary nodes in any one of the switch blocks, and a second terminal formed by any two of the secondary nodes in any one of the switch blocks.