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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/4837 (2021.05); H02M 1/0095 (2021.05); H02M 7/4835 (2021.05);
Abstract
Aspects are described for hybrid modular multilevel converters that include half-bridge submodules. In some embodiments, a hybrid modular multilevel converter can include a direct current (DC) bus and an alternating current (AC) node. A first arm of the hybrid modular multilevel converter includes a first submodule chain link and a first arm inductor and a second arm includes a second submodule chain link and a second arm inductor. A capacitor connects between a first side of the first arm and a first side of the second arm.