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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2022
Applicant:
GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited, Warwick, GB;
Inventor:
Zhi Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited, Warwickshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/487 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/487 (2013.01); H02M 1/0095 (2021.05); H02M 7/4835 (2021.05); H02M 7/53871 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC) based on a neutral point pilot (NPP) topology and having an ABC N-phase structure. The HMMC includes N pairs of identical upper and lower arms, each upper and lower arm being composed of X submodules and Y sets of switches. The switches within each set are cascaded and connected in series, each of the submodules is formed of full-bridge silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) converters, and at least one of the set of switches is formed of IGBTs of opposite polarities.