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Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Alstom Holdings, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR;

Inventors:

Erik Velander, Västerås, SE;

Magnus Jansson, Kvicksund, SE;

Johnny Holmberg, Hallstahammar, SE;

Assignee:

ALSTOM Holdings, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 7/219 (2006.01); B61C 3/02 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/53873 (2013.01); H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 7/219 (2013.01); B61C 3/02 (2013.01); H02M 1/325 (2021.05);
Abstract

A voltage source converter includes two half bridges each having two current valves connected in series to be connected to opposite poles of a DC source/load. A gate drive unit controls a semiconductor device of a current valve. An arrangement carries out voltage measurements for providing a value of DC voltage between the opposite poles. A voltage divider connected across the two current valves measures DC voltage between opposite poles and each voltage divider has an output connected to processing parts delivering a digital signal representing a value of the DC voltage between the poles. Two gate drive units send a digital signal to a calculating unit to carry out a quality estimation of the digital signals and to calculate a DC voltage value from the signals while giving each signal a weight corresponding to the quality value adhered thereto and then forming a weighted average value.


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