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Patent No.:

US 8184412 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:

Tomas Larsson, Västerås, SE;

Marcio Magalhäes DE Oliveira, Västerås, SE;

Åke Petersson, Västerås, SE;

Jean-philippe Hasler, Västerås, SE;

Inventors:

Tomas Larsson, Västerås, SE;

Marcio Magalhäes De Oliveira, Västerås, SE;

Åke Petersson, Västerås, SE;

Jean-Philippe Hasler, Västerås, SE;

Assignee:

ABB Technology Ltd, Zürich, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A voltage source converter including a string of series connected active semiconducting elements. The converter includes in case of an active semiconducting element failure a calculation element configured to calculate an operation dc voltage including a sum of dc ratings of each remaining active semiconducting element in the string, and a regulator configured to regulate the converter to assume the operation dc voltage over the converter.


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