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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Tomas Larsson, Västerås, SE;
Marcio Magalhäes DE Oliveira, Västerås, SE;
Åke Petersson, Västerås, SE;
Jean-philippe Hasler, Västerås, SE;
Tomas Larsson, Västerås, SE;
Marcio Magalhäes De Oliveira, Västerås, SE;
Åke Petersson, Västerås, SE;
Jean-Philippe Hasler, Västerås, SE;
ABB Technology Ltd, Zürich, CH;
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.