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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Marc Francis Aiello, Oakmont, PA (US);

Dustin Matthew Kramer, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Kenneth Stephen Berton, Greensburg, PA (US);

Inventors:

Marc Francis Aiello, Oakmont, PA (US);

Dustin Matthew Kramer, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Kenneth Stephen Berton, Greensburg, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 7/537 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A two-level two-terminal modular multilevel converter subsystem. The subsystem includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The modular multilevel converter subsystem is configured to selectively place the first capacitor in series with the second capacitor. The modular multilevel converter subsystem is also configured to selectively place the first capacitor in parallel with the second capacitor relative to first and second output terminals of the modular multilevel converter subsystem.


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