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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Kamal Al-haddad, Montreal, CA;
Youssef Ounejjar, Montreal, CA;
Luc-andre Gregoire, Montreal, CA;
SOCOVAR S.E.C., Montreal, QC, CA;
Abstract
There is described a multilevel electric power converter circuit comprising: Nswitching elements connected in series in a closed loop; Nadditional elements, the additional elements being one of a direct current source and at least one passive element, connected within the closed loop such that each additional element is connected to four of the switching elements, the ratio of a number of additional elements Nto a number of switching elements Ncorresponding to N=2N+2; and one of a load and an alternating current source connected across the closed loop at nodes between adjacent switching elements that are separate from nodes to which the additional elements are connected.