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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Benshaw, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Marc Francis Aiello, Oakmont, PA (US);
Kenneth Stephen Berton, Greensburg, PA (US);
Walter Gilbert Barie, Allison Park, PA (US);
Benshaw, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A modular multilevel converter system. The system includes a plurality of series connected two-terminal M2LC cells arranged into at least two output phase modules. A first one of the output phase modules has an inductance and an effective capacitance associated therewith. The first one of the output phase modules is configured so that a natural resonant frequency of the inductance with the effective capacitance of the first one of the output phase modules is greater than at least one of the following: an operating frequency of the first one of the output phase modules; a switching frequency of the first one of the output phase modules; and a switching frequency of any of the M2LC cells of the first one of the output phase modules.