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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
An electric power conversion apparatus according to an embodiment includes, wherein when a constituent element constituted of a leg in which two switching elements provided with self-arc-extinguishing capability are connected in series, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the leg is made a converter unit, and a constituent element formed by connecting one or more converter units in series is made a phase arm, a phase arm on the positive side, a single-phase four-winding transformer, and a phase arm on the negative side are included in each of three phases, one end of the phase arm on the positive side is connected to the positive side of a secondary winding of the four-winding transformer, and the other end thereof is connected to a DC positive side terminal.