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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2016
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, IN;
Ebin Cherian Mathew, Kottayam, IN;
Anshuman Shukla, Samastipur, IN;
Mahendra Ghat, Sangli, IN;
Mukeshkumar Mohanbhai Bhesaniya, Mumbai, IN;
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY, Mumbai, IN;
Abstract
Embodiments herein provide a modular multilevel converter configured to increase one of number of an output voltage level and an output current level. The modular multilevel converter includes a plurality of legs where each leg includes a plurality of arms. Each arm of the modular multilevel voltage source converter includes a main wave shaping (WS) circuit, an auxiliary WS circuit and an arm inductor. The main WS circuit includes one or more half bridge sub-module(s) that includes a capacitor. The auxiliary WS circuit includes one or more full bridge sub-module(s) that includes a capacitor. Each arm of the modular multilevel current source converter comprises a plurality of half-bridge modules connected in parallel, and a plurality of arm capacitor connected across the plurality of half-bridge modules and one or more auxiliary full bridge module(s).