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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Buschendorf, Dresden, DE;
Ingo Euler, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Pieschel, Nuremberg, DE;
Andreas Zenkner, Obermichelbach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20409 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 7/20436 (2013.01); H02M 2007/4835 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multilevel converter contains at least two submodules which are connected in a row. Each of the submodules contains at least two switches and a capacitor and two current-carrying outer module terminals. Accordingly, at least one of the submodules has at least one outer cooling member which acts as a current-carrying outer module terminal.