VOLTAGE SOURCE CURRENT CONTROLLED MULTILEVEL POWER CONVERTER

• Main Authors: BRUECKNER THOMAS, ROSADO SEBASTIAN PEDRO, SIHLER CHRISTOF MARTIN, SCHRAMM SIMON HERBERT, SCHROEDER STEFAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.06.2014
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION

A power converter module including a voltage source current controlled power converter for providing unidirectional current having at least four output voltage levels is provided. The voltage source current controlled power converter includes an input terminal and an output terminal, and a first conductive path and a second conductive path is coupled in parallel to each other between the input terminal and the output terminal. Each of the conductive paths comprises at least one diode and at least one switch coupled in series to the respective conductive path. The at least one diode in the first conductive path are coupled closer to the input terminal and the at least one diode in the second conductive path are coupled closer to the output terminal. The voltage source current controlled power converter further includes at least two energy storage elements coupled between the first conductive path and the second conductive path.