US 12,451,794 B2
Hybrid modular multi-level converter (HMMC) and modular multi-level converter (MMC)
Zhi Zhou, Bethlehem, NY (US)
Assigned to GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
Filed by GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Warwicksire (GB)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,727.
Prior Publication US 2024/0275263 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H02M 1/00 (2007.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01)
CPC H02M 1/0095 (2021.05) [H02M 1/007 (2021.05); H02M 7/483 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Modular multilevel converter (MMC) having an ABC N-phase structure, comprising N pairs of identical upper and lower arms, each upper and lower arm being composed of X submodules, X being an integer, wherein each submodule comprises a first half bridge converter, a second half bridge converter, and a dual active bridge converter including a first connection, a second connection, a third connection and a fourth connection, wherein the first half bridge converter is interconnected with the first and second connections via a first capacitor included in the first half bridge and the second half bridge converter is interconnected with the third and fourth connections via a second capacitor included in the second half bridge.