| CPC H02M 7/487 (2013.01) [H02M 1/0003 (2021.05); H02M 1/0012 (2021.05); H02M 1/0022 (2021.05); H02M 7/483 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A controller for controlling a balancer circuit, the controller being configured to:
determine a difference value between a first direct current (DC) link voltage value across a first DC link of a power converter and a second DC link voltage value across a second DC link of the power converter;
determine a phase-angle and a magnitude of the difference value for an integer harmonic of a predetermined grid frequency;
provide a switching signal for switching between the first DC link and the second DC link based on the phase-angle and the magnitude;
control a mid-point current at a mid-point terminal of the power converter in terms of magnitude and direction based on the switching signal; and
determine a sign for the switching based on the phase-angle of the difference value,
wherein the controller comprises a current control loop configured to control the mid-point current based on the sign and the magnitude of the difference value,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine a current control reference value for the current control loop based on the magnitude of the difference value and a measurement value of a converter current processed by the power converter;
determine the current control reference value based on a linear relationship with the measurement value of the converter current within a predetermined range of the measurement value of the converter current; and
set the current control reference value to a predefined value when the measurement value of the converter current is within a range above the predetermined range of the measurement value of the converter current,
wherein the first DC link comprises a first DC link capacitor and the controller is configured to receive a measurement value of a voltage across the first DC link capacitor as the first DC link voltage value,
wherein the second DC link comprises a second DC link capacitor and the controller is configured to receive a measurement value of a voltage across the second DC link capacitor as the second DC link voltage value, and
wherein the balancer circuit comprises:
a first switch configured to switch the first DC link of the power converter based on the switching signal; and
a second switch configured to switch the second DC link of the power converter based on the switching signal.
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