US 10,897,212 B2 · Arrangement for switching on a two-way switch of a converter module, converter module for a modular multi-level converter having the arrangement and method for producing operational standby for a converter module having a two-way switch

Abstract

The subject of the present invention is an arrangement for switching on a two-way switch of a converter module. A power generation device for providing electric power for switching on the two-way switch is provided that is suitable for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical power. There is also described a converter module for a modular multi-level converter having the arrangement and a method for producing operational standby for a converter module having a two-way switch.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A converter module for a modular multi-level converter, comprising:

a two-way switch;
an energy generation device connected to said two-way switch for supplying electrical energy for switching on said two-way switch, said energy generation device being a device for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy;
and
a capacitor being pre-charged through said two-way switch when said two-way switch is switched on.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/061,737Filed 21 Nov 2016

Priority

DE 10 2015 226 19921 Dec 2015

Published

US 2018/0375440 A127 Dec 2018

Granted

19 Jan 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H02M 1/36
Details of apparatus for conversion: means for starting or stopping converters
H02M 7/4835
Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltages levels: comprising two or more cells, each including a switchable capacitor, the…
H02M 1/0032
Details of control, feedback or regulation circuits: control circuits allowing low power mode operation, e.g. in standby mode
Y02B 70/10
Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption: technologies improving the efficiency by using…

Arrangement for switching on a two-way switch of a converter module, converter module for a modular multi-level converter having the arrangement and method for producing operational standby for a converter module having a two-way switch

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Arrangement for switching on a two-way switch of a converter module, converter module for a modular multi-level converter having the arrangement and method for producing operational standby for a converter module having a two-way switch

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Abstract

Claims18