Systems and methods for stacked multi-level power converter implementations with linear scaling
AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorsMatthias Preindl, Matthew Jahnes
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AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorsMatthias Preindl, Matthew Jahnes
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Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, and other implementations, including a voltage converter system that includes a plurality of energy storage elements, a plurality of switching devices, each of which is in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of the storage elements, with the plurality of storage elements and the plurality of switching devices being configured in a multi-level arrangement of multiple voltage converting cells. The system further includes a plurality of controllers to actuate one or more of the plurality of switching devices to independently control voltage levels of at least one energy storage element of the multiple voltage converting cells. In some embodiments, the cells may include an arrangement of two capacitors and an inductor that define a buck-boost converter circuit. Alternatively, the cells may have a Dual Active Half Bridge (DAHB) converter configuration with a primary side separated from a secondary side by a transformer.
A voltage converter system comprising:
A voltage conversion method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable media storing a set of instructions, executable on at least one programmable device, to:
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