Multilevel converter for the control and transmission of electrical energy

Abstract

A multilevel converter operating with fewer components saving costs, losses, size and weight, allowing the reduction of volume and accessibility to the control and transformation of electric power, comprising at least a basic cell formed by: a) a first power switch that interconnects the positive bus between said at least one basic cell and at least another basic cell connected in cascade each other and/or a basic cell and a continuous voltage source; b) a second power switch that interconnects the negative bus between said at least one basic cell and at least another basic cell connected in cascade each other; and/or a basic cell and the continuous voltage source of point a); and c) a capacitor with a third power switch, both of them being connected in series each other and interconnected between the positive and negative bus.

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