Converter arm and associated converter device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9564829
APP PUB NO 20150229229A1
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14419716

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It is presented a converter arm for power conversion. The converter arm comprises: a plurality of converter cells, wherein each converter cell comprises a plurality of semiconductor switches, an energy storage element and at least three control signal connections arranged to control the conducting state of the plurality of semiconductor switches. Each converter cell is connected to receive a control signal from at least three entities via said control signal connections, wherein at least two of the three entities are neighboring converter cells, and each converter cell is arranged to forward a control signal to all connected neighboring converter cells via said control signal connections. A corresponding converter device is also presented.

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HITACHI ENERGY LTD8050 ZÜRICH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Björklund, Hans Ludvika, SE 11 122
Häfner, Jürgen Ludvika, SE 12 165

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