Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3-level power converter
- Patent Title (中): 3级电源转换器
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Application No.: US12517940Application Date: 2006-12-20
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Publication No.: US08111530B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Yoshitaka Ono , Takeshi Tanaka
- Applicant: Yoshitaka Ono , Takeshi Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/325359 WO 20061220
- International Announcement: WO2008/075418 WO 20080626
- Main IPC: H02H7/122
- IPC: H02H7/122

Abstract:
A 3-level power converter is provided, which is reduced in size of the converter, reduced in floating inductance of each of wirings interconnecting between respective elements, and easily attached with a snubber circuit. The 3-level power converter performs on/off control of first to fourth switching elements 1 to 4 so as to output a 3-level voltage from an AC output terminal AC, wherein the power converter has a first module 11 including the first and fourth switching elements 1 and 4 as a configuration unit, a second module 12 including the second and third switching elements 2 and 3 as a configuration unit, a third module 14 including a first coupling diode 5 as a configuration unit, and a fourth module 13 including a second coupling diode as a configuration unit, and the second module 11, the fourth module 14, the third module 13, and the first module 11 are sequentially arranged in a line from a position near the AC output terminal AC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100315776A1 3-LEVEL POWER CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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