Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multilevel converter
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Application No.: US14903514Application Date: 2013-07-08
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Publication No.: US09936610B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Martin Buschendorf , Ingo Euler , Martin Pieschel , Andreas Zenkner
- Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agent Laurence Greenberg; Werner Stemer; Ralph Locher
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/064379 WO 20130708
- International Announcement: WO2015/003734 WO 20150115
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; H02M7/00 ; H02M7/483

Abstract:
A multilevel converter contains at least two submodules which are connected in a row. Each of the submodules contains at least two switches and a capacitor and two current-carrying outer module terminals. Accordingly, at least one of the submodules has at least one outer cooling member which acts as a current-carrying outer module terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160165759A1 MULTILEVEL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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