- Patent Title: Single carrier pulse width modulator for 5-level converter with capacitor voltage self-balancing, equal loss distribution, and improved output voltage spectrum
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Application No.: US18000476Application Date: 2020-06-12
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Publication No.: US12119771B2Publication Date: 2024-10-15
- Inventor: Mostafa Abarzadeh , Kamal Al-Haddad
- Applicant: SOCOVAR, SOCIÉTÉ EN COMMANDITE
- Applicant Address: CA Québec
- Assignee: SOCOVAR, SOCIÉTÉ EN COMMANDITE
- Current Assignee: SOCOVAR, SOCIÉTÉ EN COMMANDITE
- Current Assignee Address: CA Québec
- Agency: Anglehart et al.
- International Application: PCT/CA2020/050818 2020.06.12
- International Announcement: WO2021/248223A 2021.12.16
- Date entered country: 2022-12-01
- Main IPC: H02P1/00
- IPC: H02P1/00 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M1/12 ; H02M7/04 ; H02M7/217 ; H02M7/483 ; H02M7/487 ; H02M7/5395 ; H02P1/28 ; H02P3/00 ; H02P27/14

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus using a novel PWM switching technique that requires only one PWM carrier signal and benefits from two logic functions to provide switching signals and provides the flying capacitor (FC) voltage as well as dc-link capacitors voltages regulated to their desired values without external control. It may also, eliminate the odd multiples of the switching harmonic clusters from the output voltage is possible; double the frequency of first switching harmonic; reduce filtering efforts may be required since the values of the output LC filter inductor and capacitor can be very much reduced. Furthermore, notable reduction in control complexity is possible using the novel PWM method.
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