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16 ML Converter Topologies<br />

3.3 Fundam<strong>en</strong>tal converter types<br />

3.3.1 Dio<strong>de</strong> clamped converter<br />

The NPC as shown in Figure 19 (a) contains two switching cells, one for the upper capacitor<br />

and one for the lower capacitors. The two cells share compon<strong>en</strong>ts and have overlapping<br />

commutation loops. Furthermore, there are differ<strong>en</strong>t commutation loops for differ<strong>en</strong>t curr<strong>en</strong>t<br />

polarities (gre<strong>en</strong> for positive output curr<strong>en</strong>t, red for negative output curr<strong>en</strong>t, only upper DC link<br />

commutations shown). The loop for negative curr<strong>en</strong>ts inclu<strong>de</strong>s more series compon<strong>en</strong>ts and is thus<br />

more difficult to <strong>de</strong>sign for low stray inductance. The concept of the NPC can be ext<strong>en</strong><strong>de</strong>d to more<br />

levels by adding more intermediate points in the DC link and clamping those points with dio<strong>de</strong>s to<br />

the appropriate active switch no<strong>de</strong>s (e.g. 4-L MLDC, Figure 19 b). The MLDC (Multi Level Dio<strong>de</strong><br />

Clamped) converter has already be<strong>en</strong> inclu<strong>de</strong>d in Bakers pat<strong>en</strong>t from 1981 [9].<br />

U DC+<br />

Commutation<br />

loops<br />

U DC<br />

U out<br />

U DC-<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Figure 19, 3-L neutral point clamped converter (NPC) with commutation loops<br />

3.3.2 MC converter<br />

The connection of multiple flying capacitor switching cells and a final half bridge cell results in<br />

the MC converter or flying capacitor converter (Figure 20), which has be<strong>en</strong> introduced by Meynard<br />

and Foch in 1992. Its <strong>de</strong>sign and functionality is pres<strong>en</strong>ted in [19] and [20]. The circuit shown in<br />

Figure 20 is a 4 level converter requiring 3 switching cells and 2 flying capacitors.<br />

U DC =U CN U C2<br />

U C1<br />

U out<br />

Figure 20, 4-L MC converter

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