US Patent Issued to Siemens Energy Global on Sept. 15 for "Module of a modular multilevel converter" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,864, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Module of a modular multilevel converter" was invented by Daniel Schmitt (Postbauer-Heng, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module of a modular multi-level converter includes a first module terminal, a second module terminal, a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor, a third electrical conductor, a power semiconductor circuit and an electrical energy storage unit. The power semiconductor circuit has a first electronic switching element and a second electronic switching element. A first diode is connected in anti-parallel...