US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on July 7 for "Switching-cycle voltage deviation control for modular multilevel converters" (Virginia, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,561, issued on July 7, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Switching-cycle voltage deviation control for modular multilevel converters" was invented by Boran Fan (Blacksburg, Va.), Dushan Boroyevich (Blacksburg, Va.), Rolando Burgos (Blacksburg, Va.), Jayesh Kumar Motwani (Blacksburg, Va.) and Jun Wang (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of switching-cycle voltage deviation control for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are described. In one example, an upper switching action of an upper power cell is determined within a time duration of a switching cycle for an MMC. In ad...