Cascaded-bridge converters (CBCs) and modular multilevel converters (MMCs) enjoy
growing popularity mostly due to modularity and scalability. Conventionally, their …

Recent advancements in silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor technology enable
developments in the high-power sector, eg, high-voltage-direct-current (HVdc) converters for …

Since the introduction of modular multilevel converters (MMC), various additional features
have been introduced for MMCs, among them parallel inter-module connectivity. However …

Although the modular multilevel converters (MMCs) that contain submodules (SMs) with
negative voltage capability have various advantages, they usually demand many more …

Power losses on the upper and bottom IGBTs in half-bridge submodules (HBSMs) are not
even when hybrid modular multilevel converters (MMCs) work as inverters, which results in …

This article presents a capacitor-switching semi-full-bridge (CS-SFB) submodule (SM) using
Si-IGBT and SiC-MOSFET for a modular multilevel converter (MMC). Compared with the …

High power Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) have become key components for many
future application fields, particularly, the efficient use of solar [1]-[5] and wind power …

Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) enjoy growing popularity primarily due to modularity
and scalability, but their applications are still constrained by the complexity of hardware and …

The half-bridge (HB) submodule (SM) based MMC requires a large number of sensors to
measure capacitor voltages. In this letter, a double half-bridge (DHB) SM-based MMC is …

Modular multilevel cascade converters (MMCCs) are considered a promising power
electronics topology in industry. Their scalability allows to reach (ultra/very) high voltage …