Soft-Switching Power Converters for Efficient Grid Applications

Nowadays, the Modular Multilevel Converter represents an important solution for grid applications, as it can easily extend the output voltage range, as required for instance in high voltage applications. The present paper studies the generalization of such a converter to a resonant version, not already used in high power applications, analyzing how it could perform in grid applications.

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