Patent ID: 11942788
Assignee: TAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A framework for a multi-phase energy system comprising:
a plurality of modules arranged in a plurality of cabinets, wherein each module comprises a DC interface and an AC interface, and wherein each module comprises an energy source configured to output a DC voltage (DC), a DC-AC converter coupled with the energy source and the AC interface, a DC-DC converter coupled with the energy source and the DC interface, and a local control device,
wherein the local control device is configured to control the DC-AC converter to output a module voltage from the AC interface, the module voltage being selected from the group consisting of: a positive DC output voltage, a reference output voltage, and a negative DC output voltage, wherein the local control device is further configured to control the DC-DC converter,
wherein the plurality of modules are connected as a plurality of arrays such that each array is configured to output an AC signal having a different phase angle, wherein the modules within each array are connected as levels of that array such that the AC signal output by that array is a superposition of the module voltages from each module of that array,
wherein the DC interface of each module is electrically coupled to the DC interface of at least one other module via a first connector that is routed along a first side of the plurality of cabinets,
wherein the AC interface of each module is electrically coupled to the AC interface of at least one other module via a second connector that is routed along a second side of the plurality of cabinets, and
wherein, for each module of each array:
the first connector is an inter-level connector between two modules at different levels and the second connector is an intra-level connector between two modules at a same level, or
the first connector is an intra-level connector between two modules at a same level and the second connector is an inter-level connector between two modules at different levels.