US Patent 10473728 Electronic circuit for easier operation of multilevel converters

Prior art electronic power supplies having distributed energy stores and/or the possibility to dynamically modify the connectivity of individual stores require complex monitoring of the input and output currents to and from the individual energy stores, often using a multitude of sensors, in order to allow for unrestricted operation. Examples of such power supplies include in particular modular multilevel converters and switched-capacitor circuits. The preen invention describes a possibility to determine the states of charge and energy levels of the energy stores using a small number of measuring systems.