Abstract: For a power supply with a reduced number of semiconductor devices, a transformer receives a three-phase primary voltage and steps the three-phase primary voltage up or down to a secondary voltage with a plurality of secondary winding sets to a plurality of first phase voltages, a plurality of second phase voltages, and a plurality of third phase voltages. A plurality of power cell sets each include a plurality of power cells cascaded connected. Each power cell comprises a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier includes two first active switches that are serially connected and receive a phase voltage at a first switch midpoint, two second active switches that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a second switch midpoint, and two capacitors that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a capacitor midpoint between the capacitors.

Abstract: For a power supply with a reduced number of semiconductor devices, a transformer receives a three-phase primary voltage and steps the three-phase primary voltage up or down to a secondary voltage with a plurality of secondary winding sets to a plurality of first phase voltages, a plurality of second phase voltages, and a plurality of third phase voltages. A plurality of power cell sets each include a plurality of power cells cascaded connected. Each power cell comprises a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier includes two first active switches that are serially connected and receive a phase voltage at a first switch midpoint, two second active switches that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a second switch midpoint, and two capacitors that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a capacitor midpoint between the capacitors.

Abstract: For a power supply with a reduced number of semiconductor devices, a transformer receives a three-phase primary voltage and steps the three-phase primary voltage up or down to a secondary voltage with a plurality of secondary winding sets to a plurality of first phase voltages, a plurality of second phase voltages, and a plurality of third phase voltages. A plurality of power cell sets each include a plurality of power cells cascaded connected. Each power cell comprises a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier includes two first active switches that are serially connected and receive a phase voltage at a first switch midpoint, two second active switches that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a second switch midpoint, and two capacitors that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a capacitor midpoint between the capacitors.

Abstract: For a power supply with a reduced number of semiconductor devices, a transformer receives a three-phase primary voltage and steps the three-phase primary voltage up or down to a secondary voltage with a plurality of secondary winding sets to a plurality of first phase voltages, a plurality of second phase voltages, and a plurality of third phase voltages. A plurality of power cell sets each include a plurality of power cells cascaded connected. Each power cell comprises a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier includes two first active switches that are serially connected and receive a phase voltage at a first switch midpoint, two second active switches that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a second switch midpoint, and two capacitors that are serially connected and receive another phase voltage at a capacitor midpoint between the capacitors.