The invention provides a bi-directional balanced
hybrid MMC topological
structure based on a
diode clamping circuit. The bi-directional balanced
hybrid MMC topological structure is composed of n / 2 half-bridge sub-modules, n / 2 full-bridge sub-modules and n-1 additional series devices. The topology is explained by taking five-level
hybrid MMC topology as an example. The topology is composed of two half-bridge-type modules, two full-bridge-type modules and three additional units. The additional unit connected between the HBSMs is the same as the additional unit connected between the HBSM and the FBSM. Each unit comprises two parallel branches. A
branch circuit 1 only comprises a
diode, a
branch circuit 2 is formed by reversely connecting the
diode and a switch in series (an IGBT and a reverse parallel diode), and the
inductor is connected to a common
branch circuit of the branch circuit 1 and the branch circuit 2. In the additional unit connected between the FBSMs, the branch circuit 1 and the branch circuit 2 have the same structures, and each of the branch circuit 1 and the branch circuit 2 consists of a series diode, an
inductor and a switch (an IGBT and an anti-parallel diode). Compared with a traditional
software voltage balance method, the topology mainly has the two advantages that firstly, a control framework is simplified, a
voltage balance control link is omitted, and control resources are saved; and secondly, the number of
voltage sensors is reduced, the complexity of the
control system is reduced, and the communication pressure is reduced. In addition, compared with other hardware voltage balance circuits, the topology not only can realize bidirectional balance, but also reduces the number of inductors in the circuit, and effectively reduces the hardware cost.