ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERTER, POWER TRAIN COMPRISING SUCH A CONVERTER AND RELATED ELECTRIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE

This electrical energy converter (30) converting a first energy into a second energy comprises two first terminals (36) for the first energy, at least one second terminal (38) for the second energy, P switching arms (40), each comprising two half-arms of switching (42) connected in series between the two first terminals (36) and connected to each other at an intermediate point (44) connected to a respective second terminal (38). Each half-arm (42) comprises N half-branches of switching (46) connected in parallel, N ≥ 2, each half-branch (46) comprising a switch (48). This converter further comprises 2×P control modules (50), each control module (50) being configured to control the switches (48) of a respective half-arm (42), each control module (50) comprising an output terminal (52) for each respective switch (48), each output terminal (52) being configured to deliver a control signal for said respective switch (48).