Hello,
I try to find a way to measure "small" differential voltages across two transistors/capacitor with high common voltage applied.
I know there are some differential op-amps like AD629 or INA149 which tolerate quite high voltages up to \$ \pm 275V \$ but it's just not enough.
In the picture you see one half bridge of a three phase multi-level converter (MMC). In this example it's a six level converter.
Basically I have to measure the voltages Vm1-Vm5 in the attached picture. The voltage between the "ports" 1 and 2 is 50V. So it would be possible to measure the differential voltage with the named op-amps.
But the goal is to increase the numbers of transistors and capacitors in series to get more cells built by two transistors and a capacitor(-bank) instead of the five cells in the picture. In the end the differential voltage is around \$ \pm 10V \$ and the common voltage will be around \$ \pm 500V \$ with many cells in series (50). Or less cells with higher differential voltages, but the common voltage will be 500V. The switching frequency will be around 10kHz.
If you have any idea, tips, publications or books with this topic, I would be very grateful.
Best Regards
Momchilo