Cascaded electrical device bus structure systems and methods

US10185141B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Ruxi Wang · Niskayuna, US
• Douglas Link · Madison, US
• Melissa Freeman · Round Rock, US
• Fengfeng Tao · Clifton Park, US
• Juan Antonio Sabate · Niskayuna, US
• Eladio Clemente Delgado · Burnt Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02M7/003
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure presents techniques to facilitate improving operation of an electrical system, which includes a bus structure that cascades multiple electrical devices. The bus structure includes a first outer conductive layer implemented as a positive layer; a second outer conductive layer implemented as a negative layer; a first intermediate conductive layer neighboring the first outer conductive layer; a second intermediate conductive layer neighboring the second outer conductive layer; and a third intermediate conductive layer neighboring the second intermediate conductive layer, in which the third intermediate conductive layer is implemented as an inter-device layer that facilitates electrically coupling at least two of the electrical devices in series. The first intermediate conductive layer is implemented as a negative layer and the second intermediate conductive layer is implemented as a positive layer to facilitate reducing stray inductance and/or increasing stray capacitance introduced in the electrical system during operation.