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Series multiplex inverter

US11183948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 2018
Grant dateNov 23, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M1/0077
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A series multiplex inverter includes a power conversion unit, a drive signal generation unit, and a drive signal output unit. The drive signal generation unit generates n drive signals that cause different single-phase inverters of n single-phase inverters to output n rectangular wave voltages sequentially out of phase, where n is an integer of three or more. The drive signal output unit outputs the n drive signals to the n single-phase inverters in rotation that shifts, by p every m-fold time of half an output voltage period of the power conversion unit, the single-phase inverters corresponding one-to-one to the n drive signals in a combination of the n drive signals with different single-phase inverters of the n single-phase inverters, where m is a natural number and p is a natural number relatively prime to n or one.

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