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Converter apparatus

US4277825A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 27, 1979
Grant dateJul 7, 1981
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Expiry dateJul 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/1626
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Converter apparatus including a power converter having controlled rectifier devices connected, and gated in a predetermined sequence, to interchange electrical power between a source of alternating potential and a direct current load circuit, a phase controller for controlling the conduction angle of the controlled rectifier devices, and circuitry for maintaining synchronous operation between the phase controller and the power converter. The circuitry for maintaining synchronous operation constrains the conduction angle between predetermined end stops by logically combining first and second logic signals developed for each controlled rectifier device from the source of alternating potential, with a logic signal associated with the immediately preceding controlled rectifier device in the gating sequence.

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