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AC/DC or DC/AC converter system with outboard commutation inductors

US4683527A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 1986
Grant dateJul 28, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/068
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a 12-pulse AC/DC converter of the hexagon type the rectifier switches are distributed in three groups for each polarity and for each polarity three coils are joined to the common pole and connected separately to the pairs of rectifier switches of a corresponding group. As a result, the capability of the hexagon is extended to commutation of diodes, instead of controlled rectifier switches, by the effect of such interposed commutation inductance.

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