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Stepped-waveform inverter with eight subinverters

US5040105A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1989
Grant dateAug 13, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/49
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An inverter for use in a variable-speed, constant-frequency power conversion system of the type used in an aircraft, for example, includes a four subinverter pairs, each of which generates a respective set of waveforms. The four subinverter pairs are connected to a summing transformer having eight sets pairs of primary windings and eight sets of secondary windings coupled to the primary windings. A regulator is coupled to the output of the summing transformer and varies the phase angles between the waveforms generated by the four subinverter pairs based upon the voltage and current at the output of the summing transformer in order to regulate the voltage at the output of the summing transformer.

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