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Stepped-waveform inverter with four subinverters

US5041958A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1989
Grant dateAug 20, 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 power conversion system of the type used in an aircraft, for example, includes a first subinverter pair that generates a first pair of waveforms and a second subinverter pair that generates a second pair of waveforms. The two subinverter pairs are connected to a summing transformer having two pairs of primary windings and a plurality 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 two 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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