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Inverter with overload current protection

US5235487A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1991
Grant dateAug 10, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/567
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an inverter with overload current projection, a half-bridge is divided in module form into two quarter-bridge branches. Disposed in the latter are a gate turn-off semiconductor component (7, 8), a freewheeling diode (9, 10) situated opposite with respect to a center point and a blocking capacitor (11, 12) in parallel with freewheeling diode (9, 10) and turn-off semiconductor component (7, 8). A measuring resistor (R1, R2) and a current-limiting component (L1, L2) are provided between a load terminal (3) of the bridge circuit and the center points of the quarter-bridge branches. The load current can be determined in a transient-free manner with the measuring resistors.

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