Control circuit for cryogenically-cooled power electronics employed in power conversion systems
US5953224A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M7/219
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control circuit generates signals for controlling the sequence in which selected input signals are carried across the terminals of a polyphase switching conversion circuit. The control circuit includes switching elements galvanically isolated from the selected input signals with the control signals electrically isolated from the switching devices. The control circuit for the conversion circuit is, in essence, electrically isolated from the conversion circuit. The control circuit is configured to have a topology analogous to that of the switching converter and includes conventional switching diodes as well as a light generating device optically coupled to a light sensor which, in response to detection of light from the optically coupled light generating device, provides a control signal to a corresponding switching device. The control circuit also includes a source of regulated and electrically isolated power to operate drive circuitry for the switching devices. The cryogenically cooled switching converter is used to rectify AC input signals generated by a number of variable speed wind-driven turbines, into a DC output signal which can be re-converted into a fixed frequency AC sig…
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