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Converter circuit arrangement with protection circuit

US5969959A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 1998
Grant dateOct 19, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H7/1216
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A converter circuit arrangement is specified having a rectifier, an intermediate circuit and an invertor connected thereto. In order to protect the circuit against failures and overvoltage, a protection circuit which comprises, in particular, varistors is connected between the two partial rectifiers of the rectifier.

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