Patent · US Expired

Integrated three-phase power converter and method of operation thereof

US6026006A · kind A · utility

25Cited by
2References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B70/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated three-phase power converter and method of operation thereof is provided. The integrated three-phase power converter includes: (1) first and second power switches coupled between corresponding rails of said power converter, (2) an input stage, including first, second and third L-C branches coupled between said first, second and third phase inputs and a node between said first and second power switches, adapted to receive phase voltages from a source of electrical power, and (3) an output stage, coupled to said first and second power switches, that provides a DC output voltage at said output, said first and second power switches cooperating to employ said input stage to reduce input current total harmonic distortion (THD) on all three of said phase inputs and said output stage to convert said phase voltages to said DC output voltage.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.