Patent · US Expired

A.C./D.C. converter having a linearly controllable one-way switch, and using no high voltage passive components

US6246597A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1999
Grant dateJun 12, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/1555
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A converter of a high A.C. voltage into a low D.C. voltage, including a one-way switch between a first terminal of application of the A.C. voltage and a first positive output terminal, and circuitry for controlling the output voltage to a desired value, the one-way switch being controlled in linear mode.

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