Patent · US Expired

Adjustable low spurious signal DC-DC converter

US6314008A · kind A · utility

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31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 2000
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 16, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/18
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention uses an AC signal and an external DC control voltage to generate a plurality of levels of output DC voltages. The level of the output voltage is determined by the DC control voltage and has the opposite polarity. The invention is preferably implemented as a balanced circuit, which generates spurious signals at even harmonics of the AC frequency signal. The spurious signals can then be filtered out using a low-pass filter.

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