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Active filter device

US6320392A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1999
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E40/40
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An active filter device provided for compensating harmonic distortion in a supply line by injecting for each harmonic (f.sub.k) to be considered a compensation current. The compensation current being determined by injecting a monitoring current on the supply line at a first (f1) and second (f2) frequency value, offset respectively on either side of the considered harmonic, and measuring response currents generated by the supply line upon injection of said monitoring currents.

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