Power converter with reduced common mode voltage
US7274576B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M1/44
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved power converter that produces reduced-levels of common-mode voltages, or even entirely eliminates such voltages, is disclosed herein, along with a method of reducing common-mode voltages. In at least some embodiments, the improved power converter is equipped with common-mode filter inductors and a link coupling input and output ports of the power converter with one another to communicate a ground point associated with the input ports of the converter (and the source) to the load. Further, in at least some embodiments, the method includes providing common mode filter inductors as part of the converter, where the inductors are connected at least indirectly to at least one of a rectifier and an inverter of the converter, and communicating a grounded neutral from input ports of the converter to output ports of the converter by way of at least one additional linkage.
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