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System interconnection inverter including overvoltage and negative voltage protection

US7839665B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2006
Grant dateNov 23, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M1/32
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system interconnection inverter includes a step-up converter and an inverter. Moreover, the system interconnection inverter includes a short-circuit current-interrupting diode with a cathode connected to an input terminal of a negative bus, a semiconductor switch connected to an anode of the short-circuit current-interrupting diode, a semiconductor switch drive circuit that drives the semiconductor switch, a semiconductor switch-off circuit that turns off the semiconductor switch drive circuit when negative power is applied such that electric current flows from a cathode toward an anode of the input terminal, and a control circuit that controls the semiconductor switch drive circuit.

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