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Apparatus and method for mitigating perturbations in a power converter

US9235227B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo · Unterschleißheim, DE
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar · Erie, US
Henry Todd Young · North East, US
Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler · Erie, US
Sebastian Pedro Rosado · Cork, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2013
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B70/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power converter includes a plurality of switches that interconnect first and second input terminals of the power converter with first and second output terminals of the power converter. The switches are switched to convert power from the input terminals to the output terminals. During the switching, voltage spikes are mitigated by a first RLC branch connected from the first input terminal to the first output terminal and by a second RLC branch connected from the second input terminal to the second output terminal.

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