BIDIRECTIONAL ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CONVERTER
First Claim
1. A power converter comprising:
- a first inductor-capacitor circuit electrically connected to an alternating current (AC) power source;
a first switching transistor electrically connected to the first inductor-capacitor circuit;
a second inductor-capacitor circuit electrically connected to the first switching transistor and the first inductor-capacitor circuit;
a first high-frequency switching transistor electrically connected to the second inductor-capacitor circuit and a direct current (DC) load; and
a controller operatively connected to the first switching transistor and the first high-frequency switching transistor to operate the power converter in an AC-to-DC conversion mode, the controller being configured to;
operate the first switching transistor and the first high-frequency switching transistor to generate a DC output signal for the DC load from the AC power source;
identify an error between a measurement of the DC output signal from the first high-frequency switching transistor and a predetermined DC output signal level for the DC load; and
adjust a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal to switch the high-frequency switching transistor at a predetermined frequency with the adjusted duty cycle to reduce the identified error in the DC output signal.
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Abstract
A bidirectional AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC circuit includes a first inductor-capacitor (LC) circuit connected to an AC power source, a transistor synchronized with the AC power source signal, a second LC circuit electrically connected to the synchronized transistor and the first inductor-capacitor circuit, a high-frequency switching transistor electrically connected to the second inductor-capacitor circuit and a direct current (DC) load, and a controller connected to the high-frequency switching transistor. The controller identifies an error between a measured DC output signal and a predetermined DC output signal that is applied to the DC load, and adjusts a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal for the high-frequency transistor to reduce the identified error.
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20 Claims
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1. A power converter comprising:
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a first inductor-capacitor circuit electrically connected to an alternating current (AC) power source; a first switching transistor electrically connected to the first inductor-capacitor circuit; a second inductor-capacitor circuit electrically connected to the first switching transistor and the first inductor-capacitor circuit; a first high-frequency switching transistor electrically connected to the second inductor-capacitor circuit and a direct current (DC) load; and a controller operatively connected to the first switching transistor and the first high-frequency switching transistor to operate the power converter in an AC-to-DC conversion mode, the controller being configured to; operate the first switching transistor and the first high-frequency switching transistor to generate a DC output signal for the DC load from the AC power source; identify an error between a measurement of the DC output signal from the first high-frequency switching transistor and a predetermined DC output signal level for the DC load; and adjust a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal to switch the high-frequency switching transistor at a predetermined frequency with the adjusted duty cycle to reduce the identified error in the DC output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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