Power inverter and method
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1. A method for conditioning a power signal, the method comprising:
- using a resonant converter to invert an input signal to an intermediate AC signal;
modulating the intermediate AC signal at a substantially resonant frequency of the resonant converter using an input modulation signal to impart a desired voltage-time function to the intermediate AC signal;
full-wave rectifying the intermediate AC signal to provide a rectified DC signal, the rectified DC signal having a periodic cyclical voltage-time function;
periodically reversing a polarity of the rectified DC signal with a fixed duty cycle to thereby produce an output AC signal based on the voltage-time function imparted to the intermediate AC signal; and
,providing the input modulation signal based on a comparison between feedback from the output AC signal and a reference AC waveform.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for converting an input signal to an output AC signal in which the input voltage signal is inverted and modulated to provide an intermediate AC signal having twice the desired output frequency. The intermediate signal is then full-wave rectified and then the polarity of the rectified signal is switched every second cycle to produce the output AC signal of a desired frequency and voltage.
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1. A method for conditioning a power signal, the method comprising:
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using a resonant converter to invert an input signal to an intermediate AC signal; modulating the intermediate AC signal at a substantially resonant frequency of the resonant converter using an input modulation signal to impart a desired voltage-time function to the intermediate AC signal; full-wave rectifying the intermediate AC signal to provide a rectified DC signal, the rectified DC signal having a periodic cyclical voltage-time function; periodically reversing a polarity of the rectified DC signal with a fixed duty cycle to thereby produce an output AC signal based on the voltage-time function imparted to the intermediate AC signal; and
,providing the input modulation signal based on a comparison between feedback from the output AC signal and a reference AC waveform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A power inverter having an output, the power inverter comprising:
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a push-pull resonant switching circuit having a DC input and an intermediate AC output; a modulator configured to modulate the intermediate AC output from the push-pull switching circuit at a substantially resonant frequency of the switching circuit to impart a desired voltage-time function to the intermediate AC output; a full-wave rectifier having the intermediate AC output as an input and having a full-wave rectified DC output having a periodic cyclical voltage-time function; a commutator having the full-wave rectified DC output as an input, the commutator being connected to the power inverter output; and a controller configured to cause the commutator to periodically switch a polarity of the full-wave rectified DC output with a fixed duty cycle to thereby provide AC power to the power inverter output based on the voltage-time function imparted to the intermediate AC output, wherein the modulator is configured to modulate the intermediate AC output from the push-pull switching circuit based on a comparison between feedback from the AC power to the power inverter output and a reference AC waveform. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An inverter comprising:
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a resonant converter configured to invert an input signal to an intermediate AC signal imparted with a desired voltage-time function and modulated at a substantially resonant frequency of the resonant converter based on a modulation signal; means for rectifying the intermediate AC signal to provide a rectified DC signal having a periodic cyclical voltage-time function; means for periodically reversing a polarity of the rectified DC signal with a fixed duty cycle to thereby produce an output AC signal based on the voltage-time function imparted to the intermediate AC signal; and means for providing the modulation signal to the resonant converter based on a comparison of feedback from the output AC signal and a reference AC waveform.
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