Powerware Corporation

Piotr Grudzinski

Edward Akbari

Hong Zhang

Des Faria

Ove Ohman

A power supply apparatus includes an AC input port, an output port, and a bypass circuit that couples the AC input port to the output port. An AC/DC converter circuit, e.g., a rectifier circuit, produces a DC voltage from an AC input voltage at the AC input port. A DC/AC converter circuit, e.g., a current mode controlled inverter, controls current transfer between the output port and the AC/DC converter circuit responsive to a control input such that respective first and second component currents of a current delivered to a load coupled to the output port pass via respective ones of the bypass circuit and the DC/AC converter circuit. The DC/AC converter circuit may be operated such that current passing through the bypass circuit is constrained to be substantially in phase with the AC input voltage. The power supply apparatus may have another mode of operation in which the DC/AC converter circuit exclusively provides power to the output port, and may include an auxiliary DC power supply circuit that provides a DC voltage to the DC/AC converter circuit. Related power supply methods are also discussed.

AC power supply apparatus with economy mode and methods of operation thereof

A power supply apparatus includes an AC input port and a rectifier circuit, coupled to the AC input port, that produces a DC voltage at a rectifier circuit output from an AC input voltage at the AC input port. The apparatus further includes a selective harmonic current inducing circuit, coupled to the rectifier circuit output, that induces a harmonic component in a current delivered to a load from the rectifier circuit output. The selective harmonic current inducing circuit may control a phase and a magnitude of the induced harmonic current component in order to achieve selective suppression of a harmonic input current at the AC input port. The power supply apparatus may further include a filter circuit, coupled to the AC input port, that selectively suppresses a first harmonic current at the AC input port. The selective harmonic current inducing circuit may control the phase and magnitude of the induced harmonic current component such that a second harmonic current at the AC input port is suppressed. For example, for a three-phase passive rectifier circuit, the filter circuit may suppress a fifth harmonic input current, and the selective harmonic current inducing circuit may control the phase and magnitude of an induced sixth harmonic current component such that a seventh harmonic input current at the AC input port is suppressed. Related methods are also discussed.

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