Abb Schweiz Ag

Abb Research Ltd.

Abb Technology Ag

Abb E-mobility B.v.

Tin-Ho Li

Ngai-Man Ho

Gerardo Escobar

Enea Bianda

Juha Huusari

Jonathan Bradshaw

A full-bridge inverter based on a unipolar switching scheme includes a first branch and a second branch in parallel between a first DC node and a second node, the first branch including a first higher switch and a first lower switch in series, and the second branch including a second higher switch and a second lower switch in series. A filter circuit includes a first inductor and a second inductor. One pin of the first inductor is coupled with a first branch conductor, and the first branch conductor is coupled between the first higher switch and the first lower switch, and an opposite pin of the first inductor is electrically coupled with a first output node. One pin of the second inductor is coupled with a second branch conductor, the second branch conductor is coupled between the second higher switch and the second lower switch, and an opposite pin of the second inductor is coupled with a second output node of the full-bridge inverter. A first filtering unit switch, a first filter diode, a second filter diode and a second filtering unit switch in series are coupled between the first branch conductor and the second branch conductor, cathodes of the first diode and the second diode are coupled together. A cathode of a third filter diode is coupled with the first output node, and a cathode of a fourth filter diode is coupled with the second output node. The anodes of the third diode and the fourth diode are coupled together. A third inductor is coupled between the cathodes of the first diode and the second diode and the anodes of the third diode and the fourth diode.

Full-bridge inverter with unipolar switching scheme and its method of operation

Exemplary embodiments are directed to an snubber circuit and a power converter having an active circuit. The snubber circuit includes a series connection of a first diode and a first inductor connected between a first interfacing point and a first connection point, a second diode connected between a second connection point and a second interfacing point, a series connection of a third diode and a second inductor between a third interfacing point and the second connection point, a switching device connected between the first connection point and the third interfacing point, and a first capacitor connected between the first connection point and the second connection point. The first, the second, and the third diode are forward-biased along a path between the first interfacing point and the second interfacing point and through the third interfacing point.

Active snubber topology

A bridgeless power factor correction circuit as disclosed can include first and second input inductors, a series connection of a first diode and a first controllable semiconductor switch, and a series connection of a second diode and a second controllable semiconductor switch, the series connections being connected in parallel between positive and negative output terminals of the power factor correction circuit. The power factor correction circuit can include a switching circuit adapted to connect a capacitor between the input terminal and the output terminal such that the capacitor is connected between the first input terminal and a potential of the output terminal when input voltage connectable to the input terminals is positive and the capacitor is connected between the second input terminal and a potential of the output terminal when the input voltage connectable to the input terminals is negative.

Bridgeless power factor correction circuit

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Tin-Ho Li