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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Said Farouk El-Barbari, Munich, DE;
Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Munich, DE;
Simon Herbert Schramm, Moosach, DE;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a power converter including a primary bridge unit to receive a primary voltage from a voltage source, the primary bridge unit includes a first plurality of electronic switches, and each of the first plurality of electronics switches has a turn ON time and a turn OFF time. Further, the power converter includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding is coupled to the first plurality of electronic switches. Also, the power converter includes a secondary bridge unit including a second plurality of electronic switches coupled to the secondary winding. Additionally, the system includes a controller to determine an inductance of the power converter based on the primary voltage, the turn ON time of the first plurality of electronic switches, a switching cycle time of the power converter, and one of an average current and a peak current in the power converter.