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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yan Zhou, Canton, MI (US);
Shuitao Yang, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Lihua Chen, Northville, MI (US);
Yuqing Tang, Northville, MI (US);
Hongjie Wu, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle may include an electric drive system including switches having gates configured to control the switches. The vehicle may include a galvanic isolation coupling having a primary side electrically connected with an input power source and a secondary side electrically connected with a gate driver circuit. The gat driver circuit has a controller configured to actuate the gates and a power supply circuit electrically connected to the controller to provide backup power. The galvanic isolation coupling may be a flyback converter.