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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Applicant:
GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Ltd, Rugby, Warwickshire, GB;
Inventors:
Shyam Sunder Ramamurthy, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Joseph Lee, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Luke Anthony Solomon, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD., Warwickshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/04 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/12 (2006.01); H02M 7/12 (2006.01); H02M 7/493 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/04 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/12 (2013.01); H02M 7/12 (2013.01); H02M 7/493 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0025 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system to control a multi-phase converter having at least one power channel with a plurality of power modules, and involves detecting the voltage and the current of the power modules, calculating a command voltage based on a product of a programmed virtual resistance and the detected current, and transmitting a command voltage signal to the power modules based on the calculated command voltage.