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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhihui Yuan, By, DE;
Richard S. Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Stefan Schroeder, By, DE;
Yingqi Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Jie Shen, Shanghai, CN;
Fan Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H03K 17/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/12 (2006.01); H02M 5/458 (2006.01); H03K 17/081 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 5/4585 (2013.01); H03K 17/08104 (2013.01); H03K 17/08116 (2013.01); H03K 17/107 (2013.01); H03K 17/127 (2013.01); H02M 2001/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a plurality of series connected switch modules each including at least two parallel connected electronic switches, the method includes the step of, in response to failure of any electronic switch of one or more switch modules, turning on any non-faulty electronic switch of one or more faulty switch modules when the electronic switches of other non-faculty switch modules are controlled to be turned on.