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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba-mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Akagi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba-Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bidirectional chopper circuitis provided with: a main power converterhaving a first switch-and a second switch-set up so that one switch is turned off when the other switch is turned on and connected in series with each other so as to line up in a conduction direction when turned on, the terminals on both sides of the main power converteron the opposite sides to the connection sides for the first switch-and the second switch-being a pair of first external connection terminals; a plurality of single-phase full-bridge power converters-and a pair of second external connection terminals provided on wiring that branches from wiring connecting the first switch-and the second switch-so that one or both are connected in cascade; and an inductorconnected in series with the single-phase full-bridge power converters-on wiring that branches from wiring connecting the first switch-and the second switch-