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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard F. Post, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Edward G. Cook, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 25/16 (2006.01); H02P 27/04 (2016.01); H02N 1/08 (2006.01); H02N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/08 (2013.01); H02N 1/004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A novel motor drive system has been described for use in electrostatic generator/motor systems based on the time variation of capacity of a rotating condenser comprised of segmented rotor and stator elements. It takes advantage of the fact that the motor action of such a system depends only on the rms value of the drive pulses, which therefore can be formed simply by periodically interrupting a high-frequency ac wave train. This new circuitry simplifies the drive system and takes advantage of recent developments of devices used in the art of inversion of dc voltages to high-frequency (tens of kiloHz) ac.


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