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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Lucian Smolenski, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Danijel Maricic, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jinhui Zhang, Dayton, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A power converter is provided. The power converter includes a first phase including a first upper diode and a first lower diode, a second phase including a second upper diode and a second lower diode, a third phase including a third upper diode and a third lower diode, a plurality of MOSFETs, each of the first upper diode, the first lower diode, the second upper diode, the second lower diode, the third upper diode, and the third lower diode electrically connected in parallel with a respective one of the plurality of MOSFETs, and a control system configured to selectively activate each MOSFET when current flows through a diode electrically coupled in parallel with that MOSFET.