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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Smart Wires Inc., Union City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Antonio Ginart, Santa Clarita, CA (US);

Shreesha Adiga Manoor, Milpitas, CA (US);

Mahsa Ghapandar Kashani, Millbrae, CA (US);

Hamed Khalilinia, Hayward, CA (US);

Haroon Inam, San Jose, CA (US);

Amrit Iyer, Oakland, CA (US);

Govind Chavan, Fremont, CA (US);

Niloofar Torabi, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Smart Wires Inc., Union City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/26 (2006.01); H02J 3/01 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/49 (2007.01); H02M 7/48 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/26 (2013.01); H02J 3/01 (2013.01); H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 13/00009 (2020.01); H02M 7/4803 (2021.05); H02M 7/49 (2013.01);
Abstract

The presence of injected DC has harmful consequences for a power grid system. A piecewise sinusoidal ripple voltage wave at the line-frequency that rides on the main capacitor bank of the power converter is observed. This observation leads to a new DC detection elimination method. Three DC elimination methods for this ripple component are disclosed to allow dissipation of DC energy through heat and/or electromagnetic wave, or to allow transformation of this energy into usable power that is fed back into the power grid.


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