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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Chakridhar Reddy Teeneti, North Logan, UT (US);
Regan A. Zane, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Hongjie Wang, North Logan, UT (US);
Dorai Babu Yelaverthi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chakridhar Reddy Teeneti, North Logan, UT (US);
Regan A. Zane, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Hongjie Wang, North Logan, UT (US);
Dorai Babu Yelaverthi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Utah State University, Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
An power converter includes an unfolder connected to a three-phase source and has an output connection with a positive terminal, a negative terminal and a neutral terminal. The unfolder creates two unipolar piece-wise sinusoidal DC voltage waveforms offset by a half of a period. A three-input converter connected to the unfolder produces a quasi-sinusoidal output voltage across output terminals. Switches of the converter selectively connect the positive, negative and neutral inputs across the output terminals. A PWM controller controls a first duty ratio and a second duty ratio for the converter based on a phase angle of the source and a modulation index generated from an error signal related to a control variable. The duty ratios are time varying with a fundamental frequency of the source. The modulation index relates to output voltage of the converter, peak voltage or current of the source and/or peak current at the output terminals.