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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Gideon Van Zyl, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33592 (2013.01); H01J 37/32183 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a voltage clamp system comprising: a rectifier; a protected node, a reference node, and one or more internal nodes, coupled to the rectifier; a power converter, coupled to the rectifier via the one or more internal nodes; and one or more output nodes coupled to the power converter and configured to couple to a power sink. The rectifier and the power converter are configured to output power via one or more output nodes coupled to the rectifier, and to limit a component of the voltage between the protected node and the reference node.