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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
Dcbel Inc., Montréal, CA;
Hani Vahedi, Brossard, CA;
Marc-André Forget, Saint Lazare, CA;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for providing electrical isolation using a converter comprising a first converter working in a rectifier mode receiving AC current and providing DC current, a second converter working in an inverter mode receiving said DC current from said first converter and providing AC current, a transformer receiving said AC current from said second converter having an input and output, said transformer providing electric isolation between said input and output, a third converter working in a rectifier mode receiving AC current from said transformer and providing DC current, wherein at least one of said first, second and third converters is a multilevel converter.