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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael J. Harrison, Petaluma, CA (US);
Assignee:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/205 (2006.01); H02M 5/293 (2006.01); H02M 7/48 (2007.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 5/293 (2013.01); H02M 7/4815 (2021.05); H02M 7/5387 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/205 (2013.01); H01L 29/7786 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switched mode power converter is provided herein and comprises a cycloconverter comprising a plurality of switches, wherein each switch of the plurality of switches is a native four quadrant bi-directional switch with a common drift region configured to allow current flow in a first direction from a first source terminal to second source terminal and in a second direction from the second source terminal to the first direction.