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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2023
Tmeic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
TMEIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A DC power converter includes a chopper circuit. In a step-up mode, in the chopper circuit, a current path that starts from the DC power supply and returns to the DC power supply through the first reactor, the first connection point, the second switch, the third connection point, the second capacitor, and the fourth connection point in order is formed when the first switch is off and the second switch is on, and a current path that starts from DC power supply and returns to the DC power supply through the first reactor, the first connection point, the first diode, the second connection point, the first capacitor, the third connection point, the second capacitor, and the fourth connection point in order is formed when the first switch is off and the second switch is off.