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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1982
Fred W Kelley, Jr, Media, PA (US);
General Electric Company, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Abstract
This line-commutated converter, in one form, has a pair of D.C. terminals for connection to a D.C. system and a pair of A.C. terminals for connection to an A.C. system. The converter comprises first, second, third, and fourth branches, each comprising the combination of a thyristor and a diode connected in inverse-parallel and an inductor connected in series with this combination. The first and fourth branches with a first node located therebetween are connected in series across the D.C. terminals; and the second and third branches with a second node located therebetween are also connected in series across the D.C. terminals. The nodes are effectively connected across the A.C. terminals. Controlled gating means simultaneously triggers the first and second branches into conduction at a controlled phase angle with respect to the A.C. system voltage and simultaneously triggers the third and fourth branches into conduction 180 degrees thereafter, repeating this sequence each cycle of the A.C. system voltage.