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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayuki Matsui, Hitachi, JP;
Toshiaki Okuyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363161 ; 363164 ; 323207 ;
Abstract
A current-circulating cycloconverter includes a positive converter and a negative converter connected in anti-parallel with each other through a DC reactor. A load is connected to an intermediate tap of the DC reactor. When a load current flowing to the load is smaller than a predetermined value, a circulating current flowing through the positive and negative converters is held at a minimum required value. A circulating current is caused to additively flow for canceling a voltage drop produced across the DC reactor when the load current exceeds the predetermined value.