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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard J Hitchcock, Montrose, PA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363132 ; 363 98 ;
Abstract
A full bridge non-resonant switching circuit is disclosed which has an inductive device and four switches. Parasitic controlling mechanisms are operatively connected to the four switches to control inductive energy release in order to switch current through the switches at substantially zero voltage.