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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rik W De Doncker, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mustansir H Kheraluwala, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 17 ; 363129 ; 323207 ;
Abstract
A dual active bridge converter, including high-frequency transformer-coupled input and output bridge converters, receives a rectified ac line voltage via a rectifier acting in a resistive mode and a small, high-frequency filter capacitor. A phase angle controller controls a phase shift between the voltages across the transformer windings such that high-efficiency dc-to-dc conversion is achieved, while maintaining unity power factor at the ac input, using high-density circuitry with small filter components and without adding additional front-end power factor correction circuitry.