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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sames S.A., , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 61 ; 363 15 ; 363 95 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a high voltage by converting input power at a low voltage to output power at a high voltage, by: supplying input power to a low voltage unit to produce a periodic signal having a frequency; supplying the periodic signal to a rectifier voltage multiplier of a specific type to cause the rectifier voltage multiplier to produce the output power at a high voltage, wherein the ratio of output power to input power is a function of the frequency of the periodic signal; identifying the type of the rectifier voltage multiplier; and continually adjusting the frequency of the periodic signal toward a value which maximizes the ratio of output power to input power.