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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ned Mohan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 85 ; 323208 ; 323210 ; 323215 ; 323342 ; 363 39 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling power transferred and regulating voltage in a multi-phase transmission line includes generating a first plurality of voltages, a second plurality of voltages displaced in phase from the first plurality of voltages, and a third plurality of voltages displaced in phase from the first and second plurality of voltages. The first, second and third plurality of voltages are selectively connected in series in each line of the multi-phase transmission line.