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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Thomas P Gilmore, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Rockwell Technologies, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for calculating an accurate estimate of an unregulated DC bus voltage to be used with a DC-to-DC converter including a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding in series with a switch between the positive and negative rails of the unregulated DC bus voltage, an electrically insulating coupler linked to a switch control line to provide a trigger pulse to a sample and hold circuit, and a sample and hold circuit linked to the transformer secondary winding for measuring the secondary winding voltage when the sample and hold circuit is triggered, the sample and hold circuit providing an output voltage which can be used to calculate the DC bus voltage estimate.