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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:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Guichao Hua, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Virginia Power Technologies, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 21 ;
Abstract
Single-stage switched AC/DC converters are provided with a PFC (power factor correction) lead enhanced by inclusion of a saturable reactor and/or by connecting the PFC lead to an intermediate tap in a primary winding of the customary isolation transformer located in the DC/DC conversion part of the converter. An important resulting improvement is reduction in the voltage stress on the energy-storage (or 'bulk') capacitor. Included are various circuit arrangements of resetting the saturable inductor, for designer or user selection.