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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Des Faria, Ontario, CA;
Hong Zhang, Ontario, CA;
Piotr Grudzinski, Ontario, CA;
Edward Akbari, Ontario, CA;
Powerware Corporation, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A power supply apparatus includes an AC input port and a rectifier circuit, coupled to the AC input port, that produces a DC voltage at a rectifier circuit output from an AC input voltage at the AC input port. The apparatus further includes a selective harmonic current inducing circuit, coupled to the rectifier circuit output, that induces a harmonic component in a current delivered to a load from the rectifier circuit output. The selective harmonic current inducing circuit may control a phase and a magnitude of the induced harmonic current component in order to achieve selective suppression of a harmonic input current at the AC input port. The power supply apparatus may further include a filter circuit, coupled to the AC input port, that selectively suppresses a first harmonic current at the AC input port. The selective harmonic current inducing circuit may control the phase and magnitude of the induced harmonic current component such that a second harmonic current at the AC input port is suppressed. For example, for a three-phase passive rectifier circuit, the filter circuit may suppress a fifth harmonic input current, and the selective harmonic current inducing circuit may control the phase and magnitude of an induced sixth harmonic current component such that a seventh harmonic input current at the AC input port is suppressed. Related methods are also discussed.