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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter M. Rinaldi, Mystic, CT (US);
Edgar S. Thaxton, Bradford, RI (US);
Gene Castles, Preston, CT (US);
Assignee:
Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 ;
Abstract
A modular transformer arrangement providing power to a multi-level power converter includes a plurality of three phase transformers having delta or extended delta connected primary windings and delta or extended delta or wye or zig zag wye connected secondary windings and the multi-level power converter has full bridge power modules inputs connected to isolated secondaries of the transformer modules and outputs connected in series and/or in parallel to provide increased voltage and/or current or multiple phases which can be phase shifted with respect to the input to the transformer.