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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ugo Francescutti, Ponzano Veneto, IT;
Felix Franck, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 ;
Abstract
An electronic converter having an input circuit and an output circuit which, in addition to the converter function, carries out power-factor correction. A control circuit opens and closes an electronic switch as a function of the output voltage from the converter circuit and the voltage which is dropped across a current measurement sensor. The circuit has a logic ground LM and a power ground PM at different electrical potentials.