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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Paul Tankard, Harrogate, GB;
Assignee:
Switched Reluctance Drives Limited, Harrogate, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/36 ; H02P 5/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/36 ; H02P 5/28 ;
Abstract
A switched reluctance drive is supplied from a power source and has a DC link, across which is a DC link capacitor. The phases of the machine are controlled by a controller which controls the switches connecting each phase winding to the DC link. The controller switches off the switches of each phase in a sequence which minimizes the peak voltage appearing on the DC link capacitor, thereby allowing a reduction in the voltage rating of the capacitor.