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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Bryan S. Shelton, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Boris Peres, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Daniel Mcglynn, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Bryan S. Shelton, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Boris Peres, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Daniel McGlynn, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Velox Semiconductor Corporation, Somerset, NJ (US);
Abstract
A converter is provided having an AC input and a DC output. The converter includes a rectifier that receives the AC input and that provides a rectifier output, a series connected current to magnetic field energy storage device and current interrupter connected across the rectifier output and a series connected gallium nitride diode and output charge storage device connected between a midpoint of the series connected magnetic field energy storage device and current interrupter and a terminal of the rectifier output and wherein the converter is characterized in not needing a transient voltage suppression circuit.