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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Applicant:
Lizhi Zhu, Canton, MI (US);
Inventor:
Lizhi Zhu, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power converter architecture interleaves full bridge converters to alleviate thermal management problems in high current applications, and may, for example, double the output power capability while reducing parts count and costs. For example, one phase of a three phase inverter is shared between two transformers, which provide power to a rectifier such as a current doubler rectifier to provide two full bridge DC/DC converters with three rather than four high voltage inverter legs.