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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Applicant:
Thomas M. Ingman, Somis, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas M. Ingman, Somis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Condor D.C. Power Supplies Inc., Ventura, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/155 (2006.01); G05F 1/613 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a power converter having limited inrush current and an inrush current limiter circuit. The inrush limiting circuit may be a self-oscillating switching-mode average current regulator tp provide a relatively constant average charging current to a bulk capacitor until the bulk capacitor is fully charged. A bypass switch may be used to route current around the inrush current limiter circuit once the bulk capacitor is fully charged.