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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Applicant:
Emil N. Nikolov, Erie, PA (US);
Inventor:
Emil N. Nikolov, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a system and method of operating a plurality of inverters that provide power via a plurality of switches. An exemplary method includes determining an inverter firing pattern corresponding to one of a plurality of regions of an inverter firing cycle, the inverter firing pattern defining whether each of the plurality of switches are held either on or off. The exemplary method also includes producing control signals for the plurality of switches based on the firing pattern. The control signals may be applied to the plurality of inverters for powering one or more electronic devices.