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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Applicant:
David E. Reilly, Concord, MA (US);
Inventor:
David E. Reilly, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/125 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods of operating a voltage converter are provided. The converter includes an output inductor and an output capacitor coupled to a rectifier circuit. The converter also includes a clamp circuit having a clamping diode and a clamping capacitor coupled in series, with the serial combination in parallel with the output inductor. The clamp circuit can also include a recovery inductor coupled to the output capacitor, and a switch configured to selectively couple and decouple the recovery inductor in parallel with the clamping capacitor.