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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Patrick Chapman, Austin, TX (US);

Andrew O'connell, Austin, TX (US);

Timothy Sams, Austin, TX (US);

Eric Martina, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Chapman, Austin, TX (US);

Andrew O'Connell, Austin, TX (US);

Timothy Sams, Austin, TX (US);

Eric Martina, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for controlling an multi-stage inverter comprises controlling an input converter of the multi-stage inverter with an input controller and controlling an output converter of the multi-stage inverter with an output controller separate from the input controller. The input controller and output controller may be galvanically isolated. Additionally, the method may include communicating data between the input controller and the output controller over a power bus of the multi-stage inverter.


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