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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Randall Henry Buchwald, Pewaukee, WI (US);
David Lyle, Brookfield, WI (US);
Inventors:
Randall Henry Buchwald, Pewaukee, WI (US);
David Lyle, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power supply with a piezoelectric transformer is provided. A method for power conversion is also provided. The power supply includes a piezoelectric transformer and an oscillator circuit connected to the piezoelectric transformer. The oscillator circuit controls a sinusoidal voltage waveform at an input of the piezoelectric transformer to drive the piezoelectric transformer.