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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Douglas Dean Lopata, Boyertown, PA (US);
Ashraf W. Lotfi, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Dean Lopata, Boyertown, PA (US);
Ashraf W. Lotfi, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Enpirion, Inc., Hampton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power converter and method of controlling the same for selected modes of operation. In one embodiment, the power converter includes a first power switch coupled to a source of electrical power and a second power switch coupled to the first power switch and to an output terminal of the power converter. The power converter also includes a controller configured to control an operation of the first and second power switches during selected modes of operation.