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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2011
Applicant:
Moshe Domb, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Moshe Domb, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/652 (2006.01); G05F 1/656 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/4208 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); Y02B 70/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a power factor correcting (PFC) circuit, a power supply and a method of manufacturing a power converter. In one embodiment, the PFC circuit has a positive input terminal, an output terminal and a ground terminal and includes: (1) a power factor inductor coupled in series between the positive input terminal and the output terminal, (2) a main switch configured to periodically connect the power factor inductor to the ground terminal and (3) a clamping capacitor coupled to the power factor inductor and configured to provide zero turn-off loss for the main switch.