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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2013
Applicants:

Bing LI, Singapore, SG;

David Leggate, New Berlin, WI (US);

Timothy Rowan, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Inventors:

Bing Li, Singapore, SG;

David Leggate, New Berlin, WI (US);

Timothy Rowan, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/10 (2006.01); G01R 21/06 (2006.01); H02M 5/458 (2006.01); H02M 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/06 (2013.01); H02M 5/4585 (2013.01); H02M 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are presented for detecting phase loss and/or excessive ripple in a power converter, in which bandpass filters are used to obtain harmonic voltage amplitudes associated with the power converter DC bus, and phase loss is detected if a ratio of the second harmonic to the sixth harmonic and/or a ratio of the fourth harmonic to the sixth harmonic exceed predetermined threshold values.


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