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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jason Stuart Katcha, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ezana T. Mekonnen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); H05G 1/58 (2006.01); H05G 1/20 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 7/493 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/56 (2013.01); A61B 6/03 (2013.01); H05G 1/10 (2013.01); H05G 1/58 (2013.01); H02M 3/3353 (2013.01); H02M 7/493 (2013.01); H05G 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CT system includes an x-ray source, a high-voltage (HV) tank coupled to the x-ray source, and an inverter coupled to the HV tank. The inverter includes an H-bridge configuration of switches comprising a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first and second legs include respective upper and lower switches, and at least one additional leg of switches having respective upper and lower switches. The system includes a controller configured to interleave switch operation between the H-bridge configuration and the at least one additional leg of switches.