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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Smith, Daleville, VA (US);
Inventors:
Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Smith, Daleville, VA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/36 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02M 7/539 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H05K 7/1432 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 7/539 (2013.01); H02M 2001/325 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power converter includes a plurality of switches electrically coupled to each other for converting input power to output power. Each of the switches is sufficiently isolated to protect adjacent switches upon failure of one or more switches. The power converter also includes a controller for reconfiguring operation of the switches to provide at least a partial operating mode upon a switch failure.