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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
Sebastian Pedro Rosado, Bayern, DE;
Henry Todd Young, Erie, PA (US);
Simon Herbert Schramm, Bayern, DE;
Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Bavaria, DE;
Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Erie, PA (US);
Zhihui Yuan, Bayern, DE;
Sebastian Pedro Rosado, Bayern, DE;
Henry Todd Young, Erie, PA (US);
Simon Herbert Schramm, Bayern, DE;
Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Bavaria, DE;
Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Erie, PA (US);
Zhihui Yuan, Bayern, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A power converter apparatus includes a primary bridge having a plurality of diagonally opposed primary power elements, and a secondary bridge having a plurality of diagonally opposed secondary power elements. The primary and secondary bridges are electrically coupled by a transformer. At least one control unit is configured to phase-shift switch the primary and secondary power elements, such that one or more of the primary and secondary power elements are switched off under near-zero current conditions to reduce voltage and current stresses and commutation losses within the power converter.