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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Deepakraj M. Divan, San Jose, CA (US);
Anish Prasai, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge Hernendez, Smyrna, GA (US);
Rohit Moghe, Atlanta, GA (US);
Amrit Iyer, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Atlanta, GA (US);
Deepakraj M. Divan, San Jose, CA (US);
Anish Prasai, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge Hernendez, Smyrna, GA (US);
Rohit Moghe, Atlanta, GA (US);
Amrit Iyer, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Atlanta, GA (US);
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Power flow controllers based on Imputed DC Link (IDCL) cells are provided. The IDCL cell is a self-contained power electronic building block (PEBB). The IDCL cell may be stacked in series and parallel to achieve power flow control at higher voltage and current levels. Each IDCL cell may comprise a gate drive, a voltage sharing module, and a thermal management component in order to facilitate easy integration of the cell into a variety of applications. By providing direct AC conversion, the IDCL cell based AC/AC converters reduce device count, eliminate the use of electrolytic capacitors that have life and reliability issues, and improve system efficiency compared with similarly rated back-to-back inverter system.