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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Cyrus David Harbourt, Roanoke, VA (US);
Mark Eugene Shepard, Roanoke, VA (US);
Inventors:
Cyrus David Harbourt, Roanoke, VA (US);
Mark Eugene Shepard, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02H 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02H 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power converter includes a first phase leg including a first di/dt reactor and a first control section, the first di/dt reactor and the first control section being coupled between an active line and a neutral line. The power converter also includes a first current crowbar coupled between the active line and the neutral and a controller coupled to the first di/dt reactor, the control section and the first current crowbar and configured to activate the current crowbar based on a voltage across the first di/dt reactor.