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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Bret Whitaker, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Adam Barkley, Springdale, AR (US);
Assignee:
Cree Fayetteville, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33507 (2013.01);
Abstract
A regenerative clamping circuit for a power converter using clamping diodes to transfer charge to a clamping capacitor and a regenerative converter to transfer charge out of the clamping capacitor back to the power supply input connection. The regenerative converter uses a switch connected to the midpoint of a series connected inductor and capacitor. The ends of the inductor and capacitor series are connected across the terminals of the power supply to be in parallel with the power supply.