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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A power converterincludes a first conversion circuitconnected with a first winding nof a transformer, and a second conversion circuitconnected with a second winding nof the transformer. The first and second conversion circuitsandare configured to perform bidirectional power conversion. The power converter further includes a third conversion circuitthat is a circuit provided at a pre-stage of the first conversion circuitin a direction of transferring electric power toward the second conversion circuitfrom the first conversion circuit. The third conversion circuitis configured to perform bidirectional power conversion, and function as a boosting chopper circuit upon transferring electric power toward the second conversion circuitfrom the first conversion circuit