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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Bangalore, IN;
Silvio Colombi, Losone, CH;
Said Farouk Said El-Barbari, Munich, DE;
Rajendra Naik, Bangalore, IN;
Prashanth Manikumar Chennamsetty, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and methods of operation are provided. The UPS includes a transformer configured to receive power from a utility. The transformer includes a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a tertiary winding. The UPS also includes a rectifier coupled to the secondary winding and an inverter coupled to an output of the rectifier, wherein a connection between the rectifier and the inverter defines a DC link. The inverter is configured to output a first regulated voltage configured to be provided to a load. The UPS further includes a voltage-boost converter coupled to the tertiary winding and is configured to output a second regulated voltage to be combined with the first regulated voltage.