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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Arvind Govindaraj, Saginaw, MI (US);
Jun Kikuchi, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 5/458 (2006.01); H02M 1/38 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 7/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 5/4585 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2240/486 (2013.01); H02M 1/38 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7216 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a power supply system to avoid an over-voltage event across one or more switching devices of the power supply system, the controlling step based on switching overlap information that includes instructions for either advancing or retarding a switching signal associated with at least one of the switching devices.