Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power-packet-switching power converter performing self-testing by admitting some current to the link inductor before full operation
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Application No.: US14183274Application Date: 2014-02-18
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Publication No.: US09647526B1Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: William C. Alexander
- Applicant: Ideal Power, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: IDEAL POWER, INC.
- Current Assignee: IDEAL POWER, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Groover & Associates PLLC
- Agent Robert O. Groover III; Gwendolyn G. Corcoran
- Main IPC: H02M1/08
- IPC: H02M1/08 ; H02M3/335 ; H02M5/458
Abstract:
Methods and systems for a startup self-test for bidirectional power converters. Voltage levels across bidirectional switches in a bidirectional power converter can be compared at various points in a circuit to determine whether a given switch is operating correctly.
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