Soft switching three level inverter
CA 2183199 C · Owner: Aboumrad, Tony C. · Inventors: Rouaud, Didier G.; Aboumrad, Tony C.
Overview
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A three-level NPC inverter topology including two auxiliary resonant commutation circuits which are controlled to clamp the voltage across each main inverter switch to zero voltage prior to altering the state of the switch in order to achieve soft switching of all main inverter switches while reducing output voltage harmonics and gradients.
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- Filed August 13, 1996 and granted May 25, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 2016.
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