IP Library Granted Patent US 8,406,024
Granted Patent B2
US 8,406,024 · App. 12/662,595 · Granted Mar 26, 2013

Power convertion circuit using high-speed characteristics of switching devices

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Patent No.
US 8,406,024
App. No.
12/662,595
Granted
Mar 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion circuit converting DC electric power into AC electric power and sending the AC power to an inductive load, includes a first switching device connected to the positive pole side of the DC power supply to exhibit a conductive state and an interrupted state of a current; a second switching device connected to the negative pole side of the DC power supply to exhibit a conductive state and an interrupted state of the current; a first inductor provided between the first switching device and the inductive load; a second inductor provided between the second switching device and the inductive load; and a clamping diode connected between a first connection point between the first switching device and the first inductor, and a second connection point between the second switching device and the second inductor. Thus, conduction is provided from the second connection point to the first connection point.

Claims (7)

1. A power conversion circuit converting DC electric power of a DC power supply into AC electric power to send the AC power to an inductive load, comprising:

a first switching device connected to a positive pole of the DC power supply to exhibit a conductive state and a current interrupting state;

a second switching device connected to a negative pole of the DC power supply to exhibit a conductive state and a current interrupting state;

a first inductor provided between the first switching device and the inductive load;

a second inductor provided between the second switching device and the inductive load; and

a clamping diode connected between a first connection point which connects the first switching device and the first inductor, and a second connection point which connects the second switching device and the second inductor, so that conduction is provided in a direction from the second connection point to the first connection point,

wherein the clamping diode comprises a pair of diodes connected in series, a first capacitor is connected between a connection point of the pair of diodes and the positive pole of the DC power supply, and a second capacitor is connected between the negative pole of the DC power supply and the connection point of the pair of diodes.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD. (FES); FUJI TECHNOSURVEY CO., LTD. (MERGER BY ABSORPTION)
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026970/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2010
From: NAKAMURA, SHUN-ICHI
To: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024557/0320 →