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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for increasing output current quality, output power, and reliability of grid-interactive inverters
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Application No.: US16172523Application Date: 2018-10-26
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Publication No.: US10651724B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Christopher Richard Jones , Alexandre Rudolph Kral
- Applicant: Chilicon Power, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Pacific Palisades
- Assignee: Chilicon Power, LLC
- Current Assignee: Chilicon Power, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pacific Palisades
- Agency: KPPB LLP
- Main IPC: H02M1/12
- IPC: H02M1/12 ; H02J3/38 ; H02M1/44 ; H02M7/537

Abstract:
Various enhancements to grid-interactive inverters in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes input terminals configured to receive a direct current, output terminals configured to provide an alternating output current to the utility grid, a controller, an output current sensor, and a DC-AC inverter stage comprising a plurality of switches controlled by control signals generated by the controller. In addition, the controller is configured to: generate control signals that cause the switches in the DC-AC inverter stage to switch a direct current in a bidirectional manner; measure the alternating output current; perform frequency decomposition of the output current; and generate control signals that cause the switches in the DC-AC inverter stage to switch current in a way that the magnitude of a plurality of unwanted current components is subtracted from the resulting output current.
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