Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical circuits for power factor correction by measurement and removal of overtones
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Application No.: US17102035Application Date: 2020-11-23
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Publication No.: US10998815B1Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Robert S. Wrathall
- Applicant: Robert S. Wrathall
- Applicant Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Assignee: Robert S. Wrathall
- Current Assignee: Robert S. Wrathall
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Agency: Carr & Ferrell LLP
- Main IPC: H02M1/42
- IPC: H02M1/42 ; H02M1/12 ; H02M5/293 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
Provided are electrical circuits and methods for power factor correction. An example method includes receiving, by converter, an input voltage at a fundamental frequency and generating an output voltage; generating, based on the output voltage, a first measurement signal; subtracting a first reference signal from the first measurement signal to obtain a first error signal; generating an adaptive current sense signal, generating a reference voltage based on the input voltage, subtracting the reference voltage from the current sense signal thus generating a second measurement signal to control the current measurement; subtracting the second measurement signal from the input voltage to obtain a difference signal, wherein the difference signal is largely minimized by removing overtones of the fundamental frequency; generating, based on the difference signal, a second error signal; using a sum of the second error signal as a first order correction to the first error signal to regulate the converter.
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