Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interleaved variable voltage converter
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Application No.: US15997528Application Date: 2018-06-04
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Publication No.: US11040632B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Baoming Ge , Lihua Chen
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: H02M1/32
- IPC: H02M1/32 ; H02M3/156 ; H02P27/06 ; B60L53/22 ; H02M3/158 ; H01L29/16

Abstract:
An interleaved DC-DC converter includes a non-gapped coupled inductor with first, second, and third windings. The converter also includes first, second, and third legs in parallel. The first leg has silicon carbide or silicon nitride switches, and the second and third legs have silicon switches. A controller modulates the switches of the first leg at a frequency greater than a frequency of the switches of the second and third legs.
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