Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-bandwidth analog-controlled DC breaker on DC/DC converter with galvanic isolation
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Application No.: US17558922Application Date: 2021-12-22
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Publication No.: US11888403B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Nathaniel Smith
- Applicant: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Applicant Address: US OH Wright-Patterson AFB
- Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Current Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Wright-Patterson AFB
- Agency: AFMCLO/JAZ
- Agent Chastity D. S. Whitaker
- Main IPC: H02M3/335
- IPC: H02M3/335 ; H02M1/32

Abstract:
A galvanic isolator circuit and method provide for galvanically isolating and current limiting a power source from a load. A direct current (DC) input voltage (“vin”) and an input current (“iin”) are received. A full- or half-bridge rectifier is switched to synthesize a first alternating voltage waveform that magnetically couples through a transformer to induce a second alternating voltage waveform with galvanic isolation from the first alternating voltage waveform, preventing potentially-faulted load from a source. The second alternating voltage waveform is rectified to produce a direct current (DC) output voltage (“vo”) having output current (“io”) through more than one drive transistor or diode. The more than one primary-side drive transistor is current limited to reduce or prevent brown-out, black-out, or protective race conditions in the non-faulted portions of DC power generation systems and DC distribution electrical power systems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220115957A1 High-bandwidth analog-controlled DC breaker on DC/DC converter with galvanic isolation Public/Granted day:2022-04-14
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