Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable capacitor bank
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Application No.: US17271375Application Date: 2019-09-04
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Publication No.: US11990884B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Courtney L. Crandell
- Applicant: AES Global Holdings, Pte. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: AES Global Holdings, Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: AES Global Holdings, Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Neugeboren O'Dowd PC
- International Application: PCT/US2019/049554 2019.09.04
- International Announcement: WO2020/101792A 2020.05.22
- Date entered country: 2021-02-25
- Main IPC: H03H19/00
- IPC: H03H19/00 ; H01L29/868 ; H03H7/40 ; H01G4/40 ; H01J37/32 ; H01L23/522

Abstract:
A variable capacitor bank includes a conductive housing and a port extending through the housing. An electrical bus is disposed within the conductive housing and coupled to the port. The variable capacitor bank further includes capacitor modules disposed within the housing. Each capacitor module includes a module input electrically coupled to the electrical bus and a switched capacitor branch electrically coupled to the module input, the switched capacitor branch including a capacitor and a switch element in series with the capacitor. In certain implementations, one or more of the capacitor modules may include at least one second switched capacitor branch. The capacitor modules may further include an unswitched, or “floor”, capacitor that provides a minimum or otherwise known capacitance of the capacitor module. Each capacitor module may further be grounded by being electrically coupled to the conductive housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210313969A1 VARIABLE CAPACITOR BANK Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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