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US 12,726,122 B2Granted
System and component for power conversion
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorDwane F. Sample
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Abstract
The multiple embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic component comprising a first bipolar junction transistor having a first base, a first collector and a first emitter, a second bipolar junction transistor having a second base receiving the current flow of the first emitter, a second collector electrically coupled to the first collector and a second emitter and a load interface for electrically coupling the electronic component in parallel to a load and shunting current away from the load.
Claims9
An electronic component comprising:
- a first bipolar junction transistor having a first base, a first collector and a first emitter;
- a second bipolar junction transistor having a second base receiving the current flow of said first emitter, a second collector electrically coupled to said first collector and a second emitter, wherein the first bipolar junction transistor and the second bipolar junction transistor form a first Darlington pair;
- a load interface for electrically coupling the electronic component in parallel to a load;
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- a resistance from a transmission line upstream of the second collector.
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An electronic component comprising:
- a first bipolar junction transistor having a first base, a first collector and a first emitter;
- a second bipolar junction transistor having a second base receiving the current flow of said first emitter, a second collector electrically coupled to said first collector and a second emitter, wherein the first bipolar junction transistor and the second bipolar junction transistor form a first Darlington pair;
- a load interface for electrically coupling the electronic component in parallel to a load;
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- further including a second Darlington pair which includes a third bipolar junction transistor and a fourth bipolar junction transistor, the second Darlington pair lying downstream of the first Darlington pair.
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An electronic component comprising:
- a first bipolar junction transistor having a first base, a first collector and a first emitter;
- a second bipolar junction transistor having a second base receiving the current flow of said first emitter, a second collector electrically coupled to said first collector and a second emitter, wherein the first bipolar junction transistor and the second bipolar junction transistor form a first Darlington pair;
- a load interface for electrically coupling the electronic component in parallel to a load;
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- a first set of diodes, the first set comprising a first diode and a plurality of diodes in series with said first diode.
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An electrical system comprising:
- a voltage source;
- an electronic component comprising a first bipolar junction transistor having a first base, a first collector and a first emitter and a second bipolar junction transistor having a second base receiving the current flow of said first emitter, a second collector electrically coupled to said first collector and a second emitter, wherein the first bipolar junction transistor and the second bipolar junction transistor form a first Darlington pair;
- a load electrically coupled in parallel with said electronic component;
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- further including a second Darlington pair which includes a third bipolar junction transistor and a fourth bipolar junction transistor, the second Darlington pair lying downstream of the first Darlington pair.
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A method of shunting current in an electrical system comprising:
- receiving electrical current from a voltage source to a junction;
- shunting a portion of said electrical current from the junction toward a base of a first bipolar junction transistor;
- shunting electrical current from the junction away from a load coupled in parallel to the first bipolar junction transistor;
- directing current from an emitter of the first bipolar junction transistor to the base of a second bipolar junction transistor, wherein the first bipolar junction transistor and the second bipolar junction transistor form a first Darlington pair;
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- further comprising shunting a portion of said electrical current from the junction toward a base of a third bipolar junction transistor, wherein the third bipolar junction transistor and a fourth bipolar junction transistor form a second Darlington pair lying downstream of the first Darlington pair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.