Power converter
AssigneePanasonic Holdings Corporation
InventorsHongan SHIH, Kenichiro TANAKA, Shinji UJITA, Ryo KAJITANI
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Abstract
A power converter includes an insulated DC conversion unit that is configured to bidirectionally convert a first DC voltage and a second DC voltage that is lower than the first DC voltage. The DC conversion unit is configured to selectively perform a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation. In the first operation, the first DC voltage is converted into the second DC voltage. In the second operation, the second DC voltage is converted into the first DC voltage. In the third operation, a third DC voltage that is equal to lower than the second DC voltage is converted into a fourth voltage that is lower than the third DC voltage.
Claims17
A power converter comprising:
- an insulated DC conversion unit that is configured to bidirectionally covert a first DC voltage into a second DC voltage that is lower than the first DC voltage and vise versa,
- the DC conversion unit being configured to selectively perform:
- a first operation to convert the first DC voltage into the second DC voltage;
- a second operation to convert the second DC voltage into the first DC voltage;
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- a third operation to convert a third DC voltage that is equal to or lower than the second DC voltage into a fourth voltage that is lower than the third DC voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.