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US 2025/0150001 A1Published application
Balancer Circuit
AssigneeSolaredge Technologies Ltd.
InventorsTzachi Glovinsky, llan Yoscovich, Guy Sella, Milan llic, Jaya Deepti Dasika
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a converter comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The converter is configured to receive an input voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal and to produce an output voltage between the second terminal and the third terminal.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first terminal and a second terminal configured to receive an input voltage across the first and the second terminals;
- a third terminal;
- a plurality of switches comprising:
- a first switch connected between the first terminal and a first node;
- a second switch connected between the first node and a second node;
- a third switch connected between the second node and a third node;
- and
- a fourth switch connected between the third node and the third terminal;
- an inductor connected between the second node and the second terminal;
- a capacitor connected between the first node and the third node;
- and
- a controller configured to cause the apparatus to convert the input voltage to an output voltage provided across the second and the third terminals by performing a switching operation on the plurality of switches at a switching frequency, wherein the switching operation comprises:
- during each first half period of the switching frequency, switching on the first and the third switches, and switching off the second and the fourth switches;
- and
- during each second half period of the switching frequency, switching on the second and the fourth switches, and switching off the first and the third switches.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, across a first terminal and a second terminal of a converter, an input voltage;
- and
- converting the input voltage to an output voltage provided across the second terminal and a third terminal of the converter by performing, at a switching frequency, a switching operation on a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch of the converter,
- wherein:
- the first switch is connected between the first terminal and a first node of the converter;
- the second switch is connected between the first node and a second node of the converter;
- the third switch connected between the second node and a third node of the converter;
- and
- the fourth switch is connected between the third node and the third terminal;
- and
- the performing of the switching operation comprises:
- during each first half period of the switching frequency, switching on the first and the third switches, and switching off the second and the fourth switches;
- and
- during each second half period of the switching frequency, switching on the second and the fourth switches, and switching off the first and the third switches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.