US 3,938,022 AGranted

DC to DC inverter circuit

AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation

InventorsWilliam C. Staker, Richard N. Lehnhoff

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Abstract

The terminal ends of a center tapped primary transformer winding are connected to the positive polarity direct current input terminal through the anode-cathode electrodes of respective power silicone controlled rectifiers which are alternately triggered conductive and the center tap is connected to the negative polarity direct current input terminal. Simultaneously with each power silicon controlled rectifier, a corresponding commutating capacitor charge circuit silicon controlled rectifier is triggered conductive to establish a charge circuit for the corresponding commutating capacitor across the direct current input terminals. Each power silicon controlled rectifier is commutated not conductive by the charge upon the corresponding commutating capacitor applied in an inverse polarity relationship across the anode-cathode electrodes thereof through a commutating silicon controlled rectifier. The transformer secondary winding output is rectified and filtered to supply a direct current potential to a connected load.

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Dependent claims

A DC to DC inverter circuit comprising:

positive and negative polarity input circuit means;
a transformer having at least a primary winding with two terminal ends and a center tap;
first and second power silicon controlled rectifiers, each having anode and cathode electrodes;
means for connecting each terminal end of said transformer primary winding to the same one of said input circuit means through the said anode-cathode electrodes of a respective one of said power silicon controlled rectifiers;
means for connecting said transformer primary winding center tap to the other one of said input circuit means;
first and second commutating capacitors;
first and second charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, each having anode and cathode electrodes;
first and second charge circuit inductor elements;
means for separately connecting the series combination of said anode-cathode electrodes of one of said charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, one of said charge circuit inductor elements and one of said commutating capacitors and the series combination of said anode-cathode electrodes of the other one of said charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, the other one of said charge circuit inductor elements and the other one of said commutating capacitors across said positive and negative polarity input circuit means;
a commutating silicon controlled rectifier having anode and cathode electrodes corresponding to each one of said power silicon controlled rectifiers;
and means for connecting said anode-cathode electrodes of each of said commutating silicon controlled rectifiers across the positively charged plate of a respective one of said commutating capacitors and the said cathode electrode of the said power silicon controlled rectifier to which it corresponds.

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A polarity to DC inverter circuit comprising:

positive and negative polarity input circuit means;
a transformer having at least a primary winding with two terminal ends and a center tap;
first and second power silicon controlled rectifiers, each having anode and cathode electrodes;
means for connecting each terminal end of said transformer primary winding to the same one of said input circuit means through the said anode-cathode electrodes of a respective one of said power silicon controlled rectifiers;
means for connecting said transformer primary winding center tap to the other one of said input circuit means;
first and second commutating capacitors;
first and second charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, each having anode and cathode electrodes;
first and second charge circuit inductor elements;
means for separately connecting the series combination of said anode-cathode electrodes of one of said charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, one of said charge circuit inductor elements and one of said commutating capacitors and the series combination of said anode-cathode electrodes of the other one of said charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, the other one of said charge circuit inductor elements and the other one of said commutating capacitors across said positive and negative polarity input circuit means;
a commutating silicon controlled rectifier having anode and cathode electrodes corresponding to each one of said power silicon controlled rectifiers;
means for connecting said anode-cathode electrodes of each of said commutating silicon controlled rectifiers across the positively charged plate of a respective one of said commutating capacitors and the said cathode electrode of the said power silicon controlled rectifier to which it corresponds;
first and second diodes;
and inductor element having two terminal ends;
means for connecting one terminal end of said inductor element to one of said input circuit means;
means for connecting said cathode electrode of each of said commutating silicon controlled rectifiers to the other said terminal end of said inductor element through a respective one of said first and second diodes;
first and second resistors;
and means for connecting each said terminal end of said transformer primary winding to the same polarity input circuit means to which said primary winding center tap is connected through a respective one of said first and second resistors.

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A DC to DC inverter circuit comprising:

positive and negative polarity input circuit means;
a transformer having a primary winding with two terminal ends and a center tap and a secondary winding;
first and second power silicon controlled rectifiers, each having anode and cathode electrodes;
means for connecting each terminal end of said transformer primary winding to said positive polarity input circuit means through the said anode-cathode electrodes of a respective one of said power silicon controlled rectifiers;
means for connecting said transformer primary winding center tap to said negative polarity input circuit means;
first and second commutating capacitors;
first and second charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, each having anode and cathode electrodes;
first and second charge circuit inductor elements;
means for separately connecting the series combination of said anode-cathode electrodes of one of said charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, one of said charge circuit inductor elements and one of said commutating capacitors and the series combination of said anode-cathode electrodes of the other one of said charge circuit silicon controlled rectifiers, the other one of said charge circuit inductor elements and the other one of said commutating capacitors across said positive and negative polarity input circuit means;
a commutating silicon controlled rectifier having anode and cathode electrodes corresponding to each one of said power silicon controlled rectifiers;
means for connecting said anode-cathode electrodes of each of said commutating silicon controlled rectifiers across the positively charged plate of a respective one of said commutating capacitors and the said cathode electrode of the said power silicon controlled rectifier to which it corresponds;
first and second diodes;
an inductor element having two terminal ends;
means for connecting one terminal end of said inductor element to said positive polarity input circuit means;
means for connecting said cathode electrode of each of said commutating silicon controlled rectifiers to the other said terminal end of said inductor element through a respective one of said first and second diodes;
first and second resistors;
and means for connecting each said terminal end of said transformer primary winding to said negative polarity input circuit means through a respective one of said first and second resistors;
and means for rectifying and filtering the output of said transformer secondary winding.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.