US 8,274,806 B1Granted

High voltage generator with multiple inductive couplings

AssigneeApplied Energetics, Inc.

InventorsRudolf H. Potter, Richard J Adler, James M. Potter

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Abstract

The systems and methods presented herein provide for readily configurable high voltage electrical energy generation. For example, a high voltage electrical energy generation system may include an AC power supply configured with an inductor to transfer AC electrical energy. In this regard, the system may also include a first receptor stage that includes an inductor for inductively coupling to the inductor of the AC power supply to receive the AC electrical energy. Similarly, a second receptor stage may inductively couple to the inductor of the AC power supply as well as to the inductor of the first receptor stage to receive the AC electrical energy, with each receptor being configured as a stackable plate. Each receptor stage may include a rectifier that converts the AC electrical energy to DC electrical energy. The rectifiers may be coupled together via a DC to DC connection provide a DC bias.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electrical energy generator, including:

a means for providing electrical energy;
and
two or more electrical energy receptor modules inductively coupled to the means for providing the electrical energy and inductively coupled to each other, wherein the two or more electrical energy receptor modules incrementally increase a voltage thereof, and wherein a first receptor module relays the electrical energy to a second receptor module,
wherein the two or more receptor modules are operable to maintain a predetermined voltage level at a predetermined frequency of the input electrical energy,
wherein each receptor module has a capacitance that is adapted to maintain the predetermined voltage at an output of the electrical energy generator,
wherein the capacitance of the receptor modules is determined according to the following equation:
C
v
=
v
cd
-
1
⁢
M
-
1
⁢
1
ω
2
⁢
v
c
,
wherein Cν is a diagonal matrix of capacitor coefficients of the receptor modules, M is a square matrix of mutual inductances of the receptor modules, ω is the frequency of an input signal, νc is an Eigen vector of instantaneous voltages across capacitors of the receptor modules, and νcd is a diagonal matrix of the elements of the vector νc.

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A method for providing electrical energy, including:

providing AC electrical energy;
converting the AC electrical energy to a first DC electrical energy using a first electrical energy receptor;
providing the first DC electrical energy to a second electrical energy receptor;
converting the AC electrical energy to a second DC electrical energy using the second electrical energy receptor;
and
providing a third DC electrical energy based on the first and the second DC electrical energies, wherein the first electrical energy receptor and the second electrical energy receptor are coupled together via an inductive coupling,
wherein providing the third DC electrical energy includes maintaining a relatively single voltage for the third DC electrical energy across a plurality of frequencies for the AC electrical energy,
wherein maintaining a relatively single voltage for the third DC electrical energy includes computing capacitor values for the first and the second electrical energy receptors based on:
a frequency of the AC;
inductor values of the first and the second electrical energy receptors;
a voltage of the AC electrical energy;
or a combination thereof,
wherein computing the capacitor values for the first and the second electrical energy receptors is determined according to the following equation:
C
v
=
v
cd
-
1
⁢
M
-
1
⁢
1
ω
2
⁢
v
c
,
wherein Cν is a diagonal matrix of capacitor coefficients of the electrical energy receptors, M is a square matrix of mutual inductances of the electrical energy receptors, ω is the frequency of an input signal, νc is an Eigen vector of instantaneous voltages across capacitors of the electrical energy receptors, and νcd is a diagonal matrix of the elements of the vector νc.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.