US3263150A
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Control arrangement for static inverters
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1961-04-21
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Granted: 1966-07-26
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Expires: 1981-04-21
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Harold H Britten
- 👤 John H Cutler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:15
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M7/00; H02M7/42; H02M7/44; H02M7/48; H02M7/53; H02M7/537; H02M7/5387; H02M7/53871
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
AN INVERTER CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS IN A BRIDGE CIRCUIT, SAID TRANSISTORS HAVING EMITTER, BASE, AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, UNIDIRECTIONAL CURRENT CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE EMITTER AND COLLECTOR OF EACH SAID TRANSISTORS AND POLARIZED TO CONDUCT CURRENT FROM COLLECTOR TO EMITTER, A SOURCE OF DIRECT CURRENT CONNECTED ACROSS ONE DIAGONAL OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT, OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED ACROSS THE OTHER DIAGONAL OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT, A SOURCE OF INPUT VOLTAGES OF ALTERNATE POLARITY, FIRST VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT VOLTAGES TO NORMALLY RETAIN A FIRST AND SECOND OF SAID TRANSISTORS NON-CONDUCTING, SECOND VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THE POLARITY OF SAID INPUT VOLTAGES TO RENDER EITHER A THIRD OR A FOURTH OF SAID TRANSITORS CONDUCTING, THIRD VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THE POLARITY OF SAID INPUT VOLTAGES TO RENDER EITHER SAID FIRST OR SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR CONDUCTING, SAID SECOND AND THIRD VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS COINCIDENTLY RENDERING CONDUCTIVE TRAN-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
AN INVERTER CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS IN A BRIDGE CIRCUIT, SAID TRANSISTORS HAVING EMITTER, BASE, AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, UNIDIRECTIONAL CURRENT CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE EMITTER AND COLLECTOR OF EACH SAID TRANSISTORS AND POLARIZED TO CONDUCT CURRENT FROM COLLECTOR TO EMITTER, A SOURCE OF DIRECT CURRENT CONNECTED ACROSS ONE DIAGONAL OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT, OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED ACROSS THE OTHER DIAGONAL OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT, A SOURCE OF INPUT VOLTAGES OF ALTERNATE POLARITY, FIRST VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT VOLTAGES TO NORMALLY RETAIN A FIRST AND SECOND OF SAID TRANSISTORS NON-CONDUCTING, SECOND VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THE POLARITY OF SAID INPUT VOLTAGES TO RENDER EITHER A THIRD OR A FOURTH OF SAID TRANSITORS CONDUCTING, THIRD VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THE POLARITY OF SAID INPUT VOLTAGES TO RENDER EITHER SAID FIRST OR SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR CONDUCTING, SAID SECOND AND THIRD VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE MEANS COINCIDENTLY RENDERING CONDUCTIVE TRAN-
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