Patent ID: 11876467
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 17:
18. An automotive control system comprising:
an inverter including (i) a plurality of parallel pairs of series connected power semiconductor devices, each of the pairs defining a phase leg, and each of the power semiconductor devices having a body diode in parallel therewith, (ii) a plurality of diodes connected in parallel with the power semiconductor devices such that only one of the power semiconductor devices of each of the pairs has one of the diodes connected in parallel therewith, and (iii) a plurality of current sensors each configured to measure a current flow associated with one of the phase legs;
a filter including a plurality of inductors;
a switch bank including a plurality of switches electrically connected between the inverter and filter such that each of the switches is electrically connected between the inverter and only one of the inductors in series; and
a controller configured to receive data from the current sensors and to generate commands for the switches based on the data.