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

Claim 10:
11. An automotive power 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, and (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;
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
an electric machine including a plurality of windings, a terminal of each of the windings being electrically connected with adjacent terminals of the power semiconductor devices of only one of the pairs.