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

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a traction battery;
DC charge terminals;
a switch bank having a plurality of switches electrically connected between the traction battery and DC charge terminals;
an inverter, electrically connected between the traction battery and switch bank, including (i) a plurality of pairs of series connected power semiconductor devices, each of the pairs being electrically connected in parallel with the traction battery to define 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; and
an electric machine electrically connected with the inverter.