Patent ID: 11870340
Assignee: VICOR CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 53:
54. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:
one or more smart dual switching (“SDS”) devices, each including SDS circuitry in an SDS package constructed and arranged as a self-contained electronic switching device, the SDS package having a first switched terminal and a second switched terminal;
the SDS circuitry including:
a first electronic switch having a first control terminal, a first switched terminal, and a first common terminal,
a second electronic switch having a second control terminal, a second switched terminal, and a second common terminal,
a first SDS control circuit having an input connected to the first switched terminal, an input connected to the second switched terminal, and an output connected to the first control terminal, the first SDS control circuit being constructed and arranged to turn the first switch: (i) OFF while the second switch is ON; and (ii) ON for as long as the second switch is OFF and a current flows between the first common terminal and the first switched terminal through the first switch and satisfies a predetermined magnitude threshold and a predetermined polarity threshold; and
a second SDS control circuit having an input connected to the first switched terminal, an input connected to the second switched terminal, and an output connected to the second control terminal, the second SDS control circuit being constructed and arranged to turn the second switch: (i) OFF while the first switch is ON, and (ii) ON for as long as the first switch is OFF and a current flows between the second common terminal and the second switched terminal through the second switch and satisfies a predetermined magnitude threshold and a predetermined polarity threshold; and

wherein the switch of each of the plurality of cell elements comprises a respective switch in a respective SDS device.