Patent ID: 11909314
Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A reconfigurable single-inductor multiport converter comprising:
an inductor having a primary side and a secondary side;
a primary input cell including a primary input port configured to share the inductor to form the primary input cell;
a primary output cell including a primary output capacitor and a primary output port configured to work with the primary output capacitor to form the primary output cell;
a plurality of reconfigurable cells, each including:
an auxiliary port being reconfigurable to be:
an auxiliary input port configured to share the inductor to form an input cell; or
an auxiliary output port configured to work with a corresponding capacitor to form an output cell; and

a plurality of switches arranged for:
facilitating the auxiliary port to act as the auxiliary input port connected to the inductor from the primary side or the auxiliary output port connected to the inductor from the secondary side;
directing an inductor current flowing from the primary side to the secondary side; and
regulating bidirectional power flowing through the auxiliary port.