Patent ID: 9362859
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H02M,H02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling an operation of switching elements contained within a single-phase bridge circuit of a power convertor, the method comprising: monitoring, with a computing device, gate voltages of a first switching element and a second switching element of the single-phase bridge circuit; controlling the first and second switching elements so that each switching element is alternated between an activated state and a deactivated state; transmitting a gating command signal to adjust the first switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state in response to: a second indication being received that current is not flowing through a first anti-parallel diode associated with the first switching element; transmitting a second gating command signal to adjust the first switching element from the activated state to the deactivated state; and transmitting a third gating command signal to adjust the second switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state in response to: