Patent ID: 9654016
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H02M

Claim:
1. A converter, comprising: a converter inductor; a converter diode; a converter switch, wherein the converter inductor, the converter diode and the converter switch operate together to receive an input voltage and generate a converted output voltage; a bypass circuit that is connected in parallel with the converter switch, the bypass circuit comprising a bypass capacitor connected in series with another diode, wherein a forward direction of the another diode is same as a regular direction of current flow through the converter switch; and a discharge circuit configured to discharge the bypass capacitor, the discharge circuit comprising another inductor, wherein the another inductor of the discharge circuit is magnetically coupled to the converter inductor, wherein the converter comprises a plurality of partial converters, each partial converter having a respective converter switch, a respective converter inductor, a respective converter diode, a respective bypass capacitor for the respective converter switch and a respective discharge circuit having a respective another inductor, and wherein the another inductors and the converter inductors of the different partial converters are each magnetically coupled separately from one another.