Patent ID: 9728965
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H01R,H02J,H02M,Y02B,Y04S

Claim:
1. A power supply and/or power converter comprising: a power bus; a plurality of terminals for input and/or output of electricity; a plurality of electrical conversion modules connected in parallel to the bus for transferring or converting electricity, wherein the electrical conversion modules each comprise a single half-H bridge circuit or a single full-H-bridge circuit; a switch matrix, formed of a plurality of switches arranged in an array, connecting to the plurality of electrical conversion modules and the plurality of terminals; and a controller configured to select and operate one or more electrical conversion modules and one or more switches of the switch matrix to selectively provide and/or receive electricity to the one or more terminals, wherein one or more of the electrical conversion modules are reconfigurably connected, via the switch matrix, to provide: (a) DC-to-AC conversion; (b) DC-to-DC conversion; (c) AC-to-DC conversion; and (d) AC-to-AC conversion.