Patent ID: 9648716
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H01J,H02M,H05H,Y02B

Claim:
1. A power system comprising: a direct three phase inverter having a first phase input line, a second phase input line, and a third phase input line for receiving a three phase AC input; a resonant tank receiving an output of the direct three phase inverter; and an inverter controller connected to the first phase input line, the second phase input line, and the third phase input line for receiving the three phase AC input; wherein the output of the direct three phase inverter is provided to the resonant tank via a first output line and a second output line, wherein the direct three phase inverter comprises six uni-directional switches, one uni-directional switch connecting the first phase input line to the first output line, one uni-directional switch connecting the first phase input line to the second output line, one uni-directional switch connecting the second phase input line to the first output line, one uni-directional switch connecting the second phase input line to the second output line, one uni-directional switch connecting the third phase input line to the first output line, and one uni-directional switch connecting the third phase input line to the second output line; wherein the inverter controller has a first signal line coupled to the first uni-directional switch to control the first uni-directional switch, a second signal line coupled to the second uni-directional switch to control the second uni-directional switch, a third signal line coupled to the third uni-directional switch to control the third uni-directional switch, a fourth signal line coupled to the fourth uni-directional switch to control the fourth uni-directional switch, a fifth signal line coupled to the fifth uni-directional switch to control the fifth uni-directional switch, and a sixth signal line coupled to the sixth uni-directional switch to control the sixth uni-directional switch, wherein the inverter controller comprises logic that: in response to an indication of the second phase being equal to the third phase, maintains the second uni-directional switch and the fourth uni-directional switch in the OFF state and alternates between turning on and off both the first uni-directional switch and the third uni-directional switch and turning on and off both the fourth uni-directional switch and the sixth uni-directional switch.