Patent ID: 8941341
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H02H,H02P

Abstract:
1. A brushless wound field synchronous generator configured to generate an output power to drive an electrical load, the wound field synchronous generator comprising: a main generator portion with an armature winding and a field winding rotatable with respect to the armature winding and an exciter portion, the exciter portion including a field winding and an armature winding rotatable with respect to the field winding; and a rotating rectifier assembly disposed between the exciter portion of a rotating armature winding and a main generator portion rotating field winding, the rotating rectifier assembly configured to generate a direct current (DC) voltage to provide the DC voltage to the main generator portion rotating field winding, the rotating rectifier assembly including a rotating diode assembly and a field effect transistor (FET) to control voltage across the rotating diode assembly.