Patent ID: 9054610
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H02P

Abstract:
1. A generator comprising: a stationary portion that includes a main armature winding; a rotating portion that includes a main field winding and a main field rotating power converter that selectively controls current supplied to the main field winding; a stationary communication module located on the stationary portion; a rotating communication module located on the rotating portion that is coupled to receive input from the stationary communication module, wherein the rotating communication module communicates instructions received from the stationary communication module to the main field rotating power converter to selectively apply the DC voltage provided by the DC link bus to the main field winding; and wherein the stationary communication module includes a first primary winding and the rotating communication module includes a first secondary winding inductively coupled to the first primary winding and a second secondary winding inductively coupled to the first primary winding.