Patent ID: 7130205

Claim:
An impedance source power converter, comprising: a power source; a main converter circuit coupled to a load; and an impedance network coupling the power source to the main converter circuit, wherein the impedance network includes a first inductor having a first end and a second end, a second inductor having a first end and a second end, a first capacitor having a first end and a second end and a second capacitor having a first end and a second end, and wherein the first end of the first inductor is connected to the first end of the first capacitor and the second end of the first inductor is connected to the first end of the second capacitor, where the first end of the second inductor is connected to the second end of the second capacitor and the second end of the second inductor is connected to the second end of the first capacitor, and where the first ends of the first and second inductors provide a first port that is coupled to the power source and the second ends of the first and second inductors provide a second port that is coupled to the main converter circuit.