A transformer includes a magnetic core, a primary side winding and a plurality of secondary side windings. The magnetic core includes a first outer column, a second outer column, an upper cover and a lower cover. The first outer column and the second outer column are disposed between the upper cover and the lower cover. The primary side winding is disposed on the first outer column and the second outer column, and the plurality of secondary side windings are disposed on the first outer column and the second outer column. Each of the secondary windings has one end passing through a region between the first outer column and the second outer column.

A transformer includes a magnetic core, a primary side winding and a plurality of secondary side windings. The magnetic core includes a first outer column, a second outer column, an upper cover and a lower cover. The first outer column and the second outer column are disposed between the upper cover and the lower cover. The primary side winding is disposed on the first outer column and the second outer column, and the plurality of secondary side windings are disposed on the first outer column and the second outer column. Each of the secondary windings has one end passing through a region between the first outer column and the second outer column.

A system for controlling a plurality of power converters in a power system so as to turn each of the plurality of power converters into an ON state or an OFF state as a function of a sensed input power and a sensed output power such that one or more of the plurality of power converters in the ON state are operating in an optimal power efficiency range.

An electrical converter may include AC terminals, a first and second DC terminal, and converter modules. Each of the converter modules has an AC node. The second DC terminal forms a common node of the converter modules. A connection between the AC nodes of the converter modules and the AC terminals is reconfigurable allowing the electrical converter to operate according to a first mode of operation converting between a first AC signal having a first plurality of phase voltages and the DC signal, in which the converter modules are grouped in first groups, and according to a second mode of operation converting between a second AC signal having a single-phase voltage and the DC signal, in which the converter modules are rearranged in second groups. The electrical converter is configured to operate multiple converter modules assigned to a same group of the first groups and the second groups in parallel.

An electrical converter may include AC terminals, a first and second DC terminal, and converter modules. Each of the converter modules has an AC node. The second DC terminal forms a common node of the converter modules. A connection between the AC nodes of the converter modules and the AC terminals is reconfigurable allowing the electrical converter to operate according to a first mode of operation converting between a first AC signal having a first plurality of phase voltages and the DC signal, in which the converter modules are grouped in first groups, and according to a second mode of operation converting between a second AC signal having a single-phase voltage and the DC signal, in which the converter modules are rearranged in second groups. The electrical converter is configured to operate multiple converter modules assigned to a same group of the first groups and the second groups in parallel.

An electric power supply includes a totem pole bridgeless PFC power converter. The PFC power converter includes an input for coupling to an AC power source, an output, four switching devices coupled between the input and the output, two diodes coupled between the four switching devices and the input, a first inductor coupled between the four switching devices and the two diodes, and a second inductor coupled between the two diodes and the input. Other example electric power supplies and totem pole bridgeless PFC power converters are also disclosed.

An electric power supply includes a totem pole bridgeless PFC power converter. The PFC power converter includes an input for coupling to an AC power source, an output, four switching devices coupled between the input and the output, two diodes coupled between the four switching devices and the input, a first inductor coupled between the four switching devices and the two diodes, and a second inductor coupled between the two diodes and the input. Other example electric power supplies and totem pole bridgeless PFC power converters are also disclosed.

A transformerless parallel active rectifier system includes N multiphase common mode inductors directly connected to a shared multiphase AC input with no intervening transformer, and N active rectifiers coupled to respective ones of the N multiphase common mode inductors and having respective DC outputs coupled to a shared DC bus, where N is an integer greater than 1. The N active rectifiers have ground current regulators and are synchronized to provide DPWM switching control signals synchronized to one another to regulate their respective ground currents and concurrently regulate the shared DC bus voltage.

The present invention generally relates to a modular high power bi-directional half bridge buck/boost converter assembly and, in particular, to a system for converting power from one form of current (either AC or DC) to a differing level of voltage, either lower (buck) or higher (boost), to output a wave signal based on pulse wave modulation (PWM) switching control by means of an external digital controller and methods of operation. In particular, an inverter-converter system includes at least one half bridge module including a plurality of circuit components, at least one inductor which is connected to the at least one half bridge module and a power supply, and a controller which is configured to receive and send instructions to the at least one half bridge module for converting an input voltage to an output voltage and dynamically tune switching frequencies based on a load of the inverter-converter system.

An electrical system can include a first bidirectional AC-DC converter having an input couplable to a grid connection and an output couplable to a battery and a second bidirectional AC-DC converter having an input couplable to the grid connection or a convenience outlet and an output couplable to the battery. The electrical system can further include a controller that controls the first and second converters to operate in a plurality of modes including a two-stage charging mode in which the first and second converters operate in a forward direction to charge the battery, a single-stage charging mode in which the first converter operates in a forward direction to charge the battery and the second converter operates in a reverse direction to power the convenience outlet, and a non-charging mode in which the first converter is idle and the second converter operates in a reverse direction to power the convenience outlet.