US 12,451,809 B2
Electrical energy converter and associated system for converting electrical energy
Vincent Massavie, Grenoble (FR); Ghislain Despesse, Grenoble (FR); Sébastien Carcouet, Grenoble (FR); and Xavier Maynard, Grenoble (FR)
Assigned to Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Paris (FR)
Filed by Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Paris (FR)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,134.
Claims priority of application No. 22 04188 (FR), filed on May 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0361684 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02M 7/537 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 3/337 (2006.01); H02M 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 3/335 (2013.01) [H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/3376 (2013.01); H02M 7/06 (2013.01); H02M 7/537 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric power converter including an inverter for obtaining an alternative electrical energy from a source of DC electric power, said inverter comprising a switch including first and second conduction terminals for receiving an alternative voltage, said electrical energy converter being suitable for supplying an output electrical energy to a load having a load impedance, said converter comprising a capacitive circuit with variable and controllable capacitance, connected between the inverter and the load, the control of a change in said capacitance being used for obtaining a change in an output electrical parameter of the converter.