Patents Assigned to Univeriste Joseph Fourier
  • Patent number: 9570987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a voltage converter (100), including: a plurality of two-way conversion cells (303), each cell comprising a primary circuit (307, Wp), and a secondary circuit (308, Ws) that is insulated from the primary circuit, wherein each circuit can be separately activated in order to supply an output voltage from the converter; and at least one control circuit (306) configured to, in a first operating mode, control the activated cells in order to transfer electrical energy from the primary circuit to the secondary circuit, and control the inactivated cells in order to transfer electrical energy from the secondary circuit to the primary circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univeriste Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Hieu Trinh, Nicolas Rouger, Jean-Christophe Crebier, Yves Lembeye