Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Bernard Branzblau
  • Apparatus for power factor control
    Patent number: 6300723
    Abstract: An apparatus for power factor control includes a capacitor for producing a substantially DC voltage and a switch for controlling the amount of energy stored in the capacitor in response to a switching signal. The switching signal is produced by the power factor controller and is based on a sinusoidal waveform that is independent of the waveform of an AC supply voltage for energizing an electric load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Shenghong Wang, Ihor T. Wacyk, Demetri J. Giannopoulos