US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on March 18 for "Current source inverter using bidirectional switches with bidirectional power flow capability" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,550, issued on March 18, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Current source inverter using bidirectional switches with bidirectional power flow capability" was invented by Thomas Merlin Jahns (Madison, Wis.), Hang Dai (Madison, Wis.), Bulent Sarlioglu (Madison, Wis.), Renato Amorim Torres (Madison, Wis.) and Woongkul Lee (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching circuit includes a reverse-voltage-blocking (RB) commutation switch, a first inverter leg, and a second inverter leg. The first inverter leg includes a first dual-gate bidirectional (DGBD) and a second DGBD switch connected ...