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Balancer Circuit - EP3379678

The patent EP3379678 was granted to Solaredge on Nov 2, 2022. The application was originally filed on Mar 15, 2018 under application number EP18161966A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Revoked".

EP3379678

SOLAREDGE
Application Number
EP18161966A
Filing Date
Mar 15, 2018
Status
Revoked
Nov 22, 2024
Publication Date
Nov 2, 2022
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Patent Citations (11) New

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SEARCHUS2013301314
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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (3) New

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OPPOSITION- A. SHUKLA et al., "Flying-Capacitor-Based Chopper Circuit for DC Capacitor E7 Voltage Balancing in Diode-Clamped Multilevel Inverter", IEEE Transactions on Industry Electronics, (20100707), vol. 57, no. 7, XP011295200
OPPOSITION- K. SANO et al., "A New Control Method of a Resonant Switched-Capacitor E6 Converter and its Application to Balancing of the Split DC Voltages in a Multilevel Inverter", 2007 Power Conversion Conference, Nagoya, Japan, (20070204), XP031178457
OPPOSITION- Q.C. ZHONG et al., "H Control of the Neutral Point in Four-Wire Three-Phase DC-AC Converters", IEEE Transactions on Industry Electronics, (20061005), vol. 53, no. 5, doi:10.1109/TIE.2006.882014, XP011149363

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