US Patent Issued to Atieva on June 2 for "Three-level inverter power module with multiple operation modes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,045, issued on June 2, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Three-level inverter power module with multiple operation modes" was invented by Richard J. Biskup (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Zheng An (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-level T-type neutral point clamp (TNPC) inverter comprises: a first direct current (DC) terminal and a second DC terminal; a first capacitor and a second capacitor electrically connected in series between the first and second DC terminals; and first, second and third circuitry legs, each of the first, second and third circuitry legs including i) switches electrically connected in s...