US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on Aug. 25 for "Zeta-based AC link universal power converter" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,383, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Zeta-based AC link universal power converter" was invented by Mahshid Amirabadi (Sudbury, Mass.), Mojtaba Salehi (Boston) and Masih Khodabandeh (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion device includes an input stage from an unregulated power source to a switching circuit that is coupled to a thin film link capacitor. In some embodiments, the link stage permits soft switching. Further, a high frequency transformer may be utilized for management of voltage acquired from the circuit. Thus, a managed voltage may be supplied to an electr...