ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,946, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Smart Wires Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Modular power converter with DC correction" was invented by Amrit Iyer (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Mahsa Ghapandar Kashani (Redwood City, Calif.) and Muhammad Fahad Ijaz (Lahore, Pakistan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular power converter is operable to mitigate a DC component of injection onto a power transmission line. The modular power converter includes a pulse width modulation (PWM)-controlled generator, a voltage emulator, and a control circuit. The PWM-controlled generator includes drivers and a coupling capacitor. The PWM-controlled generator is to st...