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E-3

THEORY OF OPERATION

FIGURE E.3 – WELD WINDINGS, RECTIFIER, POWER MODULE AND FEEDBACK

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STARTER

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ENGINE MECHANICAL ROTATION

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WELD WINDINGS, RECTIFIER, POWER MODULE AND FEEDBACK

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The three-phase stator weld windings are connected to a three-phase rectifier bridge. The resultant DC volt- age is applied to parallel capacitors incorporated with- in the power module. These capacitors function as fil- ters and also as power supplies for the IGBT. See IGBT Operation in this section. The IGBT acts as a high-speed switch operating at 20KHZ. This device is switched on and off by the control board through pulsewidth modulation circuitry. See Pulse Width Modulation in this section. This “chopped” DC output

is applied through a choke coil and shunt to the weld- ing output terminals. The choke functions as a current filter. Free-wheeling diodes are incorporated in the power module to provide a current path for the stored energy in the chokes when the IGBT is turned off. See Chopper Technology in this section.

Output voltage and current feedback information is fed to the control board. This information is sensed from the output terminal circuits and the shunt.

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NOTE: Unshaded areas of Block Logic Diagram are the subject of discussion.

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