General Electric Company
A POWER TRANSFER DEVICE AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD THEREOF

Abstract:

A power transfer device (102) is disclosed. The power transfer device (102) includes a driver unit (108). The driver unit (108) includes a plurality of converters (112, 114, 116, 117) including a plurality of legs (118, 120, 122, 124, 125) coupled to each other, where at least one leg of each of the plurality of converters (112, 114, 116, 117) is common to another power converter of the plurality of converters (112, 114, 116, 117), and where each of the plurality of converters (112, 114, 116, 117) includes an output terminal (204, 206, 208, 210, 304, 406, 408). Further, the driver unit (108) includes at least one transmitter coil (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d), where the at least one transmitter coil (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d) is coupled to the corresponding output terminal (204, 206, 208, 210, 304, 406, 408).