Method of converting a direct current voltage from a source of direct current voltage, more specifically from a photovoltaic couse of direct current voltage, into a alternating current voltage

摘要

An inverter is devised to avoid high-frequency voltages at input terminals and to allow good efficiency thanks to its simple and cost-optimized circuit layout. This is achieved by a method of converting a direct current voltage, more specifically from a photovoltaic source of direct current voltage, into an alternating current voltage at a frequency through a bridge circuit comprising switching elements (V 1 -V 4 ) and free-wheeling elements (D 1 -D 4 ), said switching elements (V 1 -V 4 ) being on the one side gated at the frequency and on the other side clocked at a high clock rate, a direct current voltage circuit, an alternating current voltage circuit and a plurality of free-wheeling phases being provided. It is provided that, during the free-wheeling phases, the alternating current voltage circuit is decoupled from the direct current voltage circuit by means of a switching element disposed in the direct current voltage circuit, a free-wheeling current flowing through one of the free-wheeling elements (D 1 ) in the bridge circuit when in the decoupled state.