EVERYTHING VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE FOR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Abstract

A system for an electric vehicle. The system includes an alternating current (AC) power source, a direct current (DC) power source, a DC / AC converter having an output coupled to an AC power outlet of the vehicle, an inverter for converting the AC power at the AC source to DC power, an isolated DC / DC converter of a vehicle-side charging module coupled to a DC side of the DC / AC converter, a first set of contactors for connecting the inverter to the DC side of the DC / AC converter, a second set of contactors for connecting the DC source to the isolated DC / DC converter, and a controller that configures the first and second sets of contactors to select between using the AC source and the DC source to provide AC power to the AC power outlet.

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