Patents Examined by Gary A Nash
  • Patent number: 11664728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power conversion device including an input end having positive and negative input terminals, two bridge arms, two transformers and an output capacitor. Each bridge arm is connected to the input end in parallel, and includes three switches coupled in series. Two terminals of one switch are electrically connected to the positive input terminal and a primary node respectively. Two terminals of another switch are electrically connected to the negative input terminal and a secondary node respectively. Each transformer includes primary and secondary windings coupled to each other. Two primary windings are serially coupled between two primary nodes. Two secondary windings are serially coupled between two secondary nodes. Two terminals of the output capacitor are electrically connected to output positive and negative terminals respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Da Jin, Yahong Xiong, Qinghua Su
  • Patent number: 11652402
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a function of detecting loss of a current detection function, at a time when a switching device has an open failure, in an arm that has the current detection function and a temperature detection function and in which two or more switching devices are connected in parallel with one another. A switching apparatus includes a current detector and a temperature detector provided in at least one of the two or more switching devices that are connected in parallel with one another and a controller that determines an overcurrent in the switching device in which the current detector is provided, that determines an overheating state and a temperature-rising failure in the switching device in which the temperature detector is provided, based on an output of the temperature detector, and that controls the switching devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Cornoration
    Inventor: Takashi Kaneyama
  • Patent number: 11650656
    Abstract: A voltage detector has a diode ladder with one or more diodes connected in series between a battery voltage input and an upper measuring node. A measuring diode is connected between the upper measuring node and a lower measuring node. A resistor and a power-down switch are connected in series between the lower measuring node and a ground. An analog input to an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is connected by a switch to the upper measuring node to generate an upper digital value. Then the switch connects the analog input to the lower measuring node to generate a lower digital value. The difference between the upper and lower digital values is the diode voltage drop across the measuring diode and is multiplied by a number of diodes in the diode ladder and added to the upper digital value to generate a battery voltage measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Wai Po Wong, Huimin Guo, Yat Tung Lai
  • Patent number: 11646674
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-level converter with triangle topology and control method thereof, related to the technical field of multi-level converters. In the converter, n DC capacitors connected in series form a vertical edge of a triangle and are as a DC bus, n switching tubes connected in series form a bevel edge of the triangle, switching tubes each connected between a neutral point of the DC bus corresponding to each layer and a point for connecting the switching tube on the bevel edge form a horizontal edge. Each time the layer is expanded by one, the number of levels increases by one. When a voltage across each capacitor is E, an AC output terminal Xn may output a total of n+1 levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kui Wang, Zedong Zheng, Lie Xu, Yongdong Li
  • Patent number: 11643119
    Abstract: A surge suppression circuit for a track circuit is provided. The surge suppression circuit comprises a first surge protection device including a first pair of silicon avalanche diodes and a second surge protection device including a second pair of silicon avalanche diodes. The first surge protection device is connected on a first connection line between a first terminal of a railroad signaling electronic equipment to be protected from a surge and a first terminal of a first rail of two physical rails. The second surge protection device is connected on a second connection line between a second terminal of the railroad signaling electronic equipment and a second terminal of a second rail of the two physical rails. The first surge protection device and the second surge protection device are connected to an earth ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Corbo
  • Patent number: 11646667
    Abstract: A current detection circuit capable of compensating for detection accuracy of a switching current through switching of a connection state of a resistor even when the switching current has a component in a direction opposite to a predetermined direction is provided. A current detection circuit for detecting a value of a component in a predetermined direction of a switching current using a current transformer, wherein, when the switching current flowing in a primary side of the current transformer has a component in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, a connection state of reset elements on a secondary side of the current transformer is switched such that an impedance of a magnetic reset on the secondary side of the current transformer is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Hariya, Kenji Negoro
  • Patent number: 11641163
    Abstract: A trans-inductor voltage regulator (TLVR) has regulator blocks and transformers. Secondary windings of the transformers are connected in series with a compensation inductor to form a trans-inductor loop, which is connected to the output voltage of the TLVR instead of to ground. Primary windings of the transformers serve as output inductors of the regulator blocks. The inductance of each output inductor and the output inductance of the TLVR are input to an averaging network of an averaging inductor direct current resistance (DCR) current sense circuit to generate an average sensed voltage. The average sensed voltage is converted to an average sensed current, which is used by a controller to generate control signals that drive the regulator blocks to generate the output voltage of the TLVR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ricardo Capetillo
  • Patent number: 11637489
    Abstract: There is provided an isolated DC/DC converter including a primary side control circuit disposed on the primary side and switching a switching element connected in series with a primary side winding of a power transformer; a secondary side control circuit disposed on the secondary side and generating a control signal including first control information and second control information on the basis of the secondary side voltage; and an insulated transmission circuit transmitting, in an insulated manner, each piece of control information included in the control signal to the primary side control circuit. The primary side control circuit controls a switching frequency of the switching element on the basis of the first control information indicating the frequency of the control signal, and controls a peak value of a primary side current on the basis of the second control information indicating the pulse width of the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifei Tang, Satoru Nate
  • Patent number: 11632057
    Abstract: A three-phase converter and a control method thereof are provided. The three-phase converter includes an AC terminal, three filter circuits, three bridge arm circuits, a capacitor module and a DC terminal connected in sequence and a controller. The midpoints of the filter circuits are connected to the midpoint of the capacitor module. The controller controls each bridge arm circuit to work in the first and second modes at different time in one line voltage cycle of the AC source. In the first mode, the bridge arm circuit works in a clamping state. In the second mode, the bridge arm circuit selectively works in a DCM mode or a TCM mode. A switching frequency is limited to be lower than a preset frequency. When the three-phase converter works with over 80% of a rated load, a time length of working in the second mode is ?˜? of the line voltage cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Yan, Tao Xia, Kailiang Zhan, Xinwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11621643
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: matrix converter circuitry configured to perform bidirectional power conversion between a primary side and a secondary side; and control circuitry configured to: select a first control mode in response to determining that a command-primary frequency difference between a command frequency and a primary side frequency of the matrix converter circuitry is above a predetermined threshold, wherein the first control mode includes causing a secondary side frequency of the matrix converter circuitry to follow the command frequency; select a second control mode in response to determining that the command-primary frequency difference is below the threshold, wherein the second control mode includes maintaining a primary-secondary phase difference between a secondary side phase and a primary side phase of the matrix converter circuitry within a predetermined target range; and control the matrix converter circuitry in accordance with a selection of the first control mode or the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka Karakama, Takahiro Uchino, Keisei Inoki, Masashiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11621631
    Abstract: A PFC converter and a control method thereof are provided. The PFC converter includes a first bridge, an inductor, a second bridge and a control unit. The first bridge includes a first switch and a second switch connected in series. There is a first node between the first and second switches. Two terminals of the inductor are coupled to the first node and a first terminal of an AC power source respectively. The second bridge includes a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series. There is a second node between the third and fourth switches, and the second node is coupled to a second terminal of the AC power source. The control unit controls a ratio of a high level duration on the second node in every line frequency cycle to be smaller than (250/Vbus)2, where Vbus is an output voltage of the PFC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangliang Ren, Baohua Wang
  • Patent number: 11621640
    Abstract: The present disclose relates to a multiphase power converter and control circuit and control method thereof. The multiphase power converter comprises a plurality of power stage circuits, and each power stage circuit corresponds to one control circuit, each of the control circuit comprises a first port and a second port, wherein the first ports are connected to each other to receive centralized control signal, and the second port is configured to identify a phase sequence of each phase. The control circuit adjusts a working state of the current power stage circuit by gating corresponding pulse in the centralized control signal according to the centralized control signal and a current phase sequence, thereby realizing an interleaved control of the multiphase power converter. The control method realizes a uniform interleaving of control signals of each phase efficiently and simply, and further improves a power density of the multiphase power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SILERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fusong Huang, Xiao Han
  • Patent number: 11621550
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an overcurrent protection circuit, an overcurrent protection method, a clock signal generation circuit and a display device. The overcurrent protection circuit includes N first overcurrent detection circuits, N second overcurrent detection circuits, a first signal generation circuit, a second signal generation circuit, a first level switching circuit, a second level switching circuit and a control circuit. The first signal generation circuit is configured to output a first control signal to the first level switching circuit upon the receipt of a first overcurrent indication signal. The second signal generation circuit is configured to output a second control signal to the second level switching circuit upon the receipt of a second overcurrent indication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing ESWIN Computing Technology Co., Ltd., Hefei ESWIN IC Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinjiang Zhao, Yonghua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11616447
    Abstract: A flyback power converter converts an input power on a primary side into an output power on a secondary side. On the secondary side, the output power is monitored to provide a representative signal representing a characteristic of the output power. A count is kept unchanged when a clock ticks if the representative signal is within a first range defined in accordance with a target value, that the representative signal is going to be regulated at. The count is changed in response to the clock if the representative signal is within a second range different from the first range. In response to the count, a driving current is generated to control a coupler, which generates a compensation signal on the primary side that controls power transmitted from the primary side to the secondary side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LEADTREND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Wei Lin, Heng-Ci Lin, Da-Jin Chen, Yao-Wei Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11611228
    Abstract: Controllers and methods for controlling a resonant power converter output voltage include operating the power converter according to a control period comprising an on cycle operation mode for a duration T_on that produces a first voltage Vo1 and an off cycle operation mode for a duration T_off that produces a second voltage Vo2. Vo1 is produced using a first switching frequency for a first selected number of switching cycles corresponding to the on time T_on. The converter output voltage or the converter input and output voltages may be sensed and used to determine the switching frequency during the on cycle operation mode and the duration of the off cycle operation mode. The final output voltage of the power converter is regulated to a selected value based on a ration of (T_on):(T_on+T_off). The controllers and methods may be used with power converters in power delivery devices to accept wide input voltage ranges compatible with devices such as cell phones, tablet computers, and notebook computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Yan-Fei Liu, Yang Chen, Wenbo Liu
  • Patent number: 11606040
    Abstract: A power supply comprises a power converter having a transformer, a low side switch configured to draw current from a supply voltage through a primary winding of the transformer and a high side switch configured to couple the primary winding of the transformer to a snubber capacitor. A controller is configured to control the power converter by generating drive signals that control the opening and closing of the high side switch and the low side switch. The controller is configured to selectively control the high side switch according to various modes of operation depending on operating conditions such as input voltage and load power consumption. The modes of operation can include, for example, a mode in which the high side switch is closed and then opened once during each of the series of switching cycles and a mode of operation in which the high side switch is closed and then opened two times during each of the series of switching cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey Hwang
  • Patent number: 11606034
    Abstract: Multiphase power processing circuit and a method for control thereof are disclosed, with which, exchange of data is achievable between a multiphase controller and any of power processing circuits via pins of at least two of the three categories, Enable, PWM and Temperature Indicator, of the multiphase controller. The exchanged data may include, but is not limited to, a phase identifier, an over-current protection threshold, an over-current protection threshold, an over-temperature protection threshold, a current sampling gain, a current sampling bias, a temperature sampling gain, a temperature sampling bias, a drive speed and the like of the power processing circuit. In this way, improvements in system flexibility and security are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shungen Sun
  • Patent number: 11594970
    Abstract: A circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a current detecting FET, configured to generate a current signal indicative of the value of the current flowing therethrough, an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) configured to output a current in response to the voltage of the current signal, and a resistor configured to receive the current and to generate a voltage in response to the received current, where the generated voltage is indicative of the value of the current flowing through the current detecting FET. The current detecting FET is configured to become nonconductive in response to the generated voltage indicating that the current flowing through the current detecting FET is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Navitas Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Ribarich, Daniel M. Kinzer, Tao Liu, Marco Giandalia, Victor Sinow
  • Patent number: 11588360
    Abstract: A brushless motor comprising a frame; a rotor assembly comprising a shaft, a rotor core and a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly being mounted to the frame; and at least one stator comprising a C-shaped stator core, the stator core comprising a back and first and second arms, wherein at least one of the first and second arms includes a protrusion that contacts the frame so as to inhibit radial movement of the stator core towards the rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Tuncay Celik, David George Warne
  • Patent number: 11588393
    Abstract: A power electronics system, comprising a first inverter configured to receive DC power from a power source and a second inverter configured to receive DC power from the power source is provided. The system includes a first output inductor connected in series to an output of the first inverter, a second output inductor connected in series to an output of the second inverter, a coupling inductor configured to receive current from the first output inductor and the second output inductor, and an AC power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SOLAR INVERTERS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Pasterczyk, Jason Elliott, Zbigniew Wolanski, Benjamin Wun Wang Tam