Using A Transformer Or Inductor As The Final Control Device Patents (Class 323/247)
  • Patent number: 11909324
    Abstract: A trans-inductor voltage regulator (TLVR) includes at least two voltage converter phases configured to receive a common input voltage and to provide an output voltage on an output of the voltage converter, an associated coupled inductor, and a compensation inductor. Each coupled inductor includes a primary winding magnetically coupled to a secondary winding. For each primary winding, a first terminal is coupled to the output of the associated voltage converter, and a second terminal of the primary winding is coupled to a load. A first terminal of the compensation inductor is coupled to a ground plane, and each secondary winding is coupled in series with the compensation inductor, with a last secondary being coupled to the ground plane. The compensation inductor is a nonlinear inductor exhibiting a first inductance level at a first current level, and a second inductance level different from the first inductance level at a second current level different from the first current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shiguo Luo, Wickman Wu, Guangyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11476759
    Abstract: A system may include a power converter comprising at least one stage having a dual anti-wound inductor constructed such that its windings generate opposing magnetic fields in its magnetic core and a current control subsystem for controlling an electrical current through the dual anti-wound inductor. The current control subsystem may be configured to minimize a magnitude of a magnetizing electrical current of the dual anti-wound inductor to prevent core saturation of the dual anti-wound inductor and regulate an amount of output electrical current delivered by the power converter to the load in accordance with a reference input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Lawrence, John L. Melanson, Eric J. King
  • Patent number: 11163346
    Abstract: An electronic device including a power source providing a source voltage, a capacitor, a primary regulator circuit, an always-on load that is active during a low power mode, and a recycle control circuit. The primary regulator circuit receives the source voltage and has an output that maintains a charge on the capacitor during an active mode. The primary regulator circuit does not contribute to a charge on the capacitor during the low power mode. The recycle control circuit includes a select circuit and a select control circuit. The select circuit selects, based on a control signal, between the voltage of the capacitor and at least one supply voltage including or otherwise developed using the source voltage to provide power to the always-on load during the low power mode. The select control circuit provides the control signal to control power provided to the always-on load during the low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ajay Kapoor, Kristof Blutman, Juan Diego Echeverri Escobar, Jose de Jesus Pineda de Gyvez, Jurgen Geerlings, Hamed Fatemi
  • Patent number: 11049642
    Abstract: A magnetic connector assembly has two independent magnetic components sharing a common core structure. The magnetic assembly includes first and second bobbins, and includes a magnetic core. The first bobbin is positioned perpendicularly to the second bobbin. The magnetic core includes at least two core pieces. In an exemplary embodiment, the magnetic core includes first, second, and third core pieces. The first core piece includes at least a first primary middle leg configured to fit within a passageway of the first bobbin and a first auxiliary middle leg configured to fit within a passageway of the second bobbin. The second core piece includes at least a second primary middle leg configured to fit within the passageway of the first bobbin. The third core piece includes a second auxiliary middle leg configured to fit within the passageway of the second bobbin. The auxiliary legs are perpendicular to the primary legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Folker
  • Patent number: 11011980
    Abstract: A power supply system comprises: a switched-capacitor converter, a multi-tapped autotransformer, and an output stage. The multi-tapped autotransformer includes multiple primary windings. The switched-capacitor converter includes multiple circuit paths coupled to the primary windings. For example, a first circuit path includes a first capacitor; a second circuit path includes a second capacitor. The power supply further includes a controller that controllably switches an input voltage to the first circuit path and the second circuit path, conveying energy to the primary windings of the multi-tapped autotransformer. The output stage of the power supply is coupled to receive energy from a combination of the first primary winding and the second primary winding of the multi-tapped autotransformer. Via the received energy, the output stage produces an output voltage that powers a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Roberto Rizzolatti, Christian Rainer, Otto Wiedenbauer
  • Patent number: 10720916
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a control circuit may be configured to form a switching signal to switch a power transistor at a frequency to regulate an output voltage of the power supply to a target value wherein the control circuit is configured to operate in a normal operating mode and a start-up mode and wherein the control circuit is configured to switch the switching signal at a target frequency in response to operating in the normal operating mode. A first circuit may be configured to control the frequency of the switching signal to increase from a first frequency to a second frequency that is less than the target frequency in response to operating in the start-up mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Chiu, Guang-Chao Zhang, Mao-Sheng Lin, HyeongSeok Baek
  • Patent number: 10636560
    Abstract: An integrated transformer is disclosed. The integrated transformer includes a magnetic core situated in a first layer from among multiple layers of a semiconductor layer stack, a first conductor and a second conductor from among multiple conductors, and a via. The first conductor is situated within a second layer, above the first layer, from among the multiple layers of the semiconductor layer stack. The second conductor is situated within a third layer, below the first layer, from among the multiple layers of the semiconductor layer stack. The via physically and electrically connects the first conductor and the second conductor. The via, the first conductor, and the second conductor form a primary winding of the integrated transformer. The integrated transformer additionally includes a secondary winding, wrapped around the magnetic core, situated in the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan Roth, Eric Soenen
  • Patent number: 10608627
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving an inductive load, includes a switching element provided in a current flowing path of the inductive load, a diode connected to the inductive load in parallel, a current detecting resistor detecting current flowing through the inductive load, a peak hold circuit holding voltage detected by the current detecting resistor when the switching element is on, when the switching element is off, and a control section controlling current flowing through the inductive load by turning on/off of the switching element at a duty ratio in response to a target current value while the control section performs feedback control of output of the peak hold circuit. The control section controls current that flows through the inductive load when the duty ratio is larger than a threshold value and controls voltage that applies to the inductive load when the duty ratio is smaller than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Kazuya Kodama
  • Patent number: 10505456
    Abstract: A multi-phase buck switching converter having grouped pairs of phases, each phase using two magnetically coupled air-core inductors. For each group, a first driver circuit controlling switching of a first power transistor switching circuit coupled to a first air-core inductor output for driving an output load at the first phase. A second driver circuit controlling switching of a second power transistor switching circuit coupled to a second air-core inductor output for driving said output load at the second phase. The first and second phases are spaced 180° apart. The coupled air-core inductors per group of such orientation, separation distance and mutual inductance polarity relative to each other such that magnetic coupling between the two or more inductors at each phase results in a net increase in effective inductance per unit volume. Each air-core inductor is a metal slab of defined length, height and thickness formed using back-end-of-line semiconductor manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Todd E. Takken, Naigang Wang, Leland Chang
  • Patent number: 10243459
    Abstract: System controller and method for a power converter. For example, a system controller for a power converter includes a logic controller configured to generate a modulation signal, and a driver configured to receive the modulation signal, generate a drive signal based at least in part on the modulation signal, and output the drive signal to a switch to affect a current flowing through an inductive winding for a power converter. Additionally, the system controller includes a voltage-to-voltage converter configured to receive a first voltage signal, the modulation signal, and a demagnetization signal, and to generate a second voltage signal based at least in part on the first voltage signal, the modulation signal, and the demagnetization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuoyan Li, Liqiang Zhu, Jiqing Yang, Lieyi Fang
  • Patent number: 9948107
    Abstract: A method of processing power in an electrical device, and an electrical device embodying this method, are both disclosed. A primary conducting element is connected with a secondary conducting element in a first parallel circuit. A current supply inlet and a primary load outlet are connected in series with the secondary conducting element, wherein the primary conducting element contains reverse current induced by the secondary conducting element in use. A secondary load outlet is connected with the primary conducting element in a second parallel circuit. A switching means is located in the first parallel circuit and switched between a first position for closing the primary conducting element to directly supply current from the current supply inlet to the secondary load outlet, and a second position opening the primary conducting element to direct reverse current from the primary conducting element to the secondary load outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: EMSc (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Alex Mardapittas
  • Patent number: 9502189
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, when a transformer that is connected to a first power supply through a first breaker as well as to a second power supply through a second breaker is detected to be disconnected from the power supplies, a specific phase of the three phases of the first breaker is closed to suppress an excitation inrush current, based on calculated residual magnetic fluxes and a voltage of the first power supply, and thereafter, the remaining two phases are closed. Based on the calculated residual magnetic fluxes and a voltage of the second power supply, a specific phase of the three phases of the second breaker is closed to suppress an excitation inrush current, and thereafter, the remaining two phases are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shiro Maruyama, Minoru Saito, Tadashi Koshizuka, Tomohiko Mitani
  • Patent number: 9502187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling switchgear in order to estimate the remanent flux value of a power transformer during disconnection from a high-voltage electrical network using voltage measurements delivered by a capacitive voltage transformer by correcting the transfer function of the capacitive voltage transformer, and in which said value is delivered to a controller that determines the optimum switchgear switching instant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Thierry Jung, Tian Liu, Houria Siguerdidjane, Marc Petit
  • Patent number: 9252589
    Abstract: There is provided with a transformer inrush current restraining control equipment that provide useful practice to effectively restrain transformer inrush current which would be inevitably caused whenever a transformer under out of service is going to be put into operation by the related breaker closing operation. The transformer inrush current restraining control equipment 10 includes a voltage measuring unit 1; a true residual fluxes timing calculating unit 2; a core-flux calculating unit 3; a true residual flux calculating unit 4; a breaker closing phase angular timing calculating unit 5; a breaker closing phase angular timing controlling unit 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Kodensya Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kai, Yoshihide Hase
  • Patent number: 9230748
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an energy storage system using a combination of battery and ultra-capacitor storage components and having passive voltage control. An inductor is placed inline between the batteries and ultra-capacitors of the hybrid module. In another embodiment, the inductor/ultra-capacitor module is configured to be connected to a battery. The disclosed device is suitable for use in high-power applications where high-currents can have adverse effects on impedance-matching components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Semrau, Christopher Strong, David Barus, Frank DeReu, Darren George
  • Patent number: 9024477
    Abstract: A high voltage power source device includes piezoelectric transformers, each of the piezoelectric transformers being formed with a primary electrode and a secondary electrode on piezoelectric ceramics, receiving a primary voltage at the primary electrode, and generating a second voltage from the secondary electrode, switching elements, each of the switching elements driving a respective one of the piezoelectric transformers, and primary voltage supply devices, each of the primary voltage supply devices supplying the primary voltage to the primary electrode of the respective one of the piezoelectric transformers by driving the respective one of the switching elements when the secondary voltage is generated from the respective one of the second electrodes, wherein the respective one of the primary voltage supply devices supplies the primary voltage to the respective one of the primary electrodes by driving the respective one of the switching elements at the same frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Takatsuka
  • Patent number: 9020654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and computer program product for implementing a smart transformer, comprising a processor, and a balancing algorithm residing on the processor, wherein the balancing algorithm is stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to cause the system to monitor and control an electric customer load and generation in order to optimize the performance of a distribution transformer, wherein the processor receives a plurality of system inputs and uses the balancing algorithm to determine a rating of the transformer and an amount of customer load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: San Diego Gas & Electric Company
    Inventors: William Vincent Torre, Amanda Louise Myers, Michael James Colburn
  • Patent number: 8994344
    Abstract: A multiphase DC-DC converter is provided that includes a multiphase transformer, the multiphase transformer including a plurality of input voltage terminals and an transformer output voltage terminal, each input voltage terminal associated with a corresponding phase. Each phase is assigned to an input voltage terminal of the plurality of input voltage terminals to minimize a ripple current at the input voltage terminals of the multiphase transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Schrom, Peter Hazucha, Jaeseo Lee, Tanay Karnik, Vivek K. De, Fabrice Paillet
  • Patent number: 8981736
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, apparatus for high-efficiency, thermally-compensated regulators. In an example, a regulator can include a zener diode having a first temperature coefficient, the zener diode configured couple to an output and to provide at least a portion of a reference voltage, a transistor having a second temperature coefficient, the transistor configured to receive the reference voltage, to receive a representation of the output, and to provide feedback information indicative of an error of the output using the representation of the output voltage and the reference voltage, and wherein the first temperature coefficient and the second temperature coefficient are configured to reduce at least a portion of a temperature drift effect of the zener diode and the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Dunipace
  • Patent number: 8933637
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an AC/DC power converter can include: a rectifier bridge and a filter capacitor for converting an external AC voltage to a half-sinusoid DC input voltage; a first storage component, where during each switching cycle in a first operation mode, a first path receives the half-sinusoid DC input voltage to store energy in the first storage component, and a first current through the first storage component increases; a second storage component, where a second path receives a second DC voltage to store energy in the second storage component, and a second current through the second storage component increases; and a third storage component, where in a second operation mode, the first current decreases to release energy from the first to the third storage component, where the second DC voltage includes a voltage across the third storage component through a third path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Deng, Binbin Li
  • Patent number: 8907588
    Abstract: An illumination system detects a peak value of a voltage of a transformer supplying an LED module by analyzing the current value of the voltage and an on-time of the voltage. Based on the detected peak value, a property of the illumination system is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Terralux, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Brandt
  • Publication number: 20140312859
    Abstract: Phase balancing techniques for power transmission systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a phase balancing protocol (240) includes executing a first phase balancing protocol (350) in relation to a first power transmission section (400a). A second phase balancing protocol (370) may be executed if the first phase balancing protocol (350) is unable to provide a phase balanced condition. The first phase balancing protocol (350) may utilize a first ordering sequence (364) to rank the current flow on the power lines (16) of the first power transmission section (400a), while the second phase balancing protocol (370) may utilize a second ordering sequence (384) to rank the current flow on the power lines (16) of the first power transmission section (400a). The order sequences (364, 384) are opposite of each other—one ranks the current flows from high-to-low, and the other ranks the current flow from low-to-high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Smart Wire Grid, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart Ramsay, Julie A. Couillard, Andrija Sadikovic
  • Publication number: 20140224998
    Abstract: An RF transformer for supplying power as part of a tank circuit, comprising: a primary side, having at least one main winding and at least one shorting winding, the at least one main winding being configured to receive an RF input; a secondary side, having a first winding inductively coupled to the at least one main winding of the primary side and a second winding inductively coupled to the at least one shorting winding of the primary side; and a switching arrangement, adjustable between a first state in which the at least one shorting winding of the primary side is shorted and a second state in which the at least one shorting winding of the primary side is not shorted, such that the resonant frequency of the tank circuit is changed by adjusting between the first and second states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander KHOLOMEEV
  • Publication number: 20140197808
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter, adapted to control a converting circuit to convert an input voltage into an output voltage, is disclosed. The converting circuit comprises a switch module and an LC filter, the switch module is coupled to the input voltage, and the LC filter is coupled to the switch module and provides the output voltage. The DC-DC converter comprises a system control circuit, a driver circuit, and an output voltage adjusting circuit. The system control circuit generates a switch control signal according to a reference voltage and a state of the LC filter. The driver circuit controls the switch module according to the switch control signal for adjusting the output voltage in response to the reference voltage. The output voltage adjusting circuit determines whether adjusting the output voltage toward a predetermined adjusting voltage according to an adjusting reference voltage and a detecting voltage indicative of the output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: GREEN SOLUTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Min LEE, Chao SHAO, Shian-Sung SHIU, Quan GAN
  • Patent number: 8723367
    Abstract: In a power supply system, reducing influence of a noise etc., optimal electric power is supplied corresponding to power consumption of a receiving side load, and power consumption is decreased greatly. When a potential difference detector 12 detects that a power supply voltage of the receiving side load is decreased lower than a lower limit voltage threshold or increased higher than an upper limit voltage threshold, a burst interval setting unit sets up a burst signal of a pulse width corresponding to the detection result. A burst signal generator generates a burst signal based on the setup, and excites a control primary inductor. A burst signal detector generates a pulse signal in response to electromotive force of a control secondary inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Atsuhiko Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8716950
    Abstract: Data may be encoded onto a direct current power line by modulating the current on that direct current power line. One method of modulating the current is by placing an inductor on the power line and then using a controlled transistor that turns on and turns off. The inductor will ensure that current keeps flowing but the transistor will induce changes in the current pattern. The excess current from when transistor is turned off must be diverted. Furthermore, to create symmetrical current changes, the inductor should be reverse biased. Thus, a circuit is created that sinks the excess current from when the transistor is turned off and used to reverse bias the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Neofocal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Peting, Dale Beyer, Tsutomu Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8669745
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention there is also provided a voltage combiner comprising: a transformer having a first and second winding each having a first and second tap; and an inductor connected between the first and second taps of the second winding, wherein: the first tap of the first winding is adapted for connection to a first voltage, the first tap of the second winding is adapted for connection to a second voltage, and the second tap of the second winding is adapted to provide an output being the first and second voltages combined, and further wherein: the inductor is adapted to provide a bypass path for the current associated with the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nujira Limited
    Inventor: Gerard Wimpenny
  • Patent number: 8650411
    Abstract: Energy management of an electronic device using multiple electric power sources. The electric power sources may include a parasitic electric power source, a rechargeable electric power source, an intermittent electric power source, and a continuous electric power source. The electronic device further may include a power supply for receiving the electric power from the source(s) and supplying electric power to the various components of the electronic device that require power. The electronic device may include a source selector for controlling which power source supplies electric power to the power supply. Energy management of the electronic device may be configured to use a permanently exhaustible power source such as a battery only when other power sources are unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence V. Feight, Ryan W. Swartzendruber
  • Patent number: 8570022
    Abstract: A multiphase DC to DC voltage converter which has multiple converter cells which are situated parallel to one another and are clocked with a time offset. Furthermore, it contains one magnetic measuring bridge between the outputs of each two converter cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Blaumeiser, Dirk Kranzer, Markus Konzili
  • Patent number: 8564976
    Abstract: A system is provided having a first LLC power converter and a second LLC power converter. The first LLC power converter comprises a first LLC voltage source. The second LLC power converter also comprises a second LLC voltage source. The first LLC power converter also comprises a first resonant inductor, a first magnetic inductor, and a first resonant capacitor coupled to the first voltage source of the first LLC power converter. The second LLC power converter comprises a second resonant inductor, a second magnetic inductor, and a second resonant capacitor coupled to the second voltage source of the second LLC power converter. The first LLC power converter and the second LLC power converter are both magnetically couplable to a common load. A resonance of the first LLC power converter substantially matches a resonance of the second LLC power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raghothama Reddy, Robert Catalano, Roger Grandchampt
  • Patent number: 8564988
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter, which is configured to step down a direct current voltage and then outputs to a load, the DC-DC converter comprising: a switching device that converts the direct current voltage into an alternating current voltage; a rectification unit that rectifies the alternating current voltage; an output capacitor that is connected in parallel with the load, and a smoothing inductor comprising a plurality of divided inductors connected in series, wherein at least one of the number of windings and the number of layers of respective windings of the divided inductors of the smoothing inductor is adjusted so that a sum total of inductances of the divided inductors become a desired inductance and so that a sum total of floating capacitances of the plurality of the divided inductors is smaller than a floating capacitance of single inductor having an equivalent inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Tamitsuji
  • Publication number: 20130249507
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to control a pulse frequency modulation in a single-inductor dual-output power circuit. The apparatus fixes a pulse width of one of a maximum on-time pulse signal (which is used to define a maximum on-time during which a current flowing through the inductor is generated) and a minimum off-time pulse signal (which is used to define a minimum off-time during which either the boost voltage converter or the buck-boost voltage converter produces a positive voltage or a negative voltage). The apparatus adjusts a pulse width of the other pulse signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongcheol KIM, Seung nam Park
  • Publication number: 20130154586
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a voltage converter comprises a voltage converter circuit, an output adjuster and a controller. The controller provides a control signal at a duty ratio determined dynamically by a set of input signals. The dynamic output adjuster determines the set of input signals by adjusting the ac component of an output voltage based on a gain Q. The dynamic output adjuster alleviates dependence on the value of Rc under leading edge modulation in either analog or digital converter systems. In addition to delivering the desired left half plane zero effects, dynamic output adjustment reduces the value of the output ripple. As a result, modern control methods such as input-output linearization can be used to design both boost and buck-boost PWM converters if only left half plane zero effects are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, CIRASYS, INC.
    Inventors: Cirasys, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
  • Patent number: 8446744
    Abstract: A method and a control device control a switching device for providing a resonant circuit with a switching voltage for generating a resonant current in order to provide a required output power at an output of a resonant power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Scheel, Christian Hattrup, Peter Luerkens
  • Publication number: 20130113444
    Abstract: A multiphase DC-DC converter is provided that includes a multiphase transformer, the multiphase transformer including a plurality of input voltage terminals and an transformer output voltage terminal, each input voltage terminal associated with a corresponding phase. Each phase is assigned to an input voltage terminal of the plurality of input voltage terminals to minimize a ripple current at the input voltage terminals of the multiphase transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Gerhard Schrom, Peter Hazucha, Jaeseo Lee, Tanay Karnik, Vivek K. De, Fabrice Paillet
  • Patent number: 8427120
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coupled inductor output filter to be used with DC/DC switched mode power supply topologies. This new output filter changes the inherent power sharing capability of most DC/DC converter topologies, enabling the overall converter to operate as a truly modular block with no inter-module communication required to accomplish power/current sharing on a multi-module configuration. The coupled-inductor output filter uses a split inductor, Lout1 and Lout2, a main output capacitor, Cout, and a DC blocking capacitor, CDC Block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.
    Inventor: Edgar Cilio
  • Patent number: 8415934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic voltage regulator, and more specifically, to an automatic voltage regulator capable of precisely controlling the output voltage level by using a toroidal autotransformer. The present invention has precise voltage control to enable the output of the voltage level desired by the user, and precisely carries out a variety of applications of power saving and voltage booster. In particular, the present invention can boost/reduce the input voltage to provide a desired target voltage within an error range of 1 volt or less. The present invention also comprises a simple relay switching circuit and excludes semiconductor switching devices, thereby being capable of operating adaptively in different system environments without an additional modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: CSKK (HKG) Limited
    Inventor: Myung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8227763
    Abstract: A sequence of series-connected transformers for transmitting power to high voltages incorporates an applied voltage distribution to maintain each transformer in the sequence below its withstanding voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Twin Creeks Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Richards, Geoffrey Ryding, Theodore Smick
  • Patent number: 8183870
    Abstract: A battery system utilizes a plurality of transformers interconnected with the battery cells. The transformers each have at least one transformer core operable for magnetization in at least a first magnetic state with a magnetic flux in a first direction and a second magnetic state with a magnetic flux in a second direction. The transformer cores retain the first magnetic state and the second magnetic state without current flow through said plurality of transformers. Circuitry is utilized for switching a selected transformer core between the first and second magnetic states to sense voltage and/or balance particular cells or particular banks of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Francis J. Davies
  • Publication number: 20120092894
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a system for regulating a load voltage (C) in power distribution circuits comprising at least: a regulation transformer (2) the secondary winding of the regulatory transformer (2) being operatively arranged in series between a power source (F) and the load (C), the power source (F) being capable of providing a supply voltage (VAL) to the load (C); a measuring device (5) operatively associated to the load (C), the measuring device (5) being capable of measuring at least one value of an electric signal of the load (SCA); a control device (4) operatively associated to the measuring device (5), the control device (4) being capable of comparing the value of the electric signal of the load (SCA) with a pre-established reference value and providing a correcting electric signal (SCO); and an actuation device (3) operatively associated to the control device (4), wherein the actuation device (3) is capable of providing an adjustment voltage (VAJ) proportional to the correcting electric s
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Martin Alsina Navarro
  • Patent number: 8138745
    Abstract: The present invention is single- and multi-phase power distribution systems comprising a plurality of transformers. Each transformer is connected to another of the transformers, in series (single phase) and in series and parallel (multi-phase). Each transformer has a switch connection movable between an on and an off position according to pre-determined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventors: Tony Cina, Tony D'Onofrio
  • Publication number: 20120062188
    Abstract: A power supply device includes an AC generation part having a sinusoidal wave generation part generating a first sinusoidal wave signal, an integrator integrating a difference between the first sinusoidal wave signal and a feedback signal, a triangular wave generation part generating a triangular wave signal, a comparator comparing an output of the integrator and the triangular wave signal and outputting a PWM signal, a switching drive part amplifying the PWM signal and outputs an amplified PWM signal, a filter converting the amplified PWM signal into a second sinusoidal wave signal, a transformer increasing a voltage of the second sinusoidal wave signal and outputting an AC voltage, and a voltage divider dividing the AC voltage and generating the feedback signal, and a DC generation part generating a DC voltage. The power supply device superimposes the AC voltage and the DC voltage and outputs a superimposed voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Jun TANABE
  • Patent number: 8111053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a DC-DC converter including a first series circuit connected to both ends of a first switch and formed of a winding of a first transformer, a first reactor, a first diode, and a smoothing capacitor, a second diode connected to a connection point of a primary winding of the first transformer, the winding of the first transformer and the first switch, and to one end of the smoothing capacitor, a second series circuit connected to both ends of a second switch and formed of a winding of a second transformer, a second reactor, a third diode, and the smoothing capacitor, a fourth diode connected to a connection point of a primary winding of the second transformer, the winding of the second transformer and the second switch, and to the one end of the smoothing capacitor, a third reactor connected to both ends of a series circuit of a secondary winding of the first transformer and a secondary winding of the second transformer, and a control circuit which alternately turns on the first s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd., Shimane University
    Inventors: Hideki Asuke, Hideharu Takano, Mamoru Tsuruya, Masashi Ochiai, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Takahiro Kawashima, Shigeyuki Funabiki
  • Patent number: 8111049
    Abstract: In the case of a power supply device (2) for an electric circuit (3), an energy source (4) and an electric filter (7) are provided for the reliable and low-emission supply of energy to the electric circuit (3), wherein the energy source (4) and the electric filter (7) interact in such a way that the power supply device (2) has, at a filter output (9), a voltage source characteristic in a first frequency range and a current source characteristic in a second frequency range, which has a higher frequency than the first frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventor: Goeran Schubert
  • Patent number: 8049373
    Abstract: In a cooling system used in cooling of a heater housing box, the present invention presents an apparatus for stabilizing power supply of heater housing box cooling apparatus capable of changing over a plurality of taps provided in the winding of a power transformer before the output voltage exceeds an allowable voltage range when turning on alternating-current power supply. For this purpose, first resistor 1 for elevating slowly the output voltage of the power transformer when turning on the alternating-current power supply is provided at the secondary side of the power transformer, direct-current voltage V1 rectified and smoothed from the output voltage is delayed by the charging time of a first capacitor, and an electronic controller for operating a tap changeover relay for automatically changing over the plurality of taps provided in the power transformer is started before the output voltage exceeds the allowable voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kouichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8024077
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and computer program product for implementing a smart transformer, comprising a processor, and a balancing algorithm residing on the processor, wherein the balancing algorithm is stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to cause the system to monitor and control an electric customer load and generation in order to optimize the performance of a distribution transform wherein the processor receives a plurality of system inputs and uses the balancing algorithm to determine a rating of the transformer and an amount of customer load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: San Diego Gas & Electric Company
    Inventors: William Vincent Torre, Amanda Louise Myers, Michael James Colburn
  • Patent number: 8018696
    Abstract: A system for moving an aircraft thrust reverser component includes a power drive unit, a thrust reverser actuator assembly, and a tertiary lock system. The power drive unit is operable to rotate and supply a rotational drive force. The thrust reverser actuator assembly receives the rotational drive force from the power drive unit and moves the thrust reverser component between a stowed position and a deployed position. The tertiary lock system selectively engages and disengages the thrust reverser component and includes a tertiary lock power unit, an electromechanical tertiary lock assembly, and a voltage limiting circuit. The voltage limiting circuit limits the voltage magnitude of a control signal supplied to the tertiary lock assembly to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Terry L. Ahrendt
  • Publication number: 20110216457
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of voltage protectors that include a first voltage clamping device configured to clamp a voltage of an input power applied to an electrical load, and a second voltage clamping device configured to clamp the voltage applied to the electrical load. A series inductance separates the first and second voltage clamping devices. Also, a switching element is employed to selectively establish a direct coupling of the input power to the electrical load, where a circuit is employed to control the operation of the switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Deepakraj M. Divan
  • Publication number: 20110193536
    Abstract: A method of identifying and correcting each of the changes that may occur with wire pairs between the transmitter and receiver in Ethernet 10GBase-T cabling is provided. The method includes four wire pairs A, B, C and D, a polarity swapping and scrambler state machine that determine if the chosen pair matches the requirements for pair A. A slave Tap state machine generates a rule for correct B, C and D patterns based on a pair chosen as pair A. The cables B, C and D are iteratively swapped to rearrange the pair mapping into the polarity swap state machine, and a deskew state machine identifies the latency difference between the different pairs. If the rules are not satisfied, a new pair A is designated at the swapping state machine and the process is repeated until the rules are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Vintomie Networks B.V., LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Dyer
  • Patent number: 7982442
    Abstract: A method for voltage stabilization of an electrical power network system including a producing power network system side, a consuming power network side including a power load, a power transmission line with an impedance ZLN, a transformer and an on-line tap changer added to the transformer. The impedance of the line is measured in case of dynamic instabilities. A transformer ratio n is controlled by changing a voltage reference Vref of the on-line tap changer. The voltage reference is changed according to a feed forward compensation from the impedance of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Stefan Solyom, Bo Lincoln, Anders Rantzer