Bridge Type Patents (Class 363/17)
  • Patent number: 11233459
    Abstract: A method includes magnetically coupling a first coil of a wireless power transfer system to a second coil of the wireless power transfer system, wherein the first coil is coupled to a first resonant tank comprising a first variable capacitance network, and the second coil is coupled a second resonant tank comprising a second variable capacitance network, and adjusting a capacitance of at least one of the first variable capacitance network and the second variable capacitance network to regulate an output voltage of the wireless power transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Quanten Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Hengchun Mao
  • Patent number: 11223289
    Abstract: A switched mode power supply includes a power circuit and a control circuit coupled to the power circuit for regulating its output voltage. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for at least one power switch of the power circuit using a reference voltage, determine if a duty cycle of the control signal is within a defined range, sense one or more output parameters of the power circuit including the output voltage of the power circuit, and in response to determining the duty cycle of the control signal is outside the defined range, adjust the reference voltage to adjust the duty cycle of the control signal. The reference voltage is adjustable over time to thereby linearly adjust the output voltage of the power circuit. Other example switched mode power supplies, control circuits, and methods for regulating output voltages of switched mode power supplies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Astec International Limited
    Inventors: Lian Liang, Bing Zhang, Mei Qin, Wenyong Liu, Zhishuo Li
  • Patent number: 11218082
    Abstract: A power supply is provided. The power supply includes: a switching module including switching elements and is configured to receive rectified power; a transformer configured to transform first power received from the switching module; an outputter including first and second switching elements, and is configured to receive the transformed first power from the transformer and output an output voltage that follows a preset reference voltage; and a controller configured to control the switching module to operate in a full bridge mode or a half bridge module based on a peak voltage of the rectified power, adjust a switching frequency of the switching module based on the output voltage, control switching of the first and second switching elements based on the output voltage, and adjust a duty ratio of each of the first and second switching elements based on the rectified power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngho Choi, Youngsoo Kim, Youngnam Yoon, Sung-Bum Jung, Shinwook Choi
  • Patent number: 11218083
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for reducing the size and cost of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes an IGBT module having an IGBT, and a MOSFET module having a MOSFET whose operational property is different from that of the IGBT, the MOSFET module being connected to the IGBT module in parallel. The semiconductor device is capable of selectively executing an operation mode in which switching timing in the IGBT module and switching timing in the MOSFET module are non-identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Sakai
  • Patent number: 11208001
    Abstract: A vehicle management system is provided. The system carries out at least one of controlling a supply of power from an onboard power unit in a parked vehicle to the exterior and controlling charging of the onboard power unit from the exterior. The system comprises a control unit for controlling the supply of power or charging between the onboard power unit and the exterior; a transaction managing unit for managing the supply of power or charging between the onboard power unit and the exterior; and a payment point setting unit for setting a payment point for a user associated with the parked vehicle, wherein the payment point setting unit sets the payment point on the basis of transaction information recorded by the transaction managing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yokoyama, Tomohide Haraguchi, Takashi Sone
  • Patent number: 11211811
    Abstract: A three-port charger with an inversion function includes a primary side conversion circuit connected with a primary side winding of a transformer, a secondary side first conversion circuit connected with a second winding of the transformer, a secondary side second conversion circuit connected with a third winding of the transformer and a fourth winding of the transformer which are connected in series, and a central control unit used for controlling switches in the primary side conversion circuit, the secondary side first conversion circuit and the secondary side second conversion circuit. The primary side conversion circuit is connected with an external power supply, the secondary side first conversion circuit is connected with a high-voltage battery. The secondary side second conversion circuit is connected with a low-voltage load. The present invention integrates the independent charger and a high-power DCDC module, and shares a power switch, a control circuit and a magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN VMAX NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Yingying Feng, Shun Yao, Jinzhu Xu
  • Patent number: 11201549
    Abstract: A related power conversion circuit includes a three-level switch circuit and a resonant circuit, and a control method of the related power conversion circuit includes: controlling all transistors in the three-level switch circuit to be turned off, where a body diode connected in parallel to a transistor S1, a body diode connected in parallel to a transistor Q1, and a body diode connected in parallel to a transistor Q2 are all turned on based on a current freewheeling function of the resonant circuit; controlling the S1 to be turned on, to set up a first working state of the power conversion circuit; and after the first working state lasts for a time length T1, controlling the Q1 and the Q2 to be turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanzhong Zhang, Chunyang Liu, Zheng Ma
  • Patent number: 11201548
    Abstract: According to a single-stage interleaved software switching converter, power factor is controlled and battery charging and current are integrally controlled on the basis of a PFC circuit of a single-stage interleaving type so that efficiency of a charging device is enhanced and the cost is reduced. Further, it is possible to remove harmful electromagnetic radiation; enhance power density and durability by using a film-type capacitor instead of the conventional electrolytic capacitor; reduce switching loss by soft switching operation and to reduce the volume of a filter unit; design magnetizing current to be small by removing a low-frequency component of a transformer and to reduce the volume; and perform high-power charging according to the number of windings of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Foundation for Research and Business, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Se Wan Choi
  • Patent number: 11192507
    Abstract: A transient increase or decrease of power supplied to a reconfiguration circuit to be a logic circuit whose circuit configuration can be changed is reduced. An autonomous traveling control ECU 201 has a reconfiguration circuit 209, a main power supply circuit 211, an auxiliary current source circuit 213, and a function control unit 207. The reconfiguration circuit 209 is a reconfigurable logic circuit. The main power supply circuit 211 supplies a power supply voltage to the reconfiguration circuit 209. The auxiliary current source circuit 213 increases or decreases a current supplied from the main power supply circuit 211 to the reconfiguration circuit 209. The function control unit 207 determines an operation mode of the reconfiguration circuit 209 on the basis of a mode determination signal input from the outside and indicating a traveling mode of a vehicle, and controls a reconfiguration of the reconfiguration circuit 209 on the basis of a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shinoda, Tomohiko Yano, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11190104
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor coupled to a first node, a first switch and a second switch coupled between the first node and a second node, a third switch and a fourth switch coupled between the first node and a third node, a first passive network coupled between a fourth node and a fifth node, the first passive network connecting the fourth node and the fifth node in series to a primary winding of a transformer, and a secondary side circuit coupled to a secondary winding of the transformer; a control method of the DC/DC converter includes: adjusting a phase shift angle between control signals of the first switch and the fourth switch to reduce a voltage difference between the first capacitor and the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wenfei Hu, Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11181404
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter includes a flow tube assembly, an electromotive force (EMF) sensor, a power amplifier, a current sampling circuit, and a controller. The flow tube assembly receives the fluid flow, and includes a coil configured to receive a coil current and induce an EMF in the fluid flow that is proportional to the flow rate. The EMF sensor generates an output indicating the induced EMF. The power amplifier is configured to generate unfiltered current pulses at a first frequency. The power amplifier includes a low pass filter that attenuates the unfiltered current pulses to form coil current pulses at a second frequency that form the coil current. The current sampling circuit samples the coil current pulses at a sampling frequency. The controller is configured to change a relationship between the sampling frequency and the first frequency, and adjust the coil current based on the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Masoud Ameri, Scot Ronald Foss, Jared James Dreier
  • Patent number: 11171574
    Abstract: To provide a power conversion device capable of estimating a load voltage with high accuracy without directly detecting the load voltage to be applied to a load, a control circuit includes an estimator for estimating the load voltage to be applied to the load based on an electric current of a resonant circuit, an AC frequency of an inverter and an electrostatic capacitance of the load, or an estimator for estimating the load voltage based on the electric current of the resonant circuit, the AC frequency of the inverter, an inductance of a resonant coil and a correction coefficient previously set from a relationship between a voltage of the resonant coil and the load voltage, and which controls an output to a target load voltage based on the estimated load voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Asakura, Tomokazu Sakashita, Takahiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 11171568
    Abstract: Some embodiments may include a nanosecond pulser comprising a plurality of solid state switches; a transformer having a stray inductance, Ls, a stray capacitance, Cs, and a turn ratio n; and a resistor with a resistance, R, in series between the transformer and the switches. In some embodiments, the resonant circuit produces a Q factor according to Q = 1 R ? L s C s ; and the nanosecond pulser produces an output voltage Vout from an input voltage Vin, according to Vout=QnVin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Miller, James R. Prager, Timothy M. Ziemba, John G. Carscadden, Ilia Slobodov, Alex Patrick Henson
  • Patent number: 11158451
    Abstract: A power module comprises a first circuit board assembly and a magnetic core assembly. The first circuit board assembly comprises a first printed circuit board and at least two switch circuits disposed on the first printed circuit board. The magnetic core assembly is disposed near the first printed circuit board and comprises a magnetic core portion and at least a pair of first electrical conductors. The magnetic core portion comprises at least a core unit, the core unit comprises a pair of holes and a second magnetic overlapping region, and the pair of holes are separated by the second magnetic overlapping region. Each pair of the first electrical conductors is penetrated through the corresponding pair of holes of the magnetic core portion to define two output inductors. Each of the switch circuits is electrically connected with the corresponding output inductor to define a phase circuit of the power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yahong Xiong, Da Jin, Qinghua Su
  • Patent number: 11152849
    Abstract: A soft-switching, high-performance single-phase alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) converter is provided. The AC-DC converter described herein provides a new circuit topology for single-stage, single-phase or multi-phase AC-DC power conversion with power factor correction (PFC) and galvanic isolation using a high-frequency isolation transformer. The AC-DC converter improves power conversion efficiency and power density—two of the most important metrics for a power converter. It achieves soft switching for high frequency switches in the circuit, leading to higher efficiency and lower electromagnetic interference (EMI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Rajapandian Ayyanar
  • Patent number: 11146108
    Abstract: A device comprises a first current sense apparatus coupled to a first switching element of a power conversion apparatus, a second current sense apparatus coupled to a second switching element of the power conversion apparatus and a current sense processing apparatus configured to receive detected current signals from the first current sense apparatus and the second current sense apparatus, and generate an average current signal and a peak current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NuVolta Technologies (Hefei) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sichao Liu, Junxiao Chen, Gang Dai
  • Patent number: 11146164
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a devices, systems and methods implementing a single transformer-based gate driver. In one embodiment, single transformer-based gate driver includes an RF source; a PWM controller; an edge detector and pulse generating circuit operably connected to the RF source and PWM controller; a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side of the transformer operably connected to an output of the edge detector and pulse generating circuit, the secondary side of the transformer operably connected to a rectifier circuit and a signal recovery circuit; and a drive circuit operably connected to the rectifier circuit and the signal recovery circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Fang Peng, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 11146199
    Abstract: A motor control method includes providing a motor comprising a plurality of windings, a rotor and a stator magnetically coupled to the rotor, coupling a plurality of power converters to the plurality of windings, configuring the plurality of power converters to operate in a first interleaving mode, controlling the plurality of power converters to dynamically adjust the number of poles of the motor and after the step of controlling the plurality of power converters to dynamically adjust the number of poles of the motor, configuring the plurality of power converters to leave the first interleaving mode and enter into a second interleaving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Quanten Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Hengchun Mao
  • Patent number: 11146177
    Abstract: Systems and method for optimizing the efficiency of operation of electronic circuits, configured structured according to a true soft-switching phase-shifted full-bridge topology (where all the primary switching elements turn on at zero voltage and the secondary switching elements turn off at zero current with no ringing and no spikes across the secondary switching elements) with the use of unique current-injection approaches. An additional advantage of the embodiments of this invention is that the true soft switching feature applies regardless of the leakage inductance in the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Ionel Jitaru
  • Patent number: 11135922
    Abstract: A system includes a rotary electric machine, wiring, a battery that is connected to the rotary electric machine by the wiring, and an upper limit value setting section which sets an output upper limit value that is an upper limit of an output command for the rotary electric machine. A control apparatus which controls the rotary electric machine is provided with a temperature acquisition section which acquires the temperature of at least one of the battery and the wiring, an allowable output value calculation section which calculates an allowable output value that is the upper limit allowed for the output command of the rotary electric machine, based on the temperature that is acquired by the temperature acquisition section, and a transmitting section which transmits the allowable output value calculated by the allowable value calculation section to the upper limit value setting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kawazu, Akira Kato, Takashi Senda
  • Patent number: 11139762
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a voltage boosting circuit that boosts a power source voltage supplied from an outside; a condenser that smooths a voltage output by the voltage boosting circuit; an inverter circuit that generates a drive voltage of a motor by switching a voltage output by the voltage boosting circuit and smoothed by the condenser; and a control part that causes the voltage boosting circuit to bypass and causes the power source voltage to be supplied to the inverter circuit, and a distance between the voltage boosting circuit and the inverter circuit is a distance with which a parasitic inductance is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Hatsuda, Yoshihisa Okuhata
  • Patent number: 11128236
    Abstract: A multi-winding single-stage multi-input boost type high-frequency link's inverter with simultaneous/time-sharing power supplies, having the circuit structure formed by connecting a plurality of mutually isolated high-frequency inverter circuits having an input filter and an energy storage inductor, a common output cycloconverter and filter circuit by a multi-input single-output high-frequency transformer. Each input end of the multi-input single-output high-frequency transformer is connected in one-to-one correspondence to the output end of each high-frequency inverter circuit. The output end of the multi-input single-output high-frequency transformer is connected to the input end of the output cycloconverter and filter circuit. The inverter has the following characteristics: multiple input sources are connected to a common ground or a non-common ground. The multiple input sources supply power to load in a simultaneous/time-sharing manner. The output and input high-frequency isolation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Daolian Chen, Yanhui Qiu
  • Patent number: 11128221
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a transformer having primary and secondary windings, a power oscillator applying an oscillating signal to the primary winding to transmit a power signal to the secondary winding, a rectifier obtaining an output DC voltage by rectifying the power signal at the secondary winding, and comparison circuitry generating an error signal representing a difference between the output DC voltage and a reference voltage value. A transmitter connected to the secondary winding performs an amplitude modulation of the power signal at the secondary winding to transmit an amplitude modulated power signal to the primary winding, the amplitude modulation based upon the error signal and modulating a stream of data to the primary winding. A receiver coupled to the primary winding demodulates the amplitude modulated power signal to recover the error signal and the stream of data. An amplitude of the oscillating signal is controlled by the error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandro Parisi, Nunzio Greco, Nunzio Spina, Egidio Ragonese, Giuseppe Palmisano
  • Patent number: 11128226
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device including: an isolation transformer (107) including a first winding and a second winding; switching elements (101 to 104) to be connected to the first winding of the isolation transformer (107); a first conductor (105) configured to connect one end of the first winding of the isolation transformer (107) to the switching elements (101 and 102); and a second conductor (106) configured to connect another end of the first winding of the isolation transformer (107) to the switching elements (103 and 104), the first conductor (105) and the second conductor (106) being arranged on an insulating substrate (301) so as to be parallel to each other so that the first conductor (105) and the second conductor (106) are prevented from overlapping each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Naoya Yabuuchi
  • Patent number: 11117476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of power electronics and provides a power generating system and method for a vehicle. The present disclosure provides an alternative system for charging an energy storage device that is used to drive a vehicle and also to reduce dependency of the vehicle on the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Hemant Karamchand Rohera
  • Patent number: 11121631
    Abstract: ADC-to-DC converter which is configured to provide a main DC supply and an auxiliary DC supply from a single energy source such as a fuel cell. The main supply voltage may be greater than the voltage provided by the energy source, and the auxiliary supply voltage may be less than the voltage provided by the energy source. In some embodiments boost and buck conversion are provided by a single switching bridge, such as an inverter. Such an inverter may comprise three-legs connected between a main output voltage and a reference or ground voltage. Each leg of such an inverter may comprise two switches connected in series. These legs may share a common DC voltage link, for example a common ground and positive rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sevcon Limited
    Inventor: Peter Barrass
  • Patent number: 11095219
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter has a configuration in which a first full-bridge circuit and a second full-bridge circuit are connected via a transformer and an inductor. A control circuit switches between first control for changing the phases of switching elements in the first bridge circuit and switching elements in the second bridge circuit and second control for changing the switching frequencies (drive angular frequencies) of the switching elements, in accordance with target power, so that an inductor current flowing during a dead time of the switching elements becomes larger than or equal to a threshold current. The inductor current in the first control is larger than the inductor current in the second control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DIAMOND ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Shogo Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11091055
    Abstract: Presented are vehicle charging systems and control logic for provisioning vehicle grid integration (VGI) activities, methods for making/using such charging systems, and electric-drive vehicles with intelligent vehicle charging and VGI capabilities. A method of controlling charging operations of electric-drive vehicles includes a vehicle controller detecting if a vehicle is coupled to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), and determining if the vehicle's current mileage exceeds a calibrated mileage threshold. Responsive to the vehicle being connected to the EVSE and the vehicle's current mileage exceeding the calibrated mileage threshold, the controller determines the current remaining life of the vehicle's traction battery pack and the current time in service of the vehicle. The vehicle controller determines if the current remaining battery life exceeds a predicted remaining battery life corresponding to the current time in service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: James E. Tarchinski, Brian J. Koch
  • Patent number: 11088625
    Abstract: This invention proposes a three-phase CLLC bidirectional DC-DC converter, which includes a high-voltage side voltage dividing capacitor module, a three-phase half-bridge series module, a three-phase half-bridge parallel module, a three-phase primary/secondary side resonant module, a three-phase isolation transformer and a low-voltage side capacitor module. The high-voltage side voltage dividing capacitor module includes three voltage dividing capacitors. The three-phase half-bridge series/parallel module includes three bridge arms connected in series/parallel. Each bridge arm includes two switches connected in series. The three-phase primary/secondary side resonant module includes a, b, c three-phase primary/secondary side resonant tank. The three-phase isolation transformer includes three single-phase transformers a, b, and c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guoen Cao, Yibo Wang, Rui Cao, Zhe Wang, Yong Zhao
  • Patent number: 11081959
    Abstract: A power conversion device is provided. The power conversion device includes a path module and a control module. The path module includes a first path and a second path. The control module generates a first control signal for controlling the first path and a second control signal for controlling the second path. When an input voltage value received by the path module is less than a first threshold and a boosting operation is performed for the first time, the control module generates the first control signal to interrupt the first path to stop outputting the input power, and adjusts a duty cycle of the second control signal to a first duty cycle based on an input current value and the input voltage value, so as to stabilize an output voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ching Chiu, Chien-Lung Liu, You-Chen Kuo
  • Patent number: 11075608
    Abstract: An amplifier system having first and second interleaved half bridge stages and a coupled inductor. The coupled inductor has a primary winding and a secondary winding, a first end of the primary winding is coupled to the first half bridge stage at a first node, a second end of the primary winding is coupled to the load, a first end of the secondary winding is coupled to the load, a second end of the secondary winding is coupled to the second half bridge stage at a second node. An inductor circuit is coupled between the first and second half bridge stages and a first end of a load circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Harman Professional, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhiman Ananthakrishna Hande, Mark Edward Sieber, Austin Clay Styer
  • Patent number: 11070130
    Abstract: The systems and methods describe a buck regulator, on-chip inductor and/or power management circuits. A buck regulator circuit can include a first switch and a second switch connected with a resonant switching circuit. The resonant switching circuit includes an inductor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor configured to reduce a switching power from a switching frequency of the buck regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Jie Gu, Tianyu Jia
  • Patent number: 11070134
    Abstract: A control method for a DC/DC converter and a DC/DC converter are provided. The method includes: providing a primary side driving signal to drive one or more primary side switches of the primary side circuit; providing a sixth signal, a fifth signal, a seventh signal and an eighth signal, where a phase shift angle exists between the sixth signal and the primary side driving signal, and the sixth signal, the fifth signal, the seventh signal and the eighth signal in turn have a predetermined phase difference; driving a sixth switch, a fifth switch, a seventh switch and an eighth switch according to the sixth signal, the fifth signal, the seventh signal and the eighth signal, respectively; where the switching frequency of the sixth signal, the fifth signal, the seventh signal or the eighth signal is half of the switching frequency of the primary side driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Sun, Minli Jia, Jinfa Zhang
  • Patent number: 11063534
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for providing power conversion between a direct current (DC) source and an alternating current (AC) power grid. According to one embodiment, a power converter device includes a transformer having a first winding and a second winding. The power converter device further includes zero voltage switch circuitry and zero current switch circuitry. The zero voltage switch circuitry is electrically coupled to the first winding, and configured to be electrically coupled to a DC voltage source via a first port and a second port. The zero current switch circuitry is electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer and configured to be electrically coupled with an AC power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Wensong Yu, Iqbal Husain
  • Patent number: 11063522
    Abstract: A converter includes an input capacitor, a primary-side switching circuit, a magnetic element circuit, a secondary-side switching circuit, and an output capacitor. Primary-side switching circuit includes a first positive voltage terminal and a first negative voltage terminal. First positive voltage terminal is coupled to one terminal of an input voltage. First negative voltage terminal and first positive voltage terminal are coupled to the input capacitor. Magnetic element circuit is coupled to primary-side switching circuit. Secondary-side switching circuit is coupled to magnetic element circuit. Secondary-side switching circuit includes a second positive voltage terminal and a second negative voltage terminal. Second positive voltage terminal is coupled to first negative voltage terminal. Second negative voltage terminal is coupled to another terminal of the input voltage, and second negative voltage terminal and second positive voltage terminal output an output voltage together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Da Jin, Xue-Liang Chang, Ya-Hong Xiong, Qing-Hua Su
  • Patent number: 11056979
    Abstract: A control circuit performs at least pulse width modulation control on a first leg and selects to perform pulse width modulation control and pulse frequency modulation control, to perform pulse width modulation control and phase shift modulation control, or to perform pulse width modulation control, pulse frequency modulation control, and phase shift modulation control on a second leg, based on comparison of a voltage conversion ratio between DC voltage of a DC capacitor and output voltage to a load with at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto Mizutani, Takaaki Takahara, Hiroyasu Iwabuki
  • Patent number: 11056899
    Abstract: A charge management system including a power distribution bus circuit for distributing energy from a power source to a load, and an intermediate energy storage circuit operably connected to a power distribution bus circuit for aiding in distribution of energy to the load. A charge management system controller may be configured to control the discharge of energy between the intermediate storage circuit and the power distribution bus circuit during one or more modes. Such a charge management system may enable the power distribution bus circuit to receive energy from the intermediate energy storage circuit before the power bus voltage drops in response to load demand, which may enable the power source to respond to perturbations in the power bus voltage and minimize inrush current from the power source. The system also may be used to soft-start high-power equipment, or absorb energy spikes associated with shut-down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindsay
  • Patent number: 11056983
    Abstract: A power converting device with a high frequency inverter module compensating a low frequency inverter module is for transmitting a direct current voltage to an alternating current load module. The low frequency inverter module is controlled by a low frequency duty ratio. The high frequency inverter module is connected to the low frequency inverter module in parallel and controlled by a high frequency duty ratio. The low frequency inverter module is controlled according to the low frequency duty ratio to generate a first current. The high frequency duty ratio is adjusted according to a low-frequency ripple current. The high frequency inverter module is controlled according to the high frequency duty ratio to generate a second current, and the second current is for compensating ripples of the first current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsai-Fu Wu, Yen-Hsiang Huang, Xin-Ru Huang
  • Patent number: 11038431
    Abstract: A power converter system provides adjustable power to a heater and includes an input rectifier and a full-bridge isolating converter. The input rectifier is configured to rectify a line power having a line energy. The full-bridge isolating converter configured to generate an isolated output voltage based on the rectified line power. The isolated output voltage is electrically isolated from the line energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Keith Ness, Geoffrey Rozek, Stanton H. Breitlow, James Hentges, John Lemke, William Bohlinger, Matthew Yender
  • Patent number: 11038430
    Abstract: An LLCC Secondary Overtone Resonant (LLCC-SOR) power converter obtains dramatically higher efficiency with light loads by providing a resonance in the transformer secondary that is approximately tuned to an odd order overtone of the upper primary switching frequency, an upper frequency limit of the primary switching frequency, and a secondary duty cycle control that engages once the upper primary switching frequency limit is reached. The transformer circuit resonates in an LLCC-SOR mode that regulates the output voltage when the maximum frequency limit is reached. In operation, the gain of the resonant circuit is raised above its regulation point under light loads, forcing the controller into duty cycle mode. The secondary current completes an odd number of oscillations per single oscillation of the primary current, and the primary current returns to near zero after each switching transition. Also, a zero-voltage switching condition is maintained on the primary switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventor: Ciaran Brennan
  • Patent number: 11038421
    Abstract: Timing circuitry causes: a first closed signal on a first switch control output before a signal on a second switch control output changes from a second closed signal to a first open signal; the first switch control output to provide a second open signal after a first selected time after the second switch control output changes from the second closed signal to the first open signal; and a third switch control output to provide a third closed signal a second selected time after the first switch control output changes from the first closed signal to a third open signal. A beginning of the first closed signal to a beginning of the first open signal is based on a later of: a current through a switch connected to the second switch control output exceeding a threshold current; and a clocked time after the beginning of the first closed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Matthew LaBella, Michael G. Amaro, Jeffrey Anthony Morroni
  • Patent number: 11031878
    Abstract: A resonant converter and a manufacturing method of a transformer thereof are provided. The resonant converter includes a full bridge circuit, an element, a first branch circuit, a second branch circuit and a secondary winding. The full bridge circuit includes a first node and a second node. The element includes an inductor or a capacitor. The first branch circuit includes a first primary winding. The second branch circuit includes a second primary winding, and the first and second primary windings have the same turn number. The transformer is constructed by the first and second primary windings and the secondary winding. The first branch circuit, the element and the second branch circuit are sequentially coupled in series between the first and second nodes. The first branch circuit and the second branch circuit are symmetrically located with respect to the element. The first and second branch circuits have the same impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Da Jin, Yahong Xiong, Qinghua Su
  • Patent number: 11018574
    Abstract: A voltage converter includes a switch controller controlling operation of first second transistors to generate an output voltage from an input voltage while suppressing harmonics generated by the operation of the first an second transistors, wherein the first transistor includes an embedded snubber including a first damping resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jehyung Yoon, Dongjin Keum
  • Patent number: 11005391
    Abstract: A drive circuit for an electromagnetic brake is used in a circuit including a motor, a converter converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage to be generated between a pair of DC link buses, and an inverter converting the DC voltage into an AC voltage and driving the motor. A full-bridge circuit has a pair of power supply terminals connected to the pair of DC link buses, and a pair of output terminals connected to the electromagnetic brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Oki
  • Patent number: 11005367
    Abstract: A boost DC-DC switching converter architecture is provided, with a spread spectrum technique working in pulse skip mode, and a fixed frequency clock reference, comprising a high side switch and a low side switch, controlled by a voltage or current mode control loop operating in a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) mode, and having a pulse skip mode. The switching converter comprises an inductor, connected between an input voltage terminal and the high side switch, and also connected to the low-side switch, and a random delay generator, where the random delay generator randomly varies a time for entering, or exiting, or both entering and exiting pulse skip mode, and varies a time where the high side switch is turned off in pulse skip mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Giovanni Tarroboiro, Federico Vincis
  • Patent number: 11005306
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a wireless power transmitter that dynamically adjusts the deadtime to reduce power loss. Specifically, the wireless power transmitter includes a transistor circuit for switching a first voltage at a first node and a second voltage at a second node, and a LC circuit coupled between the first node and the second node. The wireless power transmitter further includes a controller coupled to the transistor circuit. The controller is configured to determine whether either of the first voltage and the second voltage is negative during a deadtime of switching. The controller is configured to increment or decrement the deadtime by an adjustment amount depending on whether negative voltage is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Qi, Gustavo Mehas, Chan Young Jeong, Xinyun Gu, Nicholaus Smith, Amit D. Bavisi, Daryl Sugasawara, Aihua Lee
  • Patent number: 10998809
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion circuit portion which includes a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, a control signal generation portion which generates a control signal for controlling opening and closing of each of the semiconductor switching elements, a plurality of driving portions which drive the semiconductor switching elements, and a first board on which the power conversion circuit portion and the plurality of driving portions are mounted. Each of the driving portions includes a power supply portion which converts AC power-supply power input from outside the first board into DC power-supply power, and a driving signal generation portion which generates a driving signal for driving the semiconductor switching elements from the DC power-supply power in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaya Ueda
  • Patent number: 10998810
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter has a configuration in which a first full-bridge circuit and a second full-bridge circuit are connected via a transformer and an inductor. A control circuit causes output power to follow target power by changing switching frequencies (angular frequencies) of switching elements so that that an inductor current flowing during a dead time of the switching elements becomes larger than or equal to a threshold current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DIAMOND ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Shogo Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10992160
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a charging device, a charging method, a power adapter and a terminal. The device includes: a charging receiving terminal configured to receive a first alternating current; a voltage adjusting circuit, including a first rectifier configured to rectify the first alternating current and output a first voltage with a first ripple waveform, a switch unit configured to modulate the first voltage according to a control signal to obtain a modulated first voltage, a transformer configured to output a plurality of voltages with ripple waveforms according to the modulated first voltage, and a compositing unit configured to composite the plurality of voltages to output a second alternating current; and a central control module configured to output the control signal to the switch unit so as to adjust voltage and/or current of the second alternating current in response to a charging requirement of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Shebiao Chen, Jun Zhang, Chen Tian, Shiming Wan, Jiada Li
  • Patent number: 10992233
    Abstract: A DC to DC power converter is described that includes a transformer, a primary side connected to a primary transformer winding, and a secondary side connected to a secondary transformer winding. The secondary side comprises inductor-capacitor (LC) circuitry at an input, and a plurality of diodes providing uncontrolled rectification. A controller controls switching of the switching circuitry to apply voltage pulses to the primary transformer winding. The voltage pulses are separated by zero-voltage periods. A switching frequency of the switching circuitry is less than the resonant frequency of the LC circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Catalin Gabriel Dincan, Philip Carne Kjær