Abstract: A planar transformer includes: a first primary coil in a first layer of a printed circuit board (PCB); a first secondary coil in one or more second layers in the PCB; and a second secondary coil in the one or more second layers.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first analog-to-digital converter configured to measure a first reference voltage and a third reference voltage. The apparatus also includes a second analog-to-digital converter configured to measure a second reference voltage and a fourth reference voltage. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to calculate a first resistance ratio, and determine a positive high voltage associated with the positive high voltage direct current input signal based, at least in part, on the first resistance ratio. The controller is further configured to calculate a second resistance ratio, and determine a negative high voltage associated with the negative high voltage direct current input signal based, at least in part, on the second resistance ratio.

Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle propulsion may include identifying at least one route characteristic of a portion of a route being traversed by a vehicle and determining a profile for a target vehicle speed based on the at least one route characteristic and a vehicle energy consumption profile. The method may also include, in response to detecting a lead vehicle, determining a vehicle speed of the lead vehicle and determining whether to avoid triggering initiation of the vehicle follow mode by the vehicle propulsion controller based on (i) a distance between the vehicle and a triggering threshold and (ii) the vehicle speed of the vehicle. The method may also include, in response to not triggering vehicle follow mode, determining, based on the vehicle speed of the lead vehicle and the profile for the target vehicle speed, a traveling distance between the vehicle and a trigger threshold.

Abstract: A system includes: a battery charger to convert AC power to DC power to charge a battery, wherein the battery charger includes: an upper switch to condition an input voltage and input current; a lower switch to condition the input voltage and the input current: an upper silicon controlled rectifier (SCR); a lower SCR; and a bulk capacitor.

Abstract: A bus bar assembly includes a first housing; a first bus bar extending through the first housing; a second bus bar extending through the first housing, the second bus bar including a second housing that defines at least one first receiver configured to engage a fastener; and a sensor assembly mounted to the receiver, the sensor assembly including a current sensor positioned between the first bus bar and the second bus bar. The sensor assembly may not include a magnetic core, and the current sensor may be a coreless sensor configured to detect a current through the bus bar assembly.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a first power module including: a first connection; a second connection; a first power switch including a first gate terminal, the first power switch configured to control a first flow of current between the first connection and the second connection based on a first signal to the first gate terminal; and a first point-of-use controller configured to provide the first signal to the first gate terminal to control the first power switch.

Abstract: A heat sink system includes: a container including a cavity; a housing connecting to the container to cover the cavity, wherein one or more of the container or the housing includes an inlet port, and one or more of the container or the housing includes an outlet port; and a cooling module in the cavity between the container and the housing, the cooling module in a flow of coolant from the inlet port to the outlet port, wherein the cooling module includes: first cooling fins with a first cooling fin geometry, and second cooling fins with a second cooling fin geometry, wherein the first cooling fins are upstream of the second cooling fins along the flow of coolant from the inlet port to the outlet port.

Abstract: A clutch arrangement for a hybrid vehicle powertrain including an input shaft to be connected to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, an output shaft for connection to a transmission, a one-way clutch comprising an inner race connected to rotate with the input shaft and an outer race, a coupling hub rotationally coupled with the output shaft, a synchronizer ring arranged between the coupling hub and the one-way clutch, the synchronizer ring cooperating with the outer race of the one-way clutch, and a coupling sleeve unit that is selectively and axially moveable across the coupling hub. The synchronizer ring and the outer race include three positions, a neutral position, a first position, and a second position.

Abstract: A power semiconductor package includes: a first power semiconductor; a cold plate including a floor and a first pedestal extending from the floor, wherein the first pedestal is configured to support the first power semiconductor; a thermal interface material configured to transfer heat from the first power semiconductor to the first pedestal of the cold plate; and a spacer including: a first frame configured to receive at least a portion of the first pedestal, and a second frame configured to receive the thermal interface material; wherein the spacer is configured to provide a uniform thickness of the thermal interface material between the first pedestal of the cold plate and the first power semiconductor.

Abstract: An automotive power package includes a heat sink layer fabricated onto at least one surface of the automotive power package. The heat sink layer includes a material having a thermal conductivity higher than 130 W/m-K and a coefficient of thermal expansion between 5 and 15 ppm/° C.

Abstract: A discrete relay driver circuit that includes a first high side gate drive circuit configured to drive a first high side MOSFET and a second high side gate drive circuit configured to drive a second high side MOSFET. The discrete relay driver circuit also includes a first resistor divider configured to sense voltage from the first high side MOSFET, a second resistor divider configured to sense voltage from the second high side MOSFET, and a first low side gate driver circuit configured to drive a first low side MOSFET. The discrete relay driver circuit also includes a second low side gate driver circuit configured to drive a second low side MOSFET based on a first low side enable signal, and a third low side gate driver circuit configured to drive a third low side MOSFET based on a second low side enable signal.

Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) (4) including an upper surface having one or more electrical terminals (9) thereon, said terminal adapted for connection to corresponding terminal of one or more electrical components, and further including one or more platforms (10) fabricated thereon, said platforms being located adjacent to corresponding component terminals, said platforms being adapted to support an electrical component thereupon, such that a portion of the component overhangs said platform above said corresponding PCB terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first analog-to-digital converter configured to measure a first reference voltage and a third reference voltage. The apparatus also includes a second analog-to-digital converter configured to measure a second reference voltage and a fourth reference voltage. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to calculate a first resistance ratio, and determine a positive high voltage associated with the positive high voltage direct current input signal based, at least in part, on the first resistance ratio. The controller is further configured to calculate a second resistance ratio, and determine a negative high voltage associated with the negative high voltage direct current input signal based, at least in part, on the second resistance ratio.

Abstract: A director plate retainer of a fluid injector includes an outer wall which is annular in shape and which extends from an outer wall first end to an outer wall second end and which is centered about an axis. The director plate retainer also includes a lateral wall which is annular in shape and which extends toward the axis from a radially outer extent, which is proximal to the outer wall, to a radially inner extent, which is distal from the outer wall. The director plate retainer also includes an inner wall which is annular in shape and which extends from an inner wall first end, which is proximal to the lateral wall, to an inner wall second end, which is distal from the lateral wall, the inner wall extending along the axis in a direction that is opposite from the outer wall.

Abstract: A system may include a capacitor for an electronic device of an electric vehicle; a main bus bar; and a capacitor bus bar configured to connect the capacitor to the main bus bar, wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a first portion that is perpendicular to the main bus bar, and wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a second portion that extends from the first portion, that is perpendicular to the first portion, and that is planar with the main bus bar.

Abstract: A system may include a capacitor for an electronic device of an electric vehicle; a main bus bar; and a capacitor bus bar configured to connect the capacitor to the main bus bar, wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a first portion that is perpendicular to the main bus bar, and wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a second portion that extends from the first portion, that is perpendicular to the first portion, and that is planar with the main bus bar.

Abstract: A system for an electric vehicle may include a housing, a cover configured to couple to the housing, the cover including an opening; a capacitor disposed within the housing, wherein the capacitor is mounted directly to the cover; and a heatsink disposed within or adjacent to the opening of the cover, wherein the heatsink is thermally connected to the capacitor.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power to AC power, wherein the inverter includes: a power module including: a first substrate, a second substrate including a source plane and a gate plane separated from the source plane by a full trench, the source plane including a step trench, and the gate plane including an electrical connection through the second substrate to a gate input connection of the power module, a semiconductor die disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the step trench formed in a portion of the source plane corresponding to an edge of the semiconductor die, and the semiconductor die including a gate connected to the gate plane, and a sinter element disposed between the semiconductor die and the second substrate to connect the semiconductor die to the second substrate; a battery; and a motor.

Abstract: A fuel tank isolation valve is provided having a main valve body including a fuel tank port and a canister port, a main bore, and an actuator selectively operable to allow or inhibit vented fuel vapors to move from the first port to the second port along a first path. The body can define an airflow bypass orifice that allows vapors to move from the first port, through the main bore, to the second port along a second path, while the actuator is in the closed mode inhibiting vapors from moving along the first path. This flow through the orifice can equalize pressure in a fuel tank and the canister during a purging operation on the canister. The valve can include a fitting that directly couples the valve to the canister without any intermediate hoses, in a cantilevered manner. A related method of use is provided.

Abstract: A method for underfilling an electronic circuit assembly may include mounting one or more structures to a substrate, mounting one or more spacers to the substrate at one or more positions, respectively, to form one or more passages between the one or more spacers and the one or more structures, dispensing underfill to the one or more passages, and curing the underfill to secure the one or more structures to the substrate. The one or more structures may include one or more dies.