Abstract: With the aim of improving the reliability of a power conversion device for driving a motor, this power conversion device is provided with a rectifying portion for rectifying an AC voltage and outputting a DC voltage, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage, an inverter portion into which the DC voltage is input and which outputs AC power, an inverter drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the inverter portion, a regenerative braking portion connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor, a regenerative braking drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the regenerative braking portion, a control portion for outputting drive signals to the inverter drive portion and the regenerative braking drive portion, a regenerative braking overcurrent detecting portion for outputting an overcurrent detection signal if the current flowing through the regenerative braking portion exceeds a determination value, and a latch portion into which the overcurrent detection signal output from the regenerati

Abstract: A power conversion device comprises: power conversion circuitry for converting DC power into AC power and supplying it into a load according to a switching state quantity defined by combinations among switching parameters of switching devices; a voltage output calculation device for calculating a voltage output value on the power conversion circuitry, based on the switching state quantity; an integration value calculation device for acquiring a voltage reference integration value and a voltage output integration value by integrating a voltage reference value and the calculated voltage output value; a switching update-determination unit for outputting an update signal of the switching state quantity, based on the voltage reference integration value, its allowance value, and the voltage output integration value; and a switching determination table for determining a switching state quantity of the switching devices, based on the voltage reference integration value, the voltage output integration value and the up

Abstract: A controller IC for a resonant switched capacitor converter includes a drive circuit and a frequency controller. The frequency controller controls a switching frequency based on an output voltage of the resonant switched capacitor converter.

Abstract: A short circuit regulating device and a modular multi-level converter comprising the same are disclosed. The short circuit regulating device according to each embodiment of the present disclosure includes an energization block energizably connected to the capacitor assembly and a shorting block contacting or spaced apart from the energization block. Each face of the energization block and the shorting block facing each other is in contact with each other or separated from each other. The shorting block is coupled to the support portion. A cam member is rotatably coupled to the support portion, and an elastic member elastically supports the energization block and the shorting block. Therefore, contact and separation between the energization block and the shorting block can be performed by rotation of the cam member.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a harmonic suppression apparatus, method, control unit, power supply apparatus, electric appliance equipment, and storage medium, wherein the harmonic suppression apparatus includes a tuning circuit module, which is connected with a first live wire and a second live wire of a three-phase power supply and is configured to perform resonance regulation processing; a PI-type resonant filtering circuit module, which is respectively connected with the tuning circuit module and a third live wire of the three-phase power supply and is configured to perform harmonic filtering processing on the first-phase current and the second-phase current processed by the tuning circuit module and a third-phase current; and a rectification circuit module, which is connected with the PI-type resonant filtering circuit module and is configured to perform rectification progressing and power a load.

Abstract: A method for controlling a buck converter is provided. The method includes monitoring an inductor current flowing through an inductor in the buck converter. The method includes controlling the buck converter to operate in a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode with intermittent conduction if the inductor current experiences a plurality of cross-zero periods. The method further includes adjusting a power consumption of a component in the buck converter according to the plurality of cross-zero periods of the inductor current, when the buck converter is operating in the PFM mode.

Abstract: A conversion control circuit controls plural stackable sub-converters which are coupled in parallel to generate an output power to a load, the conversion control circuit includes: a current sharing terminal, wherein a current sharing signal is configured to be connected to the current sharing terminals, in parallel, of the plurality of the conversion control circuits; and a current sharing circuit, configured to generate or receive the current sharing signal which is generated according to an output current of the output power; wherein the conversion control circuit adjusts the power stage circuit according to the current sharing signal for current sharing among the plural stackable sub-converters.

Abstract: Described herein are DC-DC converters with a ratio of the power output to volume of at least 2 kW per liter or even at least 4 kW per liter. Such DC-DC converters can operate at power levels of at least 150 kW or even at least 200 kW. A DC-DC converter comprises an enclosure and a front plate sealed against the enclosure using a set of fasteners. The DC-DC converter also comprises a converter unit comprising a switching sub-module, a diode sub-module, and an inductor as well as an additional converter unit comprising an additional switching sub-module, an additional diode sub-module, and an additional inductor. The switching sub-module and the additional switching sub-module or, more generally, the converter unit and the additional converter unit are configured to operate out of phase. The inductors are immersed cooled, the switching sub-modules are conductively cooled, while the diode sub-modules are convectively cooled.

Abstract: An adaptive-bias metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first MOS device, and a second MOS device. The first MOS device generally may have a first width and a first gate length. The second MOS device generally may have a second width and a second gate length. The first terminal may be connected to a first source terminal of the first MOS device and a second source terminal of the second MOS device. The second terminal may be connected to a first drain terminal of the first MOS device, a first gate terminal of the first MOS device, and a second gate terminal of the second MOS device. The third terminal may be connected to a second drain terminal of the second MOS device. The first MOS device and the second MOS device are generally configured to operate in a sub-threshold operating region.

Abstract: PFC converters. One example is a method of operating a power converter, the method comprising: charging a first-phase inductance of a first boost converter, and then discharging the first-phase inductance, the charging and discharging defines a first switching period of the first boost converter; asserting, during the first switching period, a sync-two signal based on a duration of a prior switching period of the first boost converter and an offset value; asserting, during the first switching period, a valley-two signal when current through a second-phase inductance of a second boost converter reaches a predetermined valley current; responsive to the assertion of the sync-two signal and the valley-two signal, charging the second-phase inductance, and then discharging the second-phase inductance; and responsive to relative timing of the assertion of the sync-two signal and assertion of the valley-two signal, modifying the offset value.

Abstract: One variation of a system for regulating power output of multiple solar substrings includes: a set of solar substrings and a power regulator. The power regulator includes: a power supply; an adder; a modulation signal generator; a de-modulator; and an integrator. The power supply is configured to receive an input voltage from the set of solar substrings. The adder is configured to modify a voltage gain of the input voltage at the power supply. The modulation signal generator is coupled to the adder and configured to generate an oscillating power signal at the power supply. The de-modulator is configured to de-modulate the oscillating power signal output from the power supply. The first integrator: is coupled to the de-modulator and the adder; and configured to define voltage gain step at the power supply based on a DC signal component output from the de-modulator.

Abstract: A power converter includes semiconductor modules, a capacitor, a circuit board, a casing, a busbar and a shield layer. The capacitor is electrically connected to the semiconductor modules. The casing accommodates the circuit board, the semiconductor modules and the capacitor. The busbar has an input terminal portion, an output terminal portion and an electric pathway connecting the input terminal portion and the output terminal portion. The electric pathway is connected to at least one of electronic components including the semiconductor modules and the capacitor. The busbar has a built-in portion incorporated into the casing. The shield layer is electrically conductive and provided on an inner surface or an outer surface of the casing such that the shield layer covers the built-in portion.

Abstract: An inverter with a rated power of at least 3 kVA includes a first assembly which includes a first printed circuit board and a DC/AC converter stage, and a second assembly which includes a second printed circuit board and an EMC filter for the DC/AC converter stage. The first printed circuit board is mounted on a heat sink and lies substantially flat on the heat sink, and the DC/AC converter stage has converter components which comprise power semiconductors, chokes and link circuit capacitors. The chokes and the link circuit capacitors are arranged together on one side of the first printed circuit board, and the heat sink is arranged on the opposite side of the first printed circuit board, and the chokes and/or the power semiconductors are thermally connected to the heat sink via the first printed circuit board and a thermally conductive material arranged between the first printed circuit board and the heat sink.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exemplary three-phase multi-tap balancing distribution transformer capable of operation with both balanced and unbalanced loads and that provides a wide range of incremental voltages to compensate for the varying voltage drops and imbalances as the attached conductor length increases and allows users the ability to incrementally and independently adjust the voltage specifically feeding a specific phase. Incremental adjustment is achieved via the transformer and without any fragile or other external devices or components between the power source and load-side equipment terminals. The transformer, through the use of at least one phase-specific tap-change switch is capable of directly controlling the secondary voltage of the applicable phase independently from the other phases and, thus, does not affect the voltage on the other phases.

Abstract: One or more aspects of the techniques and designs described herein may be implemented to provide (e.g., to design, produce, etc.) improved voltage dividers (e.g., more accurate and efficient resistor voltage divider networks). For example, the present disclosure may enable voltage dividers (e.g., resistor voltage divider networks) with a high ratio, such as with a voltage divider ratio K on the order of 100 or more, using a plurality of nominally-identical resistor elements (e.g., such that a significant portion of non-ideal behaviors cancel out and remaining non-ideal behaviors are reduced by statistical averaging). For instance, accurate resistor voltage divider networks may be designed and built using an input resistor having N nominally-identical resistor elements in series and an output resistor having M such resistor elements in parallel. In some examples, an operational amplifier may also be coupled in parallel to the multiplicity of M resistor element strings.

Abstract: A method for an auxiliary device of an auxiliary resonant commutated pole inverter (ARCPI) to determine a boosting time of the ARCPI is provided. The auxiliary device includes an auxiliary switch path that uses a resonant inductor with at least one saturable inductor. The method includes: calculating, by a processor of the auxiliary device, a first boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on a theoretical resonance inductance and a voltage that are applied to the resonant inductor; determining, by the processor, a second boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on a look-up table; and determining, by the processor, the boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on the first boosting time and the second boosting time. The method further includes controlling, by the processor, boosting current of the ARCPI based on the boosting time in the auxiliary switch path.

Abstract: A fly-back converter and method of operating is provided to eliminate cross-conduction between a power-switch (PS) on a primary side of a transformer and a synchronous-rectifier (SR) on a secondary side when operating in continuous conduction mode. Generally, the method includes turning on the SR when a drain voltage of the SR drops to a negative voltage followed by a rise in the SR-drain-voltage at a first slope as a current is drawn from the secondary side of the transformer through the SR. When the PS is turned on before the transformer is completely discharged cross-conduction causes a change in the rise of the drain voltage to a second slope greater than the first slope. By turning off the SR within 50 ns of the change in the rise of the drain voltage, cross-conduction is minimized or eliminated without receiving turn-on information from a controller operating the PS.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a power converter. The power converter may include: a converter for converting between a first electrical voltage and a second electrical voltage; a common mode filter having a common mode transformer; and a second winding connected to a frequency-selective passive damping circuit arranged on a common core. The common mode transformer has at least two first windings arranged in the same direction on the common core and coupled in series into electrical conductors connected to the converter device.

Abstract: In discharging of electric power in a smoothing capacitor arranged between a battery and an inverter provided with three-phase power modules, a control circuit alternately and periodically switches between all-phase upper on control and all-phase lower on control. With a power module in which a current flows in a direction from a motor toward the inverter among the three-phase power modules being defined as a negative current module and a power module in which a current flows in a direction from the inverter toward the motor being defined as a positive current module, during a period during which switching between all-phase lower on control and all-phase upper on control is made, the control circuit performs, for a prescribed time period, discharging processing for setting the negative current module to the lower on state and for setting the positive current module to the upper on state.

Abstract: A soft-switching Phase-Shift Full-Bridge (PSFB) converter system may include a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side. Phase-leading circuitry and phase-lagging circuitry may be located on the primary side of the transformer. The phase leading a phase lagging circuitry may include one or more bridge switches. The system may further include clamping circuitry coupled to the secondary side of the transformer. The clamping circuitry configurable to, when in an active clamping mode, short the secondary side of the transformer. An inductance may be included on the primary side of the transformer to collect and store energy from an input source when the secondary side of the transformer is shorted. The energy stored in the inductance may be used to enable soft-switching of the bridge switches in the phase-lagging circuitry during a dead time or a circulating time of the bridge switches in the phase-leading circuitry.