Patents Examined by Fred E Finch, III
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Patent number: 12288981Abstract: A surge protecting circuit is provided. A first stage filter circuit is connected to an alternating current (AC) source. A surge detection driver circuit is connected to a first stage filter circuit. A first snubber circuit is connected to the AC source. A first terminal of a first power switch is connected to the first snubber circuit. A control terminal of the first power switch is connected to the surge detection driver circuit. A first terminal of a second power switch is connected to a second snubber circuit. A second terminal of the second power switch is connected to an output terminal of the surge protecting circuit. A control terminal of the second power switch is connected to the surge detection driver circuit. A multi-stage filter circuit is connected to a second terminal of the first power switch and the second snubber circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Chih-Yun Lin, Chih-Hsing Chen
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Patent number: 12283884Abstract: The present disclosure refers to direct current-to-direct current (DC-DC) converters and power supplies including the same. In an embodiment, a DC-DC converter includes a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, a fourth capacitor coupled to a second node, and an inductor-capacitor (LC) filter coupled to a third node. The first switching circuit includes a first transistor coupled between a first capacitor and an input node, a second transistor coupled between the first capacitor and a second capacitor, a third transistor coupled between a first node and a third capacitor, and a fourth transistor coupled between the third capacitor and a ground node. The second switching circuit includes a fifth transistor coupled between the second capacitor and the third capacitor, a sixth transistor and a seventh transistor coupled between the first capacitor and the third capacitor, and an eighth transistor coupled between the first capacitor and the ground node.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Sungmin Yoo, Minsu Kim, Hyungmin Lee, Taehwang Kong, Junhyeok Yang, Woojoong Jung
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Patent number: 12278555Abstract: A controller for an AC-DC converter including a rectifier circuit that converts AC input voltage into DC output voltage uses control logic to control the rectifier circuit according to two or more operating modes. Each operating mode determines a gain of the rectifier circuit. The controller selects an operating mode from the two or more operating modes based on at least one of an AC input voltage value and a required DC output voltage value. The AC-DC converter provides a wide range of DC output voltage with power factor correction. The controller may be used with AC-DC converter topologies such as boost converter, isolated boost converter, PWM converter, LLC resonant converter, and LCC resonant converter.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Queen's University at KingstonInventors: Yan-Fei Liu, Binghui He, Yang Chen, Bo Sheng, Wenbo Liu
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Patent number: 12278480Abstract: The system proposed in this invention allows the conversion of energy from an AC/DC source, located on a platform (surface) and transmitted through an umbilical to a robot that operates on flexible lines, converting the electrical voltage to levels suitable for supplying the robotic system, and can also be used for supplying other pieces of equipment that operate with low voltage and require power high-density and protection against voltage transients. The system of the invention consists of a surface source (2), fed by the platform's three-phase grid (1), an umbilical cable (3), which connects the source to the robot, an overvoltage protection circuit (4), and a two-stage conversion modular system (5 and 6).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignees: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS, SERVIÇO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAGEM INDUSTRIAL DEPARTAMENTO REGIONAL DE SANTA CATARINA—SENAI/SCInventors: Hugo Francisco Lisboa Santos, Leonardo Sostmeyer Mai, Renato Ferreira Simão, Willian Henrique, Anselmo Luís Da Silva, Jr., Ney Robinson Salvi Dos Reis, Fabrizio Piccoli Maziero
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Patent number: 12279403Abstract: The present application provides a power supply system for supplying power to network device, comprising power supply module, housing, and stereoscopic accommodating space therebetween. The power supply module without a fan comprises: a primary circuit comprising at least one primary switch and configured to receive AC input voltage and convert the AC input voltage into a first voltage; a transformer comprising primary and secondary windings and configured to convert the first voltage into a second voltage, the primary winding is coupled to the primary circuit; and a secondary circuit comprising at least one secondary switch and configured to convert the second voltage into a DC output voltage for the network device, the secondary circuit is coupled to the secondary winding, the secondary switch adopts SMT package, and power density of the power supply module is 60 W/inch3 or more. The stereoscopic accommodating space is filled with liquid coolant for cooling.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kai Dong, Yong Huang, Zhongwei Ke, Jinfa Zhang
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Patent number: 12273018Abstract: A power supply circuit configured to generate an output voltage at a target level from an input voltage thereof. The power supply circuit includes a wiring configured to receive the input voltage, a variable resistor provided between the wiring and a predetermined node, a voltage generation circuit configured to apply a voltage at a predetermined level to the predetermined node based on a current from the variable resistor, an output circuit configured to output the output voltage at the target level, in response to the voltage at the predetermined level being applied to the predetermined node, and an adjustment circuit configured to increase a resistance value of the variable resistor in response to a predetermined time period having elapsed since starting of generation of the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Masashi Akahane
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Patent number: 12267001Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a high-voltage power supply device outputs a high voltage of both positive and negative polarities in a switchable manner and includes: a first voltage generation unit; a second voltage generation unit; a first discharging diode connected to the first voltage generation unit; a second discharging diode connected to a the second voltage generation; a first output circuit connected including a first switch and a protective resistor connected in series to each other; a second output circuit including a second switch and a protective resistor connected in series to each other; an output capacitor connected in parallel to a load; a controller controlling the voltage generation units and opening/closing operations of the switches; limitation units configured to limit a time rate of change of a voltage between ends of the a respective switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Haruki Osa
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Patent number: 12265408Abstract: A power circuit includes a plurality of regulators and a plurality of in-rush current controllers. The plurality of regulators is coupled to an external power voltage and configured to adjust a level of an input voltage to generate a plurality of internal power voltages. The plurality of in-rush current controllers is configured to provide the input voltage to the plurality of regulators, the input voltage corresponding to an increasement voltage. The increasement voltage has a level rising at a preset rate until the plurality of internal power voltages all reach a target level.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Suk Hwan Choi, Chan Keun Kwon, Jin Yeop Kim, Chan Hui Jeong
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Patent number: 12261523Abstract: In a switching power supply, a rectifying circuit outputs a first voltage. A switching circuit switches the first voltage into a switching voltage. An output circuit generates a second voltage based on the switching voltage. A feedback circuit generates the feedback signal based on the first and second voltages, and includes a carrier wave generation circuit that generates a carrier wave. The carrier wave has a non-linear shape at its rising edge and/or falling edge. A PWM circuit generates a PWM signal based on a comparison between the first voltage and a voltage of the carrier wave. Due to the non-linear shape, as the first voltage is higher, a pulse width of the PWM signal is changeable more greatly based on a change in the first voltage. A low-pass filter generates the feedback signal based on the PWM signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Masao Noro, Yoshiro Miyake
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Patent number: 12255530Abstract: A method for controlling an LLC resonance converter controls a converter through the steps of detecting parameter values related to operation of the converter, determining a switching duty of the converter on the basis of the detected parameter values, and controlling the converter with the determined switching duty to improve nonlinearity of a gain curve of the converter, thereby reducing output current ripples and achieving low-gain output.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hui Sung Jang, Dong Gyun Woo, Chul Soon Kim, Jee Heon Kim, Sung Uk Park
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Patent number: 12249900Abstract: A control circuit, a control chip and a power supply device are disclosed by the present invention. The control circuits are used for control of a constant-voltage closed-loop which causes a voltage of a voltage feedback signal obtained from an output voltage to approach a voltage of a reference voltage signal obtained from a base voltage and thereby achieves a constant-voltage output. In addition, when a sampled current obtained from an output current is higher than a predetermined current, or when output power is higher than a predetermined power, the control circuit increases the voltage feedback signal or decreases the reference voltage signal, causing the constant-voltage closed loop to decrease the output voltage and the output current and thereby achieving a limited output current and limited output power.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanmei Guo, Zhen Zhu, Yuehui Li, Yihui Chen, Xiaoru Gao, Haifeng Miao, Rulong Jiang
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Patent number: 12249827Abstract: The invention relates to a converter assembly comprising at least two converters (7, 7?) and a control unit (1) connected to the converters (7, 7?), wherein the control unit (1) is designed, continuously or at discrete time intervals, to transmit to the converters (7, 7?) their permissible electrical power range, in particular their minimum power value Pmin and/or their maximum power value Pmax, to determine the current power balance of the individual converters (7, 7?) or to receive it from same, and to adjust the permissible electrical power range of the converters (7, 7?) in such a way that the power balance of the entire converter assembly does not leave a predefined range. The invention also relates to a method for operating a converter assembly of this type.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: AVL List GmbHInventors: Erwin Reisinger, Martin Schmidt
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Patent number: 12249828Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device that can be realized with a small circuit and is capable of stably converting AC power inputted from a three-phase power source system into DC power. In a power conversion device: an output terminal of a common converter cell in a J-numbered stage is connected, together with output terminals of common converter cells of the other two phases, to common lines; an output terminal of an independent converter cell in a K-numbered stage is connected to independent lines independently of converter cells of the other two phases; and a plurality of switches comprise a common switch for switching the connection relationship between the common lines and DC buses, and an independent switch for switching the connection relationship between the independent lines and DC buses.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Akihiko Kanouda
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Patent number: 12244150Abstract: An electric power supply apparatus for a user device, in particular for steel industry applications, that includes means for connection to an electricity grid for supplying a mains voltage and a mains current, and at least one electric line for connecting the electricity grid to the user device, wherein the electric line includes one or more electric apparatuses located between the electricity grid and the user device.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: DANIELI AUTOMATION S.P.A.Inventors: Antonello Mordeglia, Roberto Molteni
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Patent number: 12242291Abstract: The disclosure is directed to the use of an externally-supplied control current to control the adjustment of an internal supply voltage generated via voltage regulator circuitry, which may be identified with an integrated circuit (IC) chip. The configuration of the voltage regulator circuitry functions to establish a linear relationship between the control current and the internal voltage supply. This configuration enables setting the control current to a predetermined value, causing the supply voltage to deviate in a predictable and controllable manner, and thus facilitating verification of the IC chip's internal voltage supply test circuitry. Furthermore, because the control current used for this purpose is relatively small (e.g. on the order of microamps), existing on chip test architecture, which may accommodate such low level currents, may be re-used for the selective routing of the control current for such IC testing.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Veikko Summa, Manfred Bresch
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Patent number: 12237666Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhuoyan Li, Liqiang Zhu, Jiqing Yang, Lieyi Fang
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Patent number: 12212221Abstract: This application discloses a power electronic transformer wherein each phase includes a plurality of power conversion modules. Each power conversion module includes a rectifier AC/DC circuit, a direct current bus capacitor, and a direct current-direct current DC/DC circuit. In each power conversion module, an output end of the AC/DC circuit is connected to an input end of the DC/DC circuit; the direct current bus capacitor is connected in parallel to the output end of the AC/DC circuit; and input ends of all the AC/DC circuits are connected in series, and output ends of all the DC/DC circuits are connected in parallel. The power electronic transformer includes a relatively small quantity of power conversion modules, thereby reducing occupied space and costs.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhuyong Huang, Xiaofei Zhang, Peng Shuai
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Patent number: 12212241Abstract: A system for generating a plurality of switch control signals of a multiphase power converter may include a plurality of inputs, each input of the plurality of inputs configured to receive a respective control signal for controlling a respective phase of the multiphase power converter, and a plurality of control paths comprising a control path for each respective control signal, each control path configured to, for its respective control signal, control a switching period of the respective control signal for such control path based on a measure of alignment among the respective control signal for such control path and the other respective control signals of the other control paths.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Lawrence, Graeme G. Mackay
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Grid-connected control method and system for grid-forming converter without grid-side voltage sensor
Patent number: 12206248Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to the field of power electronics technologies, and provides a grid-connected control method and system for a grid-forming converter without a grid-side voltage sensor. The grid-connected control method includes: performing coordinate transformation on a phase of a three-phase capacitor voltage sampled by a phase-locked loop (PLL) to obtain a first phase; in response to control of a first pulse width modulation (PWM) pulse signal, introducing a reference phase, and performing negative feedback regulation on a difference between the reference phase and the first phase to obtain a second phase; and in response to control of a second PWM pulse signal, performing a modulo operation on a difference between the reference phase and the second phase to obtain a third phase, where the third phase is used to replace a phase of the PLL to perform coordinate transformation of a system.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Shandong UniversityInventors: Jingyang Fang, Wenrui Li, Wenjia Si, Tao Xu, Feng Gao -
Patent number: 12199519Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus. The method includes detecting an operating state of a current source converter that comprises a current source rectifier (1), a current source inverter (2), and an inductor circuit (3) connected between an output (p, n) of the current source rectifier (1) and an input (q, r) of the current source inverter (2); and dependent on the detected operating state, operating the current source converter in a first operating mode or a second operating mode. Operating the current source converter in the first operating mode comprises operating the current source rectifier (1) in a 2/3 mode and operating the current source inverter in a 3/3 mode, and operating the current source converter in the second operating mode comprises operating the current source inverter (2) in the 2/3 mode and operating the current source rectifier in the 3/3 mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Daifei Zhang, Jonas Emanuel Huber, Johann Walter Kolar, Neha Nain