Abstract: A control method in use of a flyback power converter is disclosed to provide an operation power source supplying power to a power controller controlling a main power switch. The flyback power converter has a transformer with a primary winding and an auxiliary winding. The main power switch and the primary winding are connected in series. A chopper switch and a buffer inductor are connected in series between the auxiliary winding and the power controller. The power controller turns ON the main power switch for an ON time to energize the transformer, and turns ON the chopper switch for at least a time period during the ON time, so that during the time period the buffer inductor conducts an induced current flowing from the auxiliary winding and through the chopper switch, to build up the operation power source.

Abstract: A drive motor for a suction device (400) or a machine tool in the form of a hand-held power tool (200, 300) or a semi-stationary machine tool. The drive motor (20, 120) has a stator (80) with an excitation coil assembly (86) and a rotor (40, 140) with a motor shaft (30, 130) which is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis (D) on the stator or relative to the stator (80) by means of a bearing assembly (24A) and which passes through a shaft through-opening (42, 142) of a laminated core (41, 141) held on the motor shaft (30, 130). The rotor (40, 140) has a magnet assembly (50) with at least one permanent magnet such that the rotor (40, 140) can be rotated about the rotational axis (D) by energizing the excitation coil assembly (86).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an armature winding of a rotating electrical machine, the armature winding being a 3-phase 6 or more even-number pole two-layer wound armature winding. The armature winding includes three or more parallel circuits provided in each phase, an individual coil constituting each of the circuits being connected by wave winding, each circuit being arranged so that phase belts respectively overlap phase belts of “number of poles/2” in the circuits on both adjacent sides, and the phase belts being arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction in each circuit.

Abstract: An actuator for generating vibration, including a shaft; a middle supporter having a fitting portion fitted into an upper portion of the shaft and a support portion below the fitting portion to form a first space where a lower portion of the shaft is exposed; a circuit board having a driving coil and a hollow formed through the middle supporter; a housing having an inner space that accommodates the middle supporter and the circuit board so the circuit board is fixed thereto; a first yoke plate having a first magnet installed to face an upper surface of the driving coil and coupled to an upper portion of the middle supporter; a second yoke plate having a second magnet installed to face a lower surface of the driving coil and coupled to a lower portion of the middle supporter; and a weight installed to at least one of the yoke plates.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus, comprising at least one circuit board having thereon at least a first single phase power factor controlled (PFC) circuit, and a second PFC corrected circuit, the first single phase PFC circuit and the second PFC corrected circuit each having at least one PFC device in communication with at least one inverter, at least one resonant (LC) circuit positioned on the at least one circuit board and in electrical communication with at least one of the first single phase PFC circuit and the second PFC corrected circuit, at least one transformer in communication with at least one of the first single phase PFC circuit and the second PFC corrected circuit via the at least one LC resonant circuit, the at least one transformer configured to generate at least one transformer output signal, and at least one capacitor in communication with the at least one transformer and configured to output at least one magnetron input signal in response to the at least one transformer output signal, and at least o

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a motor includes a rotor that is rotatable about a center axis line and a stator that is disposed on a radial outside of the rotor. The stator includes a winding portion including a plurality of conductor connection bodies in which a plurality of conductors are connected in series and a stator core in which a plurality of slots through which the conductor connection body passes are provided. The winding portion includes a neutral point portion located on one side in the axial direction of the stator core, ends of the three conductor connection bodies being electrically connected to the neutral point portion. The neutral point portion includes two connection portions to which two of different combinations of the ends of the three conductor connection bodies are connected.

Abstract: Provided is a power conversion system that can suppress a fault in a short-circuiting switch that bypasses a fault unit and enhance the reliability and redundancy of the system. The power conversion system is provided with a plurality of power converter units that are formed by using semiconductor switch elements and are connected in series, and comprises: switch elements that are provided to input terminals and/or output terminals of the power converter units and bypass the power converter units; and overvoltage suppressing elements which are connected in parallel with the switch elements and in which conducting states are changed by an application of a prescribed voltage.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a rectifier. The rectifier may include: a rectifier circuit formed with current valves with microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches; and a switching controller driving the MEMS switches to switch and open. The switching controller opens the MEMS switches when a voltage feeding the rectifier falls below a minimum distance from a zero voltage.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to parallel 3-level inverter without midpoint connection. The parallel 3-level inverter includes a plurality of parallel converters coupled in parallel between a common DC bus and a common AC output, wherein each of the plurality of parallel converters comprises a midpoint and the midpoints of the plurality of parallel converters are disconnected from each other.

Abstract: A power converter converts a medium-voltage output from a solar module to an appropriate voltage to power a solar tracker system. The power converter includes a voltage divider having at least two legs, a first semiconductor switch subassembly coupled in parallel with a first leg of the voltage divider, and a second semiconductor switch subassembly coupled in parallel with a second leg of the voltage divider. The power converter may be a unidirectional or a bidirectional power converter. In implementations, the signals for driving the semiconductor switches of the first and second semiconductor switch subassemblies may be shifted out of phase from each other. In implementations, if the bus voltages to the semiconductor switches are not balanced, the pulse width of the driving signal of the semiconductor switch supplied with the higher bus voltage is decreased for at least one cycle.

Abstract: A stator for an electric motor according to the present disclosure includes a stator core having a plurality of slots and teeth, and a stator coil wound via the plurality of slots, wherein the stator coil includes a plurality of hairpins inserted into the plurality of slots and connected in series with one another, wherein the plurality of hairpins is spaced apart from one another by a partial discharge suppression distance to suppress partial discharge between adjacent hairpins, wherein a partial discharge suppression distance between hairpins with a high voltage distribution ratio is farther than a partial discharge suppression distance between hairpins with a low voltage distribution ratio when power is applied to the stator coil. This may result in suppressing reduction of lifespan of the stator coil due to the partial discharge of the hairpins.

Abstract: A core used in an axial-gap rotating electric device includes an annular back yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding in an axial direction that is perpendicular to a first flat surface of the back yoke. The plurality of teeth are provided on the first flat surface at intervals in a circumferential direction. The back yoke and the teeth are constituted of an integrally-molded powder compact. A first curved section that connects a peripheral surface of each tooth and the first flat surface of the back yoke is provided at a corner between the tooth and the back yoke. The first curved section has a curvature radius ranging between 0.2 mm and 1.5 mm inclusive.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for multi-level inverters. A hybrid binary cascaded multilevel inverter (BCMLI) is discussed that includes a plurality of H-bridge cells connected in a cascaded formation. DC input voltages of some of the H-bridge cells are provided by DC voltage sources. But inputs of other H-bridge cells coupled with capacitors instead. The H-bridge cells are operated to provide an AC output voltage at the output terminals of the inverter. One or more floating capacitor voltage controllers are used to vary one or more switching instances of the H-bridge cells such that a desirable level or charge is maintained across the one or more capacitors coupled with the input terminals of the H-bridge cells.

Abstract: A converter circuit converts AC electric power into DC power. An inverter circuit converts the DC power into AC power. A capacitor is connected in parallel to each of the converter circuit and the inverter circuit between these circuits. The capacitor allows variation of an output voltage from the converter circuit, and absorbs variation of an output voltage from the inverter circuit due to a switching operation. An overvoltage protection circuit includes a resistor and a semiconductor element connected in series to each other. The overvoltage protection circuit is connected in parallel to the capacitor to protect the inverter circuit from an overvoltage. First and second control units respectively control the inverter circuit and the overvoltage protection circuit.

Abstract: The coil winding has an electrical conductor for an electrical machine and includes at least two layers. The electrical conductor, following its longitudinal extension, runs inwardly wound in a first of the at least two layers, and then extends to a second of the at least two layers and runs outwardly wound in the second layer. The electrical machine includes at least one such coil winding. The hybrid electric aircraft is in particular an airplane and includes such an electrical machine and/or at least one such coil winding.

Abstract: This power conversion device has: a main breaker and a main electromagnetic contactor connected to a main power supply; a converter body having a switching element; a power supply-side reactor and a device body-side reactor connected to the main electromagnetic contactor; a current detector; a smoothing capacitor; a DC voltage detector that detects a voltage of the smoothing capacitor; a control unit; and accessories. The accessories have: a power-supply phase detection transformer that detects the phase and the amplitude of a power supply voltage; a current limiting resistor that suppresses rush current to the smoothing capacitor at an initial turning-on stage of the main power supply; an electromagnetic contactor which is for turning on current limiting operation and which connects the current limiting resistor and the main power supply; and a filter circuit that removes current ripples caused by switching of the switching element.

Abstract: A system includes a load and a switching converter coupled to the load. The switching converter includes at least one switching module and an output inductor coupled to a switch node of each switching module. The switching converter also includes a controller coupled to each switching module, where the controller is configured to adjust a pulse clock rate and a switch on-time for each switching module. The controller comprises a pulse truncation circuit configured to detect a voltage overshoot condition and to truncate an active switch on-time pulse in response to the detected voltage overshoot condition.

Abstract: The resonant tank circuit (102) comprises: a transformer (T); a primary circuit (M1); and a secondary circuit (M2); wherein the transformer (T) and the primary and secondary circuits (M1, M2) are designed to operate in a forward mode and in a reverse mode; and wherein the transformer (T) and the primary and secondary circuits (M1, M2) have, at a resonant frequency (FR), a forward gain (GF(FR)), respectively a reverse gain (GR(FR)), essentially independent of the load, when operating in the forward mode, respectively the reverse mode. The primary and secondary circuits (M1, M2) are different one from another and the forward gain (GF(FR)) and the reverse gain (GR(FR)) at the resonant frequency (FR) are essentially equal to one another, notably to within 5%.

Abstract: An inverter circuit receives an AC input signal and uses at least two bidirectional switches between the input terminals and a junction node to perform the electrical inversion function. A resonant circuit is formed by a primary side inductor between the junction node and a second node and a capacitor arrangement between the second node and the input terminals.

Abstract: A split DC (Direct Current) bus inverter architecture includes a positive DC bus, a negative DC bus, and a neutral node. It further includes a split phase output. A first output of a DC-DC converter is connected to the neutral node and a second output of the DC-DC converter is connected to one of the positive DC bus or the negative DC bus.