Patents Examined by Htet Z Kyaw
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Patent number: 11641156Abstract: A method for controlling a fault of a three phase four wire interlinking converter system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises obtaining a first d-q-o coordinate plane based on an internal phase angle of output voltage produced from each phase of an inverter; converting the first d-q-o coordinate plane to a second d-q-o coordinate plane based on the o-axis configured differently from the first d-q-o coordinate plane; obtaining an output voltage vector for determining a fault location by performing d-q transform on the second d-q-o coordinate plane; determining occurrence of a fault and an area related to the fault based on the output voltage vector; and in the occurrence of the fault, allocating a zero voltage vector to the area related to the fault.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Chung Yuen Won, Kwang Su Na, Mi Na Kim, Bong Yeon Choi, Kyoung Min Kang, Hoon Lee, Chang Gyun An, Tae Gyu Kim, Jun Sin Yi
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Patent number: 11637503Abstract: A frequency converter adapted to be connected to another frequency converter via a direct current bus is provided. The frequency converter comprises: a positive bus interface adapted to be interconnected with a positive bus interface of the other frequency converter; an external bleeder resistor interface adapted to be interconnected with an external bleeder resistor interface of the other frequency converter; and a first control logic which controls a parallel connection, between the frequency converter and the other frequency converter and realized by a direct current bus, to be turned on or off. A corresponding frequency converter assembly, a control method, and a computer readable storage medium are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Ya Jun Zhou
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Patent number: 11611283Abstract: A switching power supply unit includes: a transformer; an inverter circuit including first to fourth switching devices, first to third capacitors, first and second rectifying devices, a resonant inductor, and a resonant capacitor; and a driver. The first to fourth switching devices are coupled in series. The first and second capacitors are coupled in series. The first rectifying device is disposed between a first connection point between the first and second capacitors and a second connection point between the first and second switching devices. The second rectifying device is disposed between the first connection point and a third connection point between the third and fourth switching devices. The third capacitor is disposed between the second and third connection points. The resonant capacitor, the resonant inductor, and a primary winding are coupled in series between a fourth connection point between the second and third switching devices and the first connection point.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiko Hirokawa, Xiaofeng Wu, Naoyuki Ishibashi
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Patent number: 11606023Abstract: A discharge device is provided. The discharge device discharges an internal power of an electronic device. The discharge device includes a voltage regulation circuit, a charge storage circuit, a control signal generator and a discharge path. The voltage regulation circuit regulates the internal power to a regulated power. The charge storage circuit stores the regulated power. The control signal generator is configured to receive the regulated power and an external power, enabled according to the regulated power, and generating a control signal in response to a voltage level of the external power. The discharge path is configured to receive the internal power, and turned on according to the control signal to discharge the internal power.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventor: Ying-Ting Ma
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Patent number: 11571570Abstract: A power control circuit for use with devices that will be placed in a flammable sterilizing gas includes a bi-stable switch that is configured to produce an output to place the circuitry of a connected device in a run state or a sleep state. The bi-stable switch controls one or more transistors to drain energy from energy storage devices in the circuitry of the connected device to a level below an ignition level of a sterilizing gas. A remotely actuatable switch can be actuated from outside of a packaging in which the power control circuit is placed to cause the bi-stable switch to produce an output that puts the circuitry in the run state without removing the power control circuit from the packaging.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Nevro Corp.Inventor: Bret Foreman
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Patent number: 11557961Abstract: A multi-phase interleaved PFC converter includes at least six switches coupled in a multi-phase interleaved circuit arrangement, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to turn on and turn off a first one of the switches according to a PWM signal to operate the first switch as an active switch having an off-time as a function of a duty cycle of the PWM signal, while turning on and turning off a second one of the switches as a synchronous switch. The control circuit is also configured to receive signal(s) indicative of currents in each phase of the interleaved circuit arrangement, set an on-time of the second switch equal to the off-time of the first switch when the signal(s) indicate continuous mode operation, and set the on-time of the second switch to a duration less than the off-time of the first switch when the signal(s) indicate discontinuous mode operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Astec International LimitedInventors: Zhihua Gu, Siu Chik Wong, Kim Ly Kha
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Patent number: 11558030Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator may include: a substrate; a resonance portion; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode in the resonance portion; a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric portion in the resonance portion; and a seed layer disposed in a lower portion of the first electrode. The seed layer may be formed of titanium (Ti) having a hexagonal close packed (HCP) structure, or an alloy of Ti having the HCP structure. The seed layer may have a thickness greater than or equal to 300 ? and less than or equal to 1000 ?, or may be thinner than the first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Ran Hee Shin, Jin Suk Son, Je Hong Kyoung
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Patent number: 11552547Abstract: A resonant switching power converter includes: at least one capacitor; switches coupled to the at least one capacitor; at least one charging inductor; at least one discharging inductor; and a zero current estimation circuit. The switches switch electrical connection relationships of capacitors according to an operation signal. The zero current estimation circuit estimates a time point at which a charging resonant current is zero during a charging process and/or estimate a time point at which a discharging resonant current is zero during at least one discharging process according to voltage differences across two ends of the charging inductor and/or the discharging inductor, so as to correspondingly generate a zero current estimation signal. The zero current estimation signal is adopted to generate the operation signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kuo-Chi Liu, Ta-Yung Yang, Chung-Lung Pai
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Patent number: 11545955Abstract: A micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) guided wave device includes a single crystal piezoelectric layer and at least one guided wave confinement structure configured to confine a laterally excited wave in the single crystal piezoelectric layer. A bonded interface is provided between the single crystal piezoelectric layer and at least one underlying layer. A multi-frequency device includes first and second groups of electrodes arranged on or in different thickness regions of a single crystal piezoelectric layer, with at least one guided wave confinement structure. Segments of a segmented piezoelectric layer and a segmented layer of electrodes are substantially registered in a device including at least one guided wave confinement structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventor: Kushal Bhattacharjee
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Patent number: 11539212Abstract: This application provides a photovoltaic power generation system. The system includes at least one first photovoltaic module, a photovoltaic inverter, a first two-way DC/DC converter, and at least one first energy storage unit, and further includes at least one second photovoltaic module or at least one second energy storage unit. The photovoltaic inverter includes a DC/DC converter and a DC-AC inverter, where the DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the at least one first photovoltaic module, and the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC-AC inverter through a direct current bus. For the photovoltaic power generation system, photovoltaic arrays and energy storage devices can be configured flexibly to cope with peaks and troughs of power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Fei Xu, Yongbing Gao, Guoping Fan
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Patent number: 11532940Abstract: A method can be used to synchronize time between nodes of a converter device for high voltage power conversion. The method is performed in a first node of the converter device and includes receiving a time reference from a second node of the converter device, obtaining a delay value for receiving time references from the second node, determining a compensated time by adding the delay value to the time reference, and setting a clock in the first node to be the compensated time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Daniel Hallmans, Jimmy Ohman, Johan Österberg, Joakim Tolfmans
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Patent number: 11532967Abstract: An electric motor having a permanent magnet and a compressor including an electric motor are provided. The electric motor may include a stator; and a rotor rotatably disposed and spaced a predetermined gap apart from the stator. The rotor may include a rotational shaft, a permanent magnet arranged concentrically to the rotational shaft, and a permanent magnet support that supports the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet may have a cylindrical shape and be magnetized to have polar anisotropy such that a magnetic field is formed on the magnet's surface facing the gap but is not formed on the magnet's surface opposite to the gap. The permanent magnet support may be configured to form no flux path in the permanent magnet and connect the rotational shaft to the permanent magnet. Thus, the rotor has a reduced weight with consequent suppression of vibration and noise.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kiman Kim, Sangjoon Eum, Dongseok Ryu
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Patent number: 11515743Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator assembly including a lamination stack, a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a plurality of windings. The PCBA is coupled to the lamination stack at a first axial end of the stator assembly. The windings are wrapped about the lamination stack to form coils. Each winding includes crossover portions extending about a portion of a circumference of the stator assembly to connect pairs of opposite coils. The crossover portions are located at a second axial end of the stator assembly opposite the first axial end.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew T. Beyerl, Derek J. Schwab
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Patent number: 11509232Abstract: A power converter includes a rectifier configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply, a booster circuit configured to boost the voltage rectified by the rectifier, a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the voltage output from the booster circuit, a power module configured to convert a DC voltage obtained by smoothing the output voltage by the smoothing capacitor into an AC voltage, and a snubber capacitor configured to absorb a surge voltage superimposed on the DC voltage to be input to the power module. The snubber capacitor is mounted in the power module.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenta Yuasa, Akihiro Tsumura, Shigeo Takata, Shinsaku Kusube
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Patent number: 11489440Abstract: The present invention discloses a power factor correction circuit. The power factor correction circuit includes: a first bridge arm having a first switch and a second switch; a second bridge arm having a third switch and a fourth switch; a first inductor and a second inductor; a first capacitor and/or a second capacitor connected with a common point between the second inductor and the first inductor; and a third capacitor and/or a fourth capacitor, the third capacitor connected in parallel to the third switch based on an arrangement of the second capacitor and having a capacitance value same as that of the second capacitor, the fourth capacitor connected in parallel to the fourth switch based on an arrangement of the first capacitor and having a capacitance value same as that of the first capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Haibin Song, Jian Zhou, Qi Fu, Daofei Xu, Jinfa Zhang
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Patent number: 11476827Abstract: A micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) guided wave device includes a piezoelectric layer including multiple thinned regions of different thicknesses each bounding in part a different recess, different groups of electrodes on or adjacent to different thinned regions and arranged for transduction of lateral acoustic waves of different wavelengths in the different thinned regions, and at least one bonded interface between the piezoelectric layer and a substrate. Optionally, a buffer layer may be intermediately bonded between the piezoelectric layer and the substrate. Methods of producing such devices include locally thinning a piezoelectric layer to define multiple recesses, bonding the piezoelectric layer on or over a substrate layer to cause the recesses to be bounded in part by either the substrate or an optional buffer layer, and defining multiple groups of electrodes on or over the different thinned regions.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventor: Kushal Bhattacharjee
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Patent number: 11476771Abstract: A system and a method for power conversion. The system includes a rectifier; an inverter; a DC-link capacitor coupled between the rectifier and the inverter; and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain a current value at an output of the inverter and a voltage value across the DC-link capacitor, determine an average component and a fluctuating component of an output voltage of the inverter based on the obtained current value and the voltage value, and determine a current reference for controlling the rectifier based on the average component and the fluctuating component of the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Ke Dai, Derong Lin, Chengjing Li, Tian Tan, Tinho Li, Kai Tian
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Patent number: 11462994Abstract: A control method for a power factor correction circuit is disclosed. The power factor correction circuit includes a first bridge arm, a second bridge arm, an output capacitor and an active clamp unit. The control method includes steps of providing a first driving waveform to control a main switch, providing a second driving waveform to control an auxiliary switch, and providing a third driving signal to control a fifth switch. A first delay time is between the turning-off time point of the third driving signal and the turning-on time point of the first driving waveform, a second delay time is between the turning-on time point of the first driving waveform and the turning-off time point of the second driving waveform, and a third delay time is between the turning-off time point of the second driving waveform and the turning-on time point of the third driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Kai Dong, Dehong Xu, Jinfa Zhang
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Patent number: 11455850Abstract: It is presented a power converter for transferring electric power provided on an input terminal to an energy storage element. The power converter comprises: an inductor; a switch connected to selectively control a connection between the inductor and the input terminal; and a comparator, wherein an output of the comparator controls the switch, a first input of the comparator is supplied with a voltage being proportional to a voltage of the input terminal, and a second input of the comparator is supplied with a voltage being proportional to a current from the input terminal; wherein the energy storage element is connected to a point between the inductor and the switch.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ABInventors: Anders Cöster, Bernt Arbegard
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Patent number: 11454998Abstract: A power control semiconductor device includes a voltage control transistor, a control circuit, a bias circuit, and external terminals. The voltage control transistor is connected between a voltage input terminal and an output terminal. The bias circuit generates a voltage that operates the control circuit. Output control signals provided from an outside are input to the external terminals to control an output voltage. The control circuit includes an error amplifier and a logic circuit. The error amplifier outputs a voltage corresponding to a potential difference between a reference voltage and a voltage divided by a voltage divider that divides the output voltage. The logic circuit generates: a signal that changes the divided voltage in accordance with the output control signals; and a signal that stops operation of the bias circuit in response to a combination of the output control signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Takano, Shinichiro Maki, Katsuhiro Yokoyama