Abstract: A power control system may include an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), a display device, load measurement circuitry to determine a load percentage of the UPS, and a controller. The controller may receive the load percentage of the UPS from the load measurement circuitry; monitor the load percentage of the UPS to determine whether the UPS is operating in a nominal load state or an overload state; generate an input overload countdown timer when the UPS is operating in the overload state, where the input overload countdown timer provides an estimated time remaining in the overload state; generate an output overload countdown timer by applying a minimum envelope filter to the input overload countdown timer; and direct the display device to display the output overload countdown timer. Additionally, the minimum envelope filter may be operated in an open-loop or a closed-loop configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of locating a wireless power transmitter in which a variable load coupled to a wireless power receiver configured to receive a wireless power signal from the wireless power transmitter is controllably varied to maintain a harvested voltage of the wireless power signal within a predetermined range. By doing so, power supplied to a wirelessly powered appliance coupled to the wireless power receiver is maintained within an operational envelope of the wirelessly powered appliance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reset semiconductor integrated circuit that outputs a reset signal in response to a power supply voltage of a monitoring target becoming lower than a predetermined level, the reset semiconductor integrated circuit including: a voltage detection circuit; an output stage including a CMOS circuit that generates and outputs a signal according to a detection result of the voltage detection circuit; a monitored voltage input terminal to which the power supply voltage of the monitoring target is input; a reference potential terminal to which a voltage as a reference potential of a circuit is applied; an external voltage terminal which is connected to a power supply voltage terminal of the output stage to allow a power supply voltage as an operation voltage of the output stage to be applied from outside; and an output terminal to output the signal generated by the output stage.

Abstract: A power supply system comprising: a first converter module comprising an AC/DC converter and being arranged to produce an intermediate voltage from an input voltage; a second converter module comprising a DC/DC converter and being controllable to use the intermediate voltage to produce selectively at least two distinct output voltage levels; and a control unit arranged to acquire a flight parameter representative of the flight phase and/or of the altitude, and to control the power supply system in such a manner that the second converter module delivers to each electrical system a power supply voltage that depends on the flight parameter and on said electrical system, and that is equal to one of the output voltage levels.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support signaling for energy harvesting at a first device. In some examples, the first device may transmit, to a second device, an indication of one or more an energy conversion efficiency factors, power threshold parameters, power levels, battery power levels, or the like. Based on receiving the indication of the one or more of the characteristics, the second device may determine a radio frequency power for subsequent signaling. The second device may transmit a signal having the determined radio frequency power, and the first device may receive the signaling and convert at least a first portion of the radio frequency power to direct current (DC) power.

Abstract: A system can include: a plurality of Type-C ports configured to connect with a plurality of external devices; a plurality of power conversion circuits having a dual-directional power transmission function, where each power conversion circuit is connected between a power supply terminal of the system and a corresponding Type-C port, in order to perform voltage conversion; and where each power conversion circuit is controlled to operate in different modes according to power information of each of the plurality of external devices.

Abstract: A power system operable to implement a power balancing control scheme is provided. In one aspect, a power system includes multiple independent power supplies with independent batteries feeding onto a common power bus. The power supplies regulate the voltage on the common power bus at the same time. The power balancing control scheme, when implemented, causes the load on the common power bus to be shared among the individual power supplies with a specified load distribution. The specified load distribution can be set or determined to balance the State of Charge (SoC) of the batteries over time whilst taking into account the constraints or limits of the elements of the power system.

Abstract: A lighting system is provided that includes: a plurality of lighting fixtures, each lighting fixture including a processor, a memory, a communication interface and one or more light sources; and a computerized controller, including a communication interface for communicating with the plurality of light fixtures. The system is configured such that the computerized controller uploads light show programs to each lighting fixture via the communication interfaces. Each lighting fixture stores its respective uploaded light show program in the memory and the processor operates the one or more light sources according to the light show program stored in memory. The controller is further configured to send timing/clock signals to the lighting fixtures periodically so that each fixture's internal clocks are synchronized together.

Abstract: System and method for error amplification and processing. For example, the system includes: a signal processing unit configured to receive a reference signal and a feedback signal and generate a digital pulse signal, a frequency of the digital pulse signal being associated with a difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal; a counter configured to receive the digital pulse signal and generate a counter output signal based on at least information associated with the digital pulse signal; and a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive the counter output signal and generate an output signal based on at least information associated with the counter output signal.

Abstract: A user-friendly construction machine system with shorter installation work time and wiring work time is provided. The construction machine system includes a rotary crusher unit and a feeding conveyor unit. The feeding conveyor unit is different from the rotary crusher unit. The feeding conveyor unit includes a third power reception device that receives power from the rotary crusher unit by a wireless power supply and a second motor that receives the power from the third power reception device via a wire.

Abstract: A device for DC-DC conversion includes a plurality of input ports to receive a set of DC voltage inputs, at least one DC voltage input being configured as a differential input, a plurality of input semiconductor switches, each input semiconductor switch being coupled to a respective input port of the plurality of input ports, an inductor coupled to each input semiconductor switch, a pair of output semiconductor switches coupled to the inductor, an output coupled to the inductor via the pair of output semiconductor switches, and a processor configured to generate input switch control signals for the plurality of input semiconductor switches to sequentially and selectively connect each DC voltage input to the inductor to charge the inductor and to generate an output switch control signal for the pair of output semiconductor switches to connect the inductor to the output to discharge the inductor via the output.

Abstract: A transmission line phase shifter, a chip, and a radar sensor are provided. The transmission line phase shifter includes at least one transmission line phase-shifting unit. At a calibration stage, a preset number of transmission line phase-shifting units are configured to be in a state of a first phase or in a state of a second phase and configured to output an output RF signal, such that phase calibration information of each transmission line phase-shifting unit is determinable. At an operation stage, the phase adjusting circuit of the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit is configured to receive a corresponding phase shifting control signal and to adjust the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit, to enable the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit to shift a phase of an input RF signal by a calibrated first phase or a calibrated second phase.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter circuit includes: an inverter circuit including plural switches coupled to a resonant transmitter circuit; and a transmitter controller circuit for generating a PWM control signal, to control the plural switches, thus generating a wireless transmission power via the resonant transmitter circuit in a power supply procedure, so that a wireless power supply is accordingly provided to a wireless power receiver circuit. In a groping procedure, transmitter controller circuit controls the plural switches to generate a wireless test power via the resonant transmitter circuit based on an operation frequency. The groping procedure includes: measuring a peak of a transmission signal corresponding to the wireless test power; determining, according to the peak of the transmission signal, whether a foreign object exists and/or whether the wireless power receiver circuit is present.

Abstract: A door system comprises a door frame adapted to be mounted within an opening, a door pivotally attached to the door frame, an AC/DC converter operably associated with the door frame, a DC electric device mounted to the door, at least one sensor mounted to the door frame or the door, and a power management controller configured to receive an input from the at least one sensor and send a command to the DC electric device. The AC/DC converter is configured to be electrically connected to an AC power unit disposed outside the door system. The DC electric device is electrically connected to the AC/DC converter.

Abstract: A noise filter includes: a voltage detector that detects a common-mode voltage; a voltage divider circuit that outputs a divided voltage divided from the common-mode voltage; multiple common-mode transformers that are connected separately to respective power lines of multiline systems connected in parallel relation to each other to an input or output of the power converter, and that superimpose a superimposing voltage having an opposite polarity to the common-mode voltage on each of the power lines of multiline systems; and an injection waveform generator that generates at least one output voltage to be outputted to primary sides of the multiple common-mode transformers, on the basis of the divided voltage. The injection waveform generator generates as the output voltage, a voltage with which a difference between the superimposing voltage to be super-imposed on each of the power lines and the common-mode voltage is within an allowable value.

Abstract: One or more devices and/or methods provided herein relate to a method for fabricating a filtering electronic device having a co-integrated impedance modification element and signal transmission line. An electronic structure can comprise a signal transmission line, and an impedance modification element adjacent to and external to the signal transmission line, wherein the impedance modification element comprises a structure having differentiated sections, along the signal transmission line, that provide corresponding differentiated impedances. In an embodiment, the impedance modification element can comprise a plurality of impedance sub-elements spaced apart from one another along and adjacent to the signal transmission line to facilitate the different impedances.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for providing power telemetry information which indicates a total load current from one or more power supply units (PSUs). In an embodiment, a device is coupled to receive a first signal from the current share bus which is coupled to each of multiple PSUs. A voltage level of the first signal represents a target amount of current to be output by each of the one or more PSUs. A second signal is generated based on both the first signal, and on an indication of a scale according to which a primary PSU of the one or more PSUs represents a target amount of current. In another embodiment, an amplification is performed, based on the second signal and on a total number of the one or more PSUs, to generate an Isys signal which indicates a total load current output by the one or more PSUs.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter circuit includes: a power stage circuit including plural switches coupled to a resonant transmitter circuit, wherein the resonant transmitter circuit includes a transmission coil and a resonant capacitor which are coupled to each other; and a transmission control circuit controlling the power stage circuit to convert an input power to a driving power according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal when a corresponding wireless power receiver circuit is near by the resonant transmitter circuit. The driving power drives the resonant transmitter circuit to generate a wireless transmitting power, which is supplied to the corresponding wireless power receiver circuit. When a variation rate of a driving current of the driving power with respect to time exceeds a variation rate threshold, an operation parameter of the power stage circuit is adjusted to reduce a power level of the wireless transmitting power.

Abstract: A system includes a first sense circuit configured to provide a first output representative of sensed current provided by a first battery coupled to a first load. A second sense circuit is configured to provide a second output representative of sensed current provided by a second battery coupled to the first load. An input current controller is coupled to receive the respective first and second outputs and to couple between the second battery and the first load to control the current provided by the second battery.

Abstract: A first current detector detects an output current of a modular uninterruptible power supply apparatus. Each of a plurality of power conversion modules includes a resistive element and a second switch. The second switch connects the first current detector and the resistive element in parallel in an ON state. Each of first control circuits turns on the second switch when setting a corresponding power conversion module to an operating state, and turns off the second switch when setting the power conversion module to a stopped state. Each of the first control circuits detects a shared current of the corresponding power conversion module based on a current flowing through the resistive element when the second switch is in the ON state. Each of the first control circuits controls a power converter such that an output current of the power conversion module matches the shared current.