Patents Examined by Nguyen Tran
  • Patent number: 12273029
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for a switch-mode power supply with a network of flying capacitors and switches. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a switch-mode power supply with an inductor, a switching circuit, and a network of flying capacitors and switches. The switching circuit is coupled to the inductor. The network of flying capacitors and switches is coupled to the switching circuit and includes at least two flying capacitors and multiple switches. The multiple switches are configured to selectively connect the at least two flying capacitors in parallel between a first terminal of the network of flying capacitors and switches and a second terminal of the network of flying capacitors and switches or connect the at least two flying capacitors in series between the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Duncan, Chengwu Tao, Joseph Dale Rutkowski
  • Patent number: 12267003
    Abstract: A power converter that properly copes with the wiring defects on a feedback path is shown. According to a control signal, a power driver couples an input voltage to an energy storage element to provide an output voltage that is down-converted from the input voltage. The output voltage is further converted into a feedback voltage by a feedback circuit, and is entered to an error amplifier with a reference voltage for generation of an amplified error. A control signal generator generates the control signal of the power driver according to the amplified error. The power converter specifically has a comparator, which is enabled in a soft-start stage till the output voltage reaches a stable status. The comparator compares the amplified error with a critical value. When the amplified error exceeds the critical value, the input voltage is disconnected from the energy storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung-Sheng Chen, Chih-Chun Chuang, Yong-Chin Lee
  • Patent number: 12267024
    Abstract: A power converter circuit includes: a direct current (DC) side; a first passive network; a first current switching network; at least one floating capacitor; a second current switching network; a second passive network; and an alternating current (AC) side. The first passive network is connected between the DC side and the first current switching network for linking the DC side and the first current switching network. The first current switching network comprises at least four serially linked switches for switching the power converter circuit between switching cycles. The at least one floating capacitor is connected to the first current switching network. The second current switching network comprises two pairs of switches for providing an interface between the first current switching network and the second passive network. The second passive network is connected between the second current switching network and the AC side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Wenlong Qi, Sinan Li, Siew Chong Tan, Shu Yuen Hui
  • Patent number: 12261535
    Abstract: An isolated power converter includes: a transformer having primary winding and first and second auxiliary windings on the primary side; a converter stage configured to convert a DC input for driving the primary winding and having a resonant capacitor electrically connected to the primary winding; a controller configured to control switching of the converter stage; and a voltage supply circuit configured to select a first voltage as a supply voltage for the controller if a voltage proportional to a secondary side voltage of the transformer is at a first level or select a second voltage as the supply voltage if the voltage proportional to the secondary side voltage is at a second level greater than the first level. The first voltage corresponds to a summation of voltages across the first auxiliary winding and the resonant capacitor. The second voltage corresponds to a voltage across the second auxiliary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Allan Saliva, Roderick Domingo
  • Patent number: 12255510
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mixed-phase winding, comprising at least one branch, where each branch is composed of at least one coil ring; the coil ring comprises a set of lap winding coils and a set of combined conductors; each set of lap winding coils comprises P lap winding coils evenly distributed in the circumferential direction, and each set of combined conductors comprises P combined conductors evenly distributed in the circumferential direction, P being the number of pole pairs; and the lap winding coils and the combined conductors are arranged at intervals in a staggered manner in the circumferential direction and sequentially connected in series; each lap winding coil and each combined conductor each comprises a hairpin conductor or at least two hairpin conductors arranged side by side in the thickness direction; each hairpin conductor comprises a hairpin body integrally bent in a U shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: CHONGQING ZONGSHEN ELECTRIC POWER TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD, CHONGQING ZONGSHEN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD
    Inventors: Chaodong Huang, Junshan Shao
  • Patent number: 12237766
    Abstract: A switching charger having fast dynamic response for transition of a load is provided. A first terminal of a high-side switch is coupled to an input voltage. A first terminal of a low-side switch is connected to a second terminal of the high-side switch. A first terminal of an inductor is connected to a node between the first terminal of the low-side switch and the second terminal of the high-side switch. A second terminal of the inductor is connected to a first terminal of a capacitor. A constant on-time circuit determines a duty cycle of an on-time signal according to the input voltage and an output voltage of a node between the second terminal of the inductor and the first terminal of the capacitor. A control circuit controls a driver circuit to drive the high-side switch and the low-side switch according to the on-time signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chih-Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 12235665
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes: a first transistor connected between a first node configured to input an input voltage and a second node configured to output an output voltage; a cascode connection circuit including a plurality of second transistors connected in a cascode configuration between the first node and a third node set at a first voltage; a first capacitor connected between the second node and a fourth node of a first one of the plurality of second transistors; and a second capacitor connected between the first node and the fourth node, wherein a fifth node of the first second transistor is connected to a gate of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12231063
    Abstract: This power conversion device includes a control unit that controls a switching operation of a switching element of the inverter unit. The control unit is configured to switch between frequency modulation control and phase shift control, based on the output from the output converter unit, and execute. Then, the control unit is configured to, when switching between frequency modulation control and phase shift control, execute overlap control for executing the phase shift control while executing the frequency modulation control, in a predetermined switching operation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Nishikawa, Masahito Shoyama, Koki Hebishima
  • Patent number: 12228957
    Abstract: The disclosure: a positive mirror FET, through which a positive mirror current that is proportional to a positive-direction current in currents of an output FET in positive and negative directions is made to flow; a first operational amplifier, receiving a constant voltage at one end, receiving an upstream side voltage regarding the positive mirror current of the positive mirror FET at the other end, and outputting a voltage corresponding to the upstream side voltage regarding the positive mirror current of the positive mirror FET by converting an output voltage into a current and feeding back the current to the other end; a negative mirror FET, through which a negative mirror current that is proportional to a negative-direction current in the currents of the output FET in positive and negative directions is made to flow; and a second operational amplifier, receiving a constant voltage at one end, receiving an upstream side voltage regarding the negative mirror current of the negative mirror FET at the other
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WILL SEMICONDUCTOR (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 12222378
    Abstract: A ripple detection device and a ripple suppression device. The ripple detection device includes: a ripple sampling unit, at least two DC sampling units, and a digital signal processing unit; the ripple sampling unit outputs a first voltage signal at an output port of a non-isolated DC/DC bidirectional energy conversion unit to the digital signal processing unit; the DC sampling unit outputs a first DC signal in a second voltage signal at a connected port of the non-isolated DC/DC bidirectional energy conversion unit to the digital signal processing unit and blocks an AC signal in the second voltage signal to be output to the digital signal processing unit; the digital signal processing unit determines a ripple noise signal at the output port of the non-isolated DC/DC bidirectional energy conversion unit according to the first voltage signal and the first DC signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qia Wang, Jianping Zhou, Guoxian Lin, Shanshan Fan, Ben E, Wei Zhang, Mingming Liu
  • Patent number: 12224666
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a dc-dc converter control circuit and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a dynamic pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit which converts a sense voltage to a variable current in response to a load current being above a predetermined threshold, and a ramp generator circuit which receives the variable current from the dynamic PWM circuit and dynamically adjusts a fixed base frequency of a PWM signal to a dynamic frequency of the PWM signal which corresponds with the load current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
    Inventor: Shatabda Saha
  • Patent number: 12218562
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a first printed circuit board having layers with conductor tracks. The layers are spaced apart from one another by first layers of insulating material, for example, fiber-reinforced plastic, e.g., an epoxy material, and an insulating layer is arranged between two of the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Nikola, Martin Melzer
  • Patent number: 12206328
    Abstract: In a DC-DC converter, a controller is configured to provide control cycles subsequently. Each of the control cycles includes a first ON-period and a second ON-period subsequent to the first ON-period. One switching element is turned on, and another switching element is turned off the first ON-period. The one switching element is turned off, and the another switching element is turned on for the second ON-period. A controller is configured to determine lengths of the first and second ON-periods based on high-side and low-side voltages. The controller is configured to turn on the one switching element in an initial ON-duration in the first ON-period of a control cycle among the control cycles which is firstly provided. The initial ON-duration has a length shorter than the determined length of the first ON-period. The controller turns off the one and another switching elements in a duration in the first ON-period in the first control cycle other than the initial ON-duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12206318
    Abstract: An electric machine has a rotor and a stator defined by a stator laminated core (15). The rotor and the stator are separated from one another by a can (20) for the cooling of the stator using a liquid coolant. The electric machine has a stator component (100) formed as a single piece and composed of the stator laminated core (15) and of a plastics workpiece (10) molded thereon. The plastics workpiece (10) is formed as the can (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Rolf Graef, Florian Braunbeck, Tobias Schmack
  • Patent number: 12199523
    Abstract: A power control apparatus, comprising: a first wiring and a second wiring connected to a power source; a first capacitor connected to the first wiring and the second wiring; an electrical component including a plurality of switches connected in parallel with the first capacitor through the first wiring and the second wiring; and a second capacitor which is connected to one of the first wiring and the second wiring and is connected to a reference potential portion having a constant potential, wherein an impedance of a first conducting path between another side connection point, which is connected to the first capacitor, of the other one of the first wiring and the second wiring and the power supply not through the first capacitor, is higher than an impedance of a second conducting path between the another side connection point and the second capacitor through the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Ogawa, Takuya Okubo
  • Patent number: 12191745
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor rotatable around an axis, a stator provided to surround the rotor and having a first side on one side, a connecting board, a bracket, connection pins electrically connected to the connecting board, a direct connection connector, and a main circuit connector. Stator windings are electrically connected the connecting board which is provided on the one side. The bracket has an opening and is provided on the one side to be connected to the stator so as to cover the connecting board and the first side of the stator. The direct connection connector is inserted into the opening such that the connection pins are inserted into the direct connection connector to be electrically connected to the direct connection connector. The main circuit connector is inserted into the opening and to be electrically connected to the direct connection connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenji Funakoshi, Takeru Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 12191742
    Abstract: A rotating motor and a fan are provided. A first bearing seat, a second bearing seat and a plurality of support rods of the motor are arranged to form a supporting frame of the motor. Accordingly, the coaxiality between the first bearing seat and the second bearing seat can be ensured. The motor has a rotor. The outer diameter of the permanent magnet of the rotor is disposed to be greater than or equal to the outer diameter of a second bearing of the rotor. The outer diameter of a first bearing of the rotor is disposed to be greater than or equal to the outer diameter of the permanent magnet of the rotor. Accordingly, the entire rotor of the rotating motor can be directly mounted on the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG WELLING MOTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minghu Yu, Chuang Chi, Yajun Zuo
  • Patent number: 12169418
    Abstract: This application relates to voltage regulators and, particular, to low-dropout regulators (LDOs). The regulator (300) has an output stage (102) which receives an input voltage (Vin) and outputs an output voltage (Vout) and which includes at least one transistor (103) as an output device configured to pass an output current to the output, based on a drive voltage (V1). A differential amplifier (101) is configured to receive a feedback signal derived from the output voltage and also a reference voltage (REF) to generate an amplifier output to control the drive voltage (V1) to minimise any difference between the feedback signal and the reference voltage. A controller (301) is operable to selectively reconfigure the output stage to provide a change in output current in response to a load activity signal (ACT), which is indicative of a change in load activity that results in a change in load current demand for a load connected, in use, to the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Melanson, John P. Lesso
  • Patent number: 12166422
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for DC voltage conversion. A DC converter (100) is described, with a charge pump circuit comprising a plurality of charge pump stages (1401, 1402-1, 1402-2) each charge pump stage comprising connections for respective first and second capacitors for that stage (C1A, C1B; C2A, C2B; C3A, C3B). The charge pump also has a switch network, wherein the switch network comprises, between each successive stage, four switching paths (S7AA, S7AB, S7Ba, S7BB; S6AA, S6AB, S6Ba, S6BB) for separately connecting a respective first electrode of each of the first and second capacitors of one stage to a first electrode either of the first and second capacitors of the preceding stage, so that the relevant capacitor of the one stage can be charged by the relevant capacitor of the preceding stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Lion Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Meyvaert
  • Patent number: 12166432
    Abstract: A system including a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, a modified relay feedback test (MRFT) block, a memory block, a biasing block, a dq0-to-abc transformation block, a switch configured to selectively couple output signal of the biasing block or the PID controller output signal to the input of the dq0-to-abc transformation block, a three phase digital pulse width modulator, electronic switches, a voltage sensor configured to measure the output of each voltage of the three phases on the load and produce voltage data signals (Voa, Vob, Voc), and an abc-to-dq0 transformation block having an input being a representative of the phase voltages on the load, and producing an output being a representative of these voltages in the dq0 format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Khalifa University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Igor Boiko, Ahmed Shehada, Balanthi Mogru Abdul Rahiman Beig, Yan Yan