Patents Examined by Rafael O. De León Domenech
  • Patent number: 11876441
    Abstract: A switching control circuit controls switching of a switching device, which controls a resonance current of a resonant converter, with a frequency corresponding to an output voltage of the resonant converter. The switching control circuit includes a detection circuit configured to detect a difference between a first timing at which the switching device is turned on and a second timing at which a polarity of the resonance current reverses, and a signal output circuit configured to output a driving signal with a preset minimum frequency, responsive to the difference becoming so small as to satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuunosuke Araumi, Ryuji Yamada
  • Patent number: 11870356
    Abstract: Technologies for safely lowering a DC link voltage potential include detecting shut down of a system that is powered by the DC link energy storage system and initiating an operating mode to dissipate energy as a form of loss without utilizing an additional resistor, that is, dissipating the DC link internally to the enclosed power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Xiaorui Wang, Ryan Wayne Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11870262
    Abstract: Architectures, apparatuses, methods, systems, and techniques for controlling electrical power distribution network are disclosed. Embodiment distributed, hierarchical controls including layered locational energy service control variables may be utilized to determine and control the provision of energy services, including real power, reactive power (VAR), and capacity reserves, by DERs in a distribution network. In a first ex-ante iteration a simulation may be performed to calculate a set of subnetwork-specific control variables based on subnetwork locational energy service prices and a plurality of sets of DER-specific control variables based on DER locational energy service prices. A second ex-ante iteration calculates a set of actual subnetwork-specific control variables based on subnetwork locational energy service prices and a plurality of sets of actual DER specific control variables based on DER locational energy service prices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Ltd
    Inventors: Alexander Brissette, Joseph A. Carr, Zhenyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11863063
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes: a power converter connected to an alternate-current power supply; a direct-current capacitor connected to a direct-current side of the power converter; a first alternate-current switch connected between the power converter and the alternate-current power supply; an inrush current suppressor connected in parallel to the first alternate-current switch, between the power converter and the alternate-current power supply, and including a charging resistance or a charging reactor; a second alternate-current switch connected in parallel to the first alternate-current switch and in series to the inrush current suppressor, between the power converter and the alternate-current power supply; and a control device configured to control the power converter so that the first alternate-current switch is open, the second alternate-current switch is closed, and a voltage applied to the direct-current capacitor reaches a voltage that is equal to or exceeds a preset voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Issei Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11863060
    Abstract: Provided is a control circuit of a buck converter, comprising three transistors, seven resistors and a comparator. Also provided is a server. In this solution, when a phase voltage of a buck converter changes, a controller in the buck converter is controlled to output a signal for turning off a lower MOS transistor, so that after the signal is transmitted through the line, the lower MOS transistor can be controlled to be exactly turned off just when the current is reversed. Such an accurate reverse current detection function can reduce the voltage loss of the buck converter, thereby improving the efficiency of a system in standby or having a light load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ziqiu Feng
  • Patent number: 11855536
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include an integrated circuit (IC) for controlling a switched-capacitor power converter for converting voltage between first and second nodes to voltage between third and fourth nodes for use with a first plurality of switches, a second plurality of switches, a plurality of capacitors, and a plurality of resonance modules. The IC may include a controller that is configured to control the first plurality of switches to be closed and the second plurality of switches to be open to electrically connect the first node to the third node through a first one of the plurality of capacitors in series with a first one of the plurality of resonance modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: pSemi Corporation
    Inventor: David Giuliano
  • Patent number: 11853093
    Abstract: In a power supply device, a voltage controller includes: a reference voltage circuit that generates a reference voltage based on an input voltage; a voltage control circuit that generates an output voltage of the voltage controller based on the input voltage by controlling an output current of the voltage controller so that the output voltage of the voltage controller corresponds to the reference voltage; and a first current detector circuit that detects the output current of the voltage controller, and generates a first current detection signal corresponding to the output current thereof. A current controller includes: a second current detector circuit that detects an output current of the current controller, and generates a second current detection signal corresponding to the output current thereof; and a current control circuit controls the output current of the current controller so that the second current detection signal corresponds to the first current detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NISSHINBO MICRO DEVICES INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Okuda, Takahiro Hino
  • Patent number: 11841726
    Abstract: A power detect circuit is disclosed. A power detect circuit includes a voltage multiplier that receives an external supply voltage and generates a second supply voltage that is greater than the former. A voltage regulator is coupled to receive the second supply voltage and outputs a regulated supply voltage. A bandgap circuit is coupled to receive the second supply voltage when a first switch is closed, and the regulated supply voltage when a second switch is closed. The bandgap circuit generates a reference voltage for the voltage regulator, as well as one or more output voltages. A comparator circuit is coupled to receive the one or more output voltages from the bandgap circuit, and may compare these one or more output voltages to the regulated supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seyedeh Sedigheh Hashemi, Vahid Majidzadeh Bafar, Ali Mesgarani, Mansour Keramat
  • Patent number: 11843317
    Abstract: A system may include a boost converter configured to receive an input voltage and boost the input voltage to an output voltage and control circuitry configured to enforce a maximum current limit to limit a current drawn by the boost converter and in response to the output voltage decreasing below the input voltage, dynamically increase the current above the maximum current limit to cause the output voltage to be approximately equal to the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Hasnain Akram, Graeme G. Mackay, Jason W. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11837969
    Abstract: A method operates a power converter having power converter arms, which are switchable between in each case an AC voltage side and a DC voltage side or connectable to phase lines of an AC voltage power supply system. Each power converter arm has a series circuit of switching modules each having a plurality of semiconductor switches and an energy store, in which at least one temperature value for the power converter is determined. A setpoint current limitation value is determined taking into consideration the temperature value, and a setpoint current value is determined taking into consideration the setpoint current limitation value. The temperature value, the arm setpoint current value, the arm actual current value and/or the arm setpoint current limitation value is time-integrated to form an arm integral value. When the arm integral value reaches or exceeds a predetermined arm integral threshold value, a protective measure is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rodrigo Alonso Alvarez Valenzuela, Joerg Dorn, Yeqi Wang, Kilian Dallmer-Zerbe
  • Patent number: 11838010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a power supply circuit with an adjustable channel switch impedance and an electronic device. The power supply circuit includes N main channel MOS transistors, a control module, an execution module and a detection module, wherein the execution module includes a first MOS transistor; the detection module includes a detection resistor and a second MOS transistor; a gate-source voltage of the main channel MOS transistors and a gate-source voltage of the first MOS transistor are configured to be consistent, and a source-drain voltage of the main channel MOS transistors and a source-drain voltage of the second MOS transistor are consistent; the control module is connected to the detection resistor and configured to: detect voltage drop information on voltage drop at two ends of the detection resistor, wherein the voltage drop information can represent a current of a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YAOHUO MICROELECTRONICS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei Huang
  • Patent number: 11837951
    Abstract: A self-oscillating converter includes a power transistor coupled to a primary winding for controlling current flow in the primary winding, and a turn-on circuit configured to turn on the power transistor for maintaining oscillation in the self-oscillating converter. The self-oscillating converter also includes a turn-off circuit configured to turn off the power transistor to maintain an on-time of the power transistor at a pre-set value for power factor correction, and modulate the on-time of the power transistor to regulate the output current in the load device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nexgen Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Coles
  • Patent number: 11837955
    Abstract: A power converter circuit included in a computer system may employ a compensation loop to adjust the durations of active times during which the power converter circuit sources energy to a load circuit via an inductor. The compensation loop includes an error signal whose value is based on a difference in the output voltage of the power converter circuit from a desired voltage level. During output transients, the error signal is adjusted using an injection current that tracks current flowing through the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nikola Jovanovic, Michael Couleur, Bhanupriya Suresh
  • Patent number: 11831248
    Abstract: An inverter for an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The inverter includes a DC/AC converter and a DC/DC converter. The DC/AC converter includes at least one chip of silicon carbide having at least one MOSFET. The DC/DC converter includes at least one chip of silicon having at least one IGBT. The DC/DC converter is connectible to a first one of the rotor or the stator of the electric machine and the DC/AC converter is connectible to a second one of the rotor or the stator of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Apelsmeier, Stephan Brüske
  • Patent number: 11824436
    Abstract: A detector circuit included in a computer system filters the voltage level of a power supply node to generate filtered signals. The detector circuit either compares the filtered signals or samples the filtered signal and compares the samples to reference levels to detect changes in the voltage level of the power supply node that exceed thresholds for magnitude and duration. A control circuit included in the computer system generates, using the glitch signal, control signals that can be used to change operating parameters of functional circuits included in the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Pu, Bruce A. Doyle
  • Patent number: 11809262
    Abstract: A power adjustment circuit, an adjustable power supply system and an adjustable power supply method are provided. The adjustable power supply system includes a power module, a device power supply, and a control circuit. The device power supply provides a supplied power to a device to be tested according to an operating voltage. The control circuit outputs an adjustment signal to the power module according to a power consumption status of the device to be tested. The power module generates the operating voltage according to the adjustment signal, and allows a first power dissipation generated by the device power supply to be less than a predetermined power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: YOUNGTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Yung Tseng, Yong-Da Weng, Ping-Lung Wang
  • Patent number: 11791719
    Abstract: A device for resolving common-mode voltage interference is applied to a power supply system including a power converter and a switch mechanism. Each phase of an output end of the power converter is connected to a downstream circuit by using the switch mechanism. The switch mechanism includes a first switch and a second switch. The device includes a controller and a passive component. Two ends of the first switch in at least one phase of the output end of the power converter are connected in parallel to the passive component, and the controller controls the second switch to be turned on, and when a voltage difference between the two ends of the first switch is less than a preset voltage, controls the first switch to be turned on. In this manner, the switch mechanism is protected, thereby prolonging a service life of the switch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongbing Gao, Chen Wang, Zhaopeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11791768
    Abstract: An apparatus may determine a parameter related to a voltage value at a midpoint terminal of a system power device, and may adjust a voltage applied to a second terminal of the system power device based on the parameter and a reference value. The second terminal may be different from the midpoint terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilan Yoscovich, Liron Har-Shai, Amir Grossberg, Matan Atias
  • Patent number: 11784555
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting DC power to AC power. For example, apparatus for converting DC power to AC power comprises an input adapted to be coupled to a high-powered distributed generator having a maximum voltage at a first voltage and an arc fault mitigation device, coupled to the input, for providing a second voltage at the input that is lower than the first voltage, where a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is not large enough to cause an arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Chapman, John Scott Berdner, Mark Baldassari, Raghuveer R. Belur, Donald H. Scrutchfield, Rian van der Colff, Phillip Mark Hunter, Philip Rothblum
  • Patent number: 11784554
    Abstract: A motor drive or bus supply power conversion system includes a rectifier with at least one rectifier switch module for rectifying AC input power. A DC bus is connected to the rectifier and supplies DC output power. An optional inverter is connected to the DC bus and includes at least one inverter switch module for inverting the DC bus voltage to an AC output power. The at least one rectifier switch module and the at least one inverter switch module each include a base plate and a housing connected to the base plate. The housing defines an interior space that contains at least one semiconductor switch. A protective cover layer includes a corrosion protection material and divides the interior space into an inner sub-space located between the base plate and the protective cover layer and an outer sub-space located between the protective cover layer and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Garron Morris, Garrett Wolff, Craig Devroy, James Carter, Christopher Genthe