Patents Examined by Rafael O Leon De Domenech
  • Patent number: 11975611
    Abstract: A power electronics converter may include a converter commutation cell having a power circuit and a gate driver circuit. The power circuit includes at least one power semiconductor switching element and at least one capacitor. Each power semiconductor switching element is included in a power semiconductor prepackage, each prepackage including one or more power semiconductor switching elements embedded in a solid insulating material, each power semiconductor switching element having at least three terminals including a gate terminal. The gate driver circuit is electrically connected to and configured to provide switching signals to the gate terminal of each of the at least one power semiconductor switching element. A peak rated power output of the power electronics converter is greater than 25 kW and a value of a converter parameter ? is greater than or equal to 0.5 PV/FH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Uwe Waltrich, Stanley Buchert, Marco Bohlländer, Claus Müller
  • Patent number: 11955880
    Abstract: An overcurrent protection circuit includes a low-pass filter configured to generate a smoothing voltage corresponding to a voltage across a lower transistor forming a half-bridge output stage of an inverting type switching power supply, wherein an overcurrent protection signal is generated based on the smoothing voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Hisada
  • Patent number: 11913568
    Abstract: A method for determining a switching state of a valve that is actuated by a coil, wherein the method includes: respectively ascertaining a current flowing through the coil and a voltage applied to the coil at several times which follow one another with a prespecified time interval, calculating an inductance variable of the coil based on the currents, the voltage and the time interval, and determining the switching state based on the inductance variable. Also disclosed is a solenoid valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Bartosz Maj, Holger Kollmann, Tomislav Milic, Alexander Schönbohm, Ralf Schröder, Marc Lenz, Marcus Bletz, Jurij Schmidt, Dieter Dinkel
  • Patent number: 11831303
    Abstract: High accuracy current sense circuitry for power switching devices comprising GaN power transistors provides for current feedback functions, e.g. current loop control, over-current protection (OCP) and short-circuit protection (SCP). The current sense circuitry comprises a current mirror sense GaN transistor (Sense_GaN) and a power GaN transistor (Power_GaN) and a sampling circuit. The sampling circuit comprises first and second stage operational amplifiers to provide fast response and improved current sense accuracy, e.g. better than 1%, over a range of junction temperatures Tj. The Sense_GaN, Power_GaN and first stage operational amplifier have a common ground referenced to a Kelvin Source of the Power_GaN, so that the Sense_GaN and Power_GaN operate with the same gate-to-source voltage Vgs, to provide an accurate current ratio. Applications include current sensing for switching mode power supplies that need high speed and lossless current sense for current protection and feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GAN SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Xuechao Liu, Ruoyu Hou
  • Patent number: 11777405
    Abstract: A power converter, a boost off time adaptive adjustment unit and a boost cycle short circuit protection module for controlling an off time of a boost cycle of the power converter. The boost off time adaptive adjustment unit is adapted to generate an off time control signal based at least on an input voltage and an output voltage of the power converter to regulate the off time of the boost cycle to change in an opposite direction to the output voltage when the power converter is operating normally during the boost cycle, and to regulate the off time of the boost cycle to change in a same direction as the output voltage when a short-circuit fault occurs during the power converter operating in the boost cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11742775
    Abstract: A power conversion device converts power between a direct-current (DC) circuit and an alternating-current (AC) circuit. The power conversion device includes a power converter circuit which includes a plurality of unit converters connected in series, and a controller. The unit converter includes one or more switching elements and a capacitor. The controller transmits, to the unit converter through a first transmission medium, information on a switching command for the unit converter. The unit converter transmits, to the controller through a second transmission medium, information on at least one condition of the unit converter. The first transmission medium is an optical fiber, and the second transmission medium is a wireless communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Ishida
  • Patent number: 11610723
    Abstract: A transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, which are flat, and a magnetic core that has a middle leg that passes through the primary and secondary windings, a first core that is connected to one end along the length direction of the middle leg, and a second core that is connected to the other end along the length direction. A first wall surface on the side of the first core where the middle leg is positioned and a second wall surface on the side of the second core which faces the first wall surface are formed so as to be parallel, the primary winding is fixed to the first wall surface, the secondary winding is fixed to the second wall surface, and the distance between the primary winding and the secondary winding is kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Ishizawa, Ken Takayama, Masayoshi Ono, Jyunya Hiura
  • Patent number: 11527354
    Abstract: This application provides a magnetic integrated device, a power conversion circuit, a charger, and an electric vehicle, and pertains to the field of power electronics technologies. The magnetic integrated device includes a magnetic core, a first transformer winding, and a second transformer winding, where the first transformer winding and the second transformer winding are separated and wound, and a first air gap is formed at separation. A magnetic line may pass through the first air gap to form leakage inductance, and the leakage inductance may be equivalent to resonant inductance in the power conversion circuit. Therefore, there is no need to separately dispose an inductor winding in the magnetic integrated device. This effectively reduces a volume and a weight of the magnetic integrated device. In addition, the power conversion circuit that uses the magnetic integrated device also has a relatively small volume and relatively high-power density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongtao Liang, Weiping Liu, Yanjun Zhi
  • Patent number: 11471922
    Abstract: A reagent bottle cleaning device is provided, comprising a base, a cleaning assembly, and a cleaning block. The cleaning assembly comprises a pushing cylinder and a mounting plate. A plurality of mounting grooves are disposed on the mounting plate. Each mounting groove is provided with a cleaning motor. The cleaning motor is provided with a cleaning screw rod. The cleaning block is provided with cleaning grooves corresponding to the cleaning screw rods. Injecting pumps are disposed between the cleaning block and the cleaning assembly. The injecting pumps are connected to the base by lifting cylinders. Full-automatic quick cleaning of reagent bottles can be realized under the effect of a main control chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SHANDONG FANGMING PHARMACY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuangjun Wu, Xin Chen, Yanru Xu, Song Wang, Xin He, Cuiling Liu
  • Patent number: 11165361
    Abstract: A power supply includes a synchronous rectification-type rectifying/smoothing circuit to increase the conversion efficiency of an output voltage, avoids cost increases, and can change the output voltage and maximum output current. The power supply includes synchronous rectifiers connected to secondary windings of a transformer, smoothing circuits that smooth a voltage outputted from the synchronous rectifiers to produce an output voltage, switch drivers that correspond to the synchronous rectifiers and operate on one or both of the output voltage outputted from the smoothing circuits connected to the synchronous rectifiers and an AC voltage generated in the secondary windings to drive synchronous rectification switches of the synchronous rectifiers, and an output connector that is disposed following the smoothing circuits and connects the outputs of the smoothing circuits in a connection pattern selected out of serial and parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Takegami
  • Patent number: 11159016
    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: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilan Yoscovich, Liron Har-Shai, Amir Grossberg, Matan Atias
  • Patent number: 11095219
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter has a configuration in which a first full-bridge circuit and a second full-bridge circuit are connected via a transformer and an inductor. A control circuit switches between first control for changing the phases of switching elements in the first bridge circuit and switching elements in the second bridge circuit and second control for changing the switching frequencies (drive angular frequencies) of the switching elements, in accordance with target power, so that an inductor current flowing during a dead time of the switching elements becomes larger than or equal to a threshold current. The inductor current in the first control is larger than the inductor current in the second control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DIAMOND ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Shogo Nakahara