Patents Examined by Ryan Johnson
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Patent number: 12191871Abstract: A TDC circuit configured to receive a reference clock (REF) signal and a signal derived from a LO; generate a plurality of digital values indicative of a measured phase difference between the signal derived from the LO and the REF signal, wherein each of the plurality of digital values are determined from a unique set of a plurality of sets of TDC measurement component quantization levels; generate a combined series of quantization levels based on a combination of the plurality of sets of TDC measurement component quantization levels; and determine a combined digital value from the combined series of quantization levels and at least one of the plurality of digital values to generate an output of the TDC circuit. The combined series of quantization levels may be generated by summing simultaneously occurring levels of each of the plurality of sets of TDC measurement component quantization levels together.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Evgeny Shumaker, Elan Banin, Ofir Degani, Gil Horovitz
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Patent number: 12191848Abstract: A control circuit controls a switching element including a gate and a source corresponding to the gate. The control circuit includes an inductor, a circuit element, and a resistor. The inductor is connected between the gate and the source of the switching element. The circuit element is connected in series to the inductor between the gate and the source. The circuit element allows an electric current to flow therethrough in response to generation of electromotive force in the inductor. The resistor is connected in parallel to the inductor and the circuit element between the gate and the source.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryosuke Maeda, Yusuke Kinoshita, Hidetoshi Ishida
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Patent number: 12191698Abstract: An electronic device may include a power management subsystem that soft-starts freshly charged batteries upon connection. The device may be configured to operate on power from a number of batteries less than the greatest number of batteries that may be concurrently connected. Because the soft-start reduces current inrush upon connection of a fresh battery, the device may continue operating as fresh batteries are connected and depleted batteries are disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Chia Hang Yeh, Hsing-Sheng Lin
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Patent number: 12179935Abstract: A method and power distribution system for operating in a low power consumption mode includes a primary power distribution node defining a primary distribution switch having an output and operable in a first conducting mode and a second non-conducting mode, and wherein operating in the second non-conducting mode includes a leakage current through the power distribution switch, at least one enabled electrical load downstream of the primary power distribution node, the at least one enabled electrical load connectable to the primary power distribution node by way of the primary distribution switch, and a primary power distribution node power source configured to supply power to the output of the primary distribution switch when the primary distribution switch is operating in the second non-conducting mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: E Aviation Systems LimitedInventor: David Alan Elliott
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Patent number: 12184117Abstract: This application provides an uninterruptible power supply. An input end of the uninterruptible power supply is connected to a power supply by using a first on-off control module. A controller of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to: after receiving a first control signal sent by the first on-off control module, control a current in a circuit connecting the uninterruptible power supply and the first on-off control module to be zero. An output end of the uninterruptible power supply is connected to a load by using a second on-off control module. A controller of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to: after receiving a second control signal sent by the second on-off control module, control the uninterruptible power supply to be turned off.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Patent number: 12174648Abstract: A power management circuit includes an inverter circuit and a latch circuit. The inverter circuit is configured to receive a first control signal from an inverter input terminal and generate a second control signal at an inverter output terminal. The first control signal carries power status information of a first supply voltage. The latch circuit has a latch supply terminal, a first latch input terminal and a second latch input terminal. The latch supply terminal is coupled to a second supply voltage becoming ready before the first supply voltage. The first latch input terminal and the second latch input terminal are coupled to the inverter output terminal and the inverter input terminal respectively. The latch circuit is configured to generate a third control signal according to respective signal levels of the first control signal and the second control signal, and accordingly perform power control of an integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: M31 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Hsiang Chang, Chih-Chieh Yao, Chun-Hsiang Lai
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Patent number: 12176718Abstract: An architecture with at least one PV linear installation with a DC network and in interconnecting this subassembly, at at least two distinct interconnection points, with a preferably existing AC electricity network. Each interconnection point to a node of the AC network is a voltage source converter VSC that is able to inject from 0 to 100% of the maximum power P of the PV linear installations.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIESInventor: Quoc-Tuan Tran
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Patent number: 12176720Abstract: A self-generating power supply apparatus includes a power generating body, an energy harvester, and a power consumer. The power generating body generates an electromagnetic field when a force is applied, an energy of the electromagnetic field is received by the energy harvester and subsequently transferred to the power consumer; or alternatively, the energy harvester is not provided and the energy of the electromagnetic field is directly received and used by the power consumer. The energy of the electromagnetic field is harvested by the energy harvester contacting or not contacting the power generating body, and then is converted into electrical energy, which is transferred out in a wired or wireless manner to enable self-generating power supply for the apparatus. The self-generating power supply apparatus has an immeasurable impact on the development in the fields such as wearable devices, small mobile communication devices, Internet of Things, new energy etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: Guangzhou Institute of Blue Energy, YANGTZE RIVER DELTA (JIAXING) NANO APPLIED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Xia Cao, Jue Wang
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Patent number: 12176751Abstract: This application discloses a non-current equalization UPS apparatus, a current distribution method, and a parallel UPS system. The current distribution method may be applied to any UPS apparatus in a parallel UPS system. A current proportion of a first current output by the any UPS apparatus in a total output current of the parallel UPS system is positively related to a capacity proportion of an available battery capacity of a battery string correspondingly connected to the any UPS apparatus in a total available battery capacity of the parallel UPS system. Therefore, a system backup time of the parallel UPS system can be prolonged, and resource utilization of a battery string with a large available battery capacity can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhou Shu, Chuntao Zhang
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Patent number: 12176969Abstract: A terminal device and a method for controlling the terminal device are provided. The terminal device includes a display screen, a housing, a middle frame and a transmitting circuit. The transmitting circuit is disposed on a side of the middle frame and faces the housing. The transmitting circuit includes a matching network and a transmitting coil connected to the matching network. The matching network is configured to perform impedance matching on a received alternating current power signal and send the received alternating current power signal to the transmitting coil. The matching network includes a parallel resonant capacitor connected in parallel to the transmitting coil. The transmitting circuit further includes a resistance switching circuit connected in series to the parallel resonant capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanding Liu, Weiliang Shu, Furong Xiao, Qitang Liu
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Patent number: 12166375Abstract: A method for controlling a battery-powered power supply. The method includes generating a first output from a first power supply within the battery-powered power supply. The first output is coupled to an output bus. The method further includes monitoring a voltage of the output bus, and determining, using a controller of the battery-powered power supply, whether the voltage of the output bus is less than a first predetermined level. The method further includes deactivating the first power supply in response to determining that the voltage of the output bus is below the first predetermined level, and generating a second output from a second power supply within the battery-powered power supply. The second output is configured to be coupled to the output bus. The second power supply has a higher output rating than the first power supply.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventor: Zachary G. Stanke
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Patent number: 12166494Abstract: A method for generating a clock signal using a digital phase-locked loop includes updating a gain of a variable gain digital filter of the digital phase-locked loop using an estimate error of a current estimate of a phase and a frequency of an input clock signal and a measurement error of a measurement of the phase and the frequency of the input clock signal. The gain may include a proportional gain component and an integral gain component. The method may include calculating the current estimate of the phase and the frequency of the input clock signal based on a previous estimate of the phase and the frequency of the input clock signal, the measurement of the phase and the frequency of the input clock signal, and the gain of the variable gain digital filter. The gain may be updated every cycle of the input clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Inventor: Kannanthodath V. Jayakumar
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Patent number: 12160134Abstract: A power source combination circuit has a combination circuit and a controller. The combination circuit includes a first power source, a first field-effect transistor, a second power source, and a second field-effect transistor. The controller is configured to control the combination circuit to supply power to a load circuit, obtain a first input voltage, a second input voltage, and a third input voltage, and diagnose, based on the obtained voltages, whether the combination circuit is in a normal state or an abnormal state. The first input voltage is an input side voltage of the first field-effect transistor, the second input voltage is an input side voltage of the second field-effect transistor, and the third input voltage is a voltage at a power source input end of the load circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Jia Cheng
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Patent number: 12160112Abstract: A wireless transmission module for transmitting energy or signals includes a first magnetically conductive element, a first coil assembly and a first adhesive element. The first coil assembly and the first magnetically conductive element are arranged along a main axis. The first adhesive element is configured to be adhered to the first coil assembly and the first magnetic conductive element. The first adhesive element is disposed between the first coil assembly and the first magnetically conductive element.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Feng-Lung Chien, Mao-Chun Chen, Kun-Ying Lee, Yuan Han, Tsang-Feng Wu
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Patent number: 12158486Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile electric energy supply device, comprising at least one energy supply connector for drawing energy from the energy supply device, a ground grounding device adapted to cooperate with a ground of the installation site of the energy supply device to provide grounding for the energy supply device, and a touch safety monitoring device adapted to monitor at least one touch point disposed on or electrically connected to the energy supply device for touch safety.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: ADS-TEC ENERGY GMBHInventors: Ahmad Rahmoun, Daniel Ziegler
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Patent number: 12155384Abstract: A system for reference clock frequency correction is described. The system comprises a compensation module configured to (i) receive, as input, an oscillator signal and one or more control signals, (ii) generate a compensation signal based on the oscillator signal and the one or more control signals, wherein the generated compensation signal is a discretized sinusoidal signal having a controllable frequency, and (iii) output the generated compensation signal. The system further comprises a mixer block configured to (i) receive, as input, the generated compensation signal and the oscillator signal, and (ii) generate an output clock signal by mixing the generated compensation signal with the oscillator signal. A soft-switching method to reduce the effect of quantization noise is further described.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Stathera IP Holding, Inc.Inventors: Nikola Katic, Javid Musayev
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Patent number: 12155222Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy harvesting system for converting a low-voltage input of an energy harvesting source into a Direct Current (DC) output voltage. The energy harvesting source is one of an energy harvesting source providing an Alternating Current (AC) output such as a piezoelectric energy harvesting source, and an energy harvesting source providing a DC output such as a photovoltaic energy harvesting source.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: NEXPERIA B.V.Inventors: Joram Pieter van der Velden, Gustavo Campos Martins
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Patent number: 12143110Abstract: An integrated circuit is built with enhancement mode Gallium Nitride (GaN) components. The integrated circuit comprises a comparator circuit which compares an input voltage with a reference voltage to provide a controllable constant current source, the comparator having a drive transistor having a positive threshold voltage, the drive transistor being switched on and off based on a comparison result of the comparator. The circuit may drive ring oscillators and may provide pulse width modulation with variable duty cycle at constant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Ariel Scientific Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Joseph B. Bernstein, Ilan Aharon
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Patent number: 12132390Abstract: An electronic circuit unit includes a trigger circuit and a circuit module. The trigger circuit includes a semiconductor switching element configured to output a switching pulse signal in response to an external trigger signal, a load resistor for the semiconductor switching element, a one-shot pulse circuit configured to convert the switching pulse signal into a one-shot pulse with a predetermined pulse width, and a forcible-reset circuit connected to an input side of the semiconductor switching element. The one-shot pulse circuit includes a coupling capacitor connected to an input side of the semiconductor switching element and a charging resistor for the coupling capacitor. The pulse width of the one-shot pulse is determined by a time constant of the coupling capacitor and the charging resistor. The forcible-reset circuit is configured to temporarily input an on-voltage to the semiconductor switching element so as to forcibly switch the circuit module to the operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Osamu Ohashi
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Patent number: 12132324Abstract: The present disclosure provide techniques for communicating energy request reports and energy reports. A method includes sending an energy request indication in an energy request occasion, the energy request indication indicating a request for a user equipment (UE) to send an energy request report to the network node. The method further includes sending the energy request report, the energy request report indicating a request for a network node to transmit power to the UE or a request for time for the UE to harvest energy. The method further includes sending an energy report indication in an energy report occasion, the energy report indication indicating a request for the UE to send an energy report to the network node. The method further includes sending the energy report, the energy report indicating to the network node at least one communication capability of the UE based on an energy level of the UE.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Linhai He, Huilin Xu