Patents Examined by Yemand Mehari
  • Patent number: 9755512
    Abstract: Auto-compensation—for compensating voltage regulators generating a regulated output voltage—may be performed dynamically by determining various coefficients of a compensation function used in compensating the power regulator, based at least on assumptions about the structure of the regulator and corresponding filters. At least the DC loop gain and the position of the compensation zeros may be determined without requiring any prior knowledge of the values of the various components of the system. The compensator coefficients may be adjusted based on duty-cycle jitter information, which may be accurately obtained/measured at a high signal-to-noise ratio. By observing the duty-cycle jitter, the capacitor (equivalent series resistance) may be optimally compensated by tuning the 0 dB crossover slope of the loop gain. Accordingly, auto-compensation may be performed by measuring the duty-cycle jitter while maintaining optimum stability and transient performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTERSIL AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Shuai Jiang, Zhixiang Liang, Jian Yin
  • Patent number: 9081407
    Abstract: A method for regulating a power line voltage includes determining a slow voltage variation by filtering an actual voltage at terminals of the voltage regulation apparatus. A fast active power variation is determined by filtering a measured active power of the DG system; wherein a first frequency of the slow voltage variation is smaller than a second frequency of the fast active power variation. The voltage regulation apparatus settings are controlled based on the slow voltage variation and a reactive power output of the DG system is controlled based on fast active power variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johal Harjeet, Naresh Acharya, Kathleen Ann O'Brien, Xinhui Wu