Patents by Inventor Adam Albrecht

Adam Albrecht has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10330753
    Abstract: A power electronic unit for an amplifier of an imaging magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system is provided. The power electronic unit includes at least one printed circuit board, on which a plurality of transistors are arranged. Ports (e.g., drain and source) of the plurality of transistors are connected together by electrically conductive connections, and the plurality of transistors are all arranged on one side of the at least one printed circuit board. An output line or cable parallel to the connections, at least in sections, runs on the opposing side of the printed circuit board and may be connected or is connected with or without further interconnected elements (e.g., a balun) to transmitting coils of the MRT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 10254359
    Abstract: A power amplifier device for a magnetic resonance device includes a circuit board with at least one power amplifier module, and at least one electronics structure including coupled conductor paths arranged on opposing sides of the circuit board. The power amplifier device also includes a cooling plate operable for cooling components on the circuit board that heat up during operation and abutting the circuit board on one side. The cooling plate has a depression that follows the course of the conductor path and faces the conductor path in the region of the conductor path of the electronics structure that is arranged on the side of the circuit board facing the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 10126381
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an electrical component includes a circuit board with the electrical component disposed on the circuit board. The apparatus includes a cover disposed on the circuit board. The cover and the circuit board form a closed cavity in which the electronic component is disposed. The cavity has a first opening for introduction of a fluid and a second opening for discharge of a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9404982
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement including a plurality of amplifier stages to amplify an electrical RF signal for a magnetic resonance tomography device is provided. The plurality of amplifier stages is arranged on at least one circuit board. A circuit board of the at least one circuit board surrounds a cooling pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9379425
    Abstract: A signal splitter for creating at least two symmetrical equal-power signals from an input signal for use in an amplifier device includes at least one input terminal pair and at least two output terminal pairs. A primary conductor structure supplied from the at least one input terminal pair is provided for induction of a current flow in at least two secondary conductor structures each connected to an output terminal pair of the at least two output terminal pairs and the at least two secondary conductor structures. A center of a conductor length of each of the at least two secondary conductor structures is connected to ground, and the primary conductor structure and the at least two secondary conductor structures are realized as conductor tracks applied to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20160178715
    Abstract: A power electronic unit for an amplifier of an imaging magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system is provided. The power electronic unit includes at least one printed circuit board, on which a plurality of transistors are arranged. Ports (e.g., drain and source) of the plurality of transistors are connected together by electrically conductive connections, and the plurality of transistors are all arranged on one side of the at least one printed circuit board. An output line or cable parallel to the connections, at least in sections, runs on the opposing side of the printed circuit board and may be connected or is connected with or without further interconnected elements (e.g., a balun) to transmitting coils of the MRT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9354255
    Abstract: An output stage module for a power amplifier device (e.g., for a power amplifier device of a transmit unit of a magnetic resonance device) includes a housing and a carrier that is arranged within the housing. The carrier is made of a non-electrically-conducting, thermally-conducting material with low electrical losses (e.g., a ceramic carrier). At least two transistor dies are arranged on the carrier. At least one transistor, in each case, is assigned to a phase of a symmetrical input signal. In and/or on the carrier, a first conductor structure connecting (e.g., inductively) a drain output of the at least two transistor dies to an output signal and to second conductor structures each conducting an input signal to at least one gate input of the at least two transistor dies are provided. At least one cooling channel routed adjacent to at least one transistor die of the at least two transistor dies is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9341688
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system, a current strength of a coil current is controllable by a plurality of semiconductor power switches as a function of a control signal. The plurality of semiconductor power switches receive the control signal at respective control inputs from a control line. In each of at least two semiconductor power switches of the plurality of semiconductor power switches, a compensation resistance element is connected between the control input and the control line. Resistance values of the compensation resistance elements are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9297869
    Abstract: A device for power measurement for the purposes of plausibility checking and/or calibration of a primary power measurement device on a power amplifier of a magnetic resonance device is provided. The device includes a circulator arranged between an output of the power amplifier and a switching device for connection of the power amplifier to a transmit antenna. A first input of the circulator is connected to the output of the power amplifier, a second input of the circulator is connected to the switching device, and a third input of the circulator is connected to a secondary power measurement device configured for measurement of a signal reflected on the open switching device or the transmit antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9151814
    Abstract: A power electronics assembly for a magnetic resonance device includes a housing and at least one printed circuit board (PCB) arranged in the housing with at least one power electronics component to be cooled. The PCB has an at least one millimeter thick backside layer that may be made of copper. The power electronics assembly also includes a stabilizing cooling plate configured as part of the housing and/or the housing includes at least one coolant channel open on at least one side, so that the PCB mounted on the cooling plate comes into direct contact with coolant guided in the coolant channel in an area of the power electronics components with the backside layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Adam Albrecht, Horst Kröckel
  • Publication number: 20150168514
    Abstract: A power amplifier device for a magnetic resonance device includes a circuit board with at least one power amplifier module, and at least one electronics structure including coupled conductor paths arranged on opposing sides of the circuit board. The power amplifier device also includes a cooling plate operable for cooling components on the circuit board that heat up during operation and abutting the circuit board on one side. The cooling plate has a depression that follows the course of the conductor path and faces the conductor path in the region of the conductor path of the electronics structure that is arranged on the side of the circuit board facing the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20150042342
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an electrical component includes a circuit board with the electrical component disposed on the circuit board. The apparatus includes a cover disposed on the circuit board. The cover and the circuit board form a closed cavity in which the electronic component is disposed. The cavity has a first opening for introduction of a fluid and a second opening for discharge of a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20140009160
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement including a plurality of amplifier stages to amplify an electrical RF signal for a magnetic resonance tomography device is provided. The plurality of amplifier stages is arranged on at least one circuit board. A circuit board of the at least one circuit board surrounds a cooling pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 8618802
    Abstract: A power amplifier unit for a magnetic resonance device includes at least two power amplifier modules. Symmetrical output signals from the at least two power amplifier modules are fed to a shared balun. The shared balun is provided on a printed circuit board (PCB) and is realized in a unit with the at least two power amplifier modules. The balun is configured to asymmetrize a sum signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Adam Albrecht, Horst Kröckel, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20130147486
    Abstract: A power amplifier device for a magnetic resonance machine includes a housing, in which a first printed circuit board including at least one amplifier module having at least one power electronics component and at least one conductor pattern connected to the power electronics component is arranged. A second printed circuit board including at least one power electronics component and a conductor pattern is also arranged in the housing. The conductor pattern of the second printed circuit board is connected to at least one connection point of the first printed circuit board in order to supply voltage to the amplifier module. At least one cooling duct for cooling the power electronics components is arranged in the housing. At least two of the power electronics components are arranged such that the electronics components are thermally connected to a common cooling duct on opposite sides of the cooling duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20130119989
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system, a current strength of a coil current is controllable by a plurality of semiconductor power switches as a function of a control signal. The plurality of semiconductor power switches receive the control signal at respective control inputs from a control line. In each of at least two semiconductor power switches of the plurality of semiconductor power switches, a compensation resistance element is connected between the control input and the control line. Resistance values of the compensation resistance elements are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Patent number: 8421001
    Abstract: A method for supplying a plurality of system components of a system with a common reference signal is described, in which an electrical output reference signal is created by a reference signal generator and a number of optical reference signals are generated using the electrical output reference signal. The optical reference signals are transmitted to the individual system components, and an electrical input reference signal for the corresponding system component is generated at or in the system component using the transferred optical reference signal. A corresponding reference signaling arrangement, a reference signal transmission facility, an electro-technical system having a number of system components and a system component for the system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20130082711
    Abstract: A signal splitter for creating at least two symmetrical equal-power signals from an input signal for use in an amplifier device includes at least one input terminal pair and at least two output terminal pairs. A primary conductor structure supplied from the at least one input terminal pair is provided for induction of a current flow in at least two secondary conductor structures each connected to an output terminal pair of the at least two output terminal pairs and the at least two secondary conductor structures. A center of a conductor length of each of the at least two secondary conductor structures is connected to ground, and the primary conductor structure and the at least two secondary conductor structures are realized as conductor tracks applied to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20130076360
    Abstract: A power module for a high frequency amplifier unit is provided. The power module includes a base support plate, on which at least one power electronic module is contacted via a number of contact pins. A shield plate is arranged on a side of the power electronic module facing away from the base support plate. The power electronic module is in contact with a cooling element at a side facing the shield plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20130076359
    Abstract: An output stage module for a power amplifier device (e.g., for a power amplifier device of a transmit unit of a magnetic resonance device) includes a housing and a carrier that is arranged within the housing. The carrier is made of a non-electrically-conducting, thermally-conducting material with low electrical losses (e.g., a ceramic carrier). At least two transistor dies are arranged on the carrier. At least one transistor, in each case, is assigned to a phase of a symmetrical input signal. In and/or on the carrier, a first conductor structure connecting (e.g., inductively) a drain output of the at least two transistor dies to an output signal and to second conductor structures each conducting an input signal to at least one gate input of the at least two transistor dies are provided. At least one cooling channel routed adjacent to at least one transistor die of the at least two transistor dies is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Adam Albrecht