Patents by Inventor Baihui SONG

Baihui SONG 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).

  • Publication number: 20250007392
    Abstract: A coordinated fault-tolerant control method for a two-stage power module is provided. The two-stage power module includes a front-stage circuit and a rear-stage circuit. The front-stage circuit has a DC midpoint. Each of a first side circuit and a second side circuit of the rear-stage circuit includes two rear-stage switch sets. If one switch in one of the two rear-stage switch sets in the first side circuit fails, disable the other switch in the rear-stage switch set. Operate the other rear-stage switch set in the first side circuit normally. One of the two rear-stage switch sets in the second side circuit is operated normally, and the other of the two rear-stage switch sets in the second side circuit is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Sanyuan Ouyang, Baihui Song, Wen Zhang, Yuxin Han, Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20240339920
    Abstract: A two-stage converter and a control method thereof are provided. The two-stage converter includes a first stage conversion unit, a capacitor unit and a second stage conversion unit. The first stage conversion unit receives a first power and converts the first power into a second power. The capacitor unit is electrically connected to the first stage conversion unit to receive the second power. The second stage conversion unit is electrically connected to the capacitor unit to receive a power transmitted by the capacitor unit. The first stage conversion unit receives a switch signal which has a switching cycle. In at least one said switching cycle, the two-stage converter performs a first control mode in which an operation state of the second stage conversion unit is adjusted according to an operation state of the first stage conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Baihui Song, Wen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240333025
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a power supply system and a power supply method. The power supply system includes a first sub-system including at least two first power supply devices and a first load, the first power supply devices for powering the first load; a second sub-system including a second power supply device and a second load, the second power supply device for powering the second load; and a connection unit configured to control electrical connection or electrical disconnection between the first power supply devices and the second load; wherein power supply availability of the first sub-system is higher than power supply availability of the second sub-system. The disclosure provides more power supply availabilities through few types of power supply structures, which facilitates application scenarios such as data center to flexibly adjust the power supply structures according to business, and save cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Sanyuan OUYANG, Hong LIU, Weiqiang ZHANG, Baihui SONG
  • Publication number: 20240333142
    Abstract: A control circuit for a resonant conversion circuit is provided. The resonant conversion circuit includes a switching circuit, a resonant network and a rectifier circuit. Firstly, a starting point of an operating trajectory with a plurality of trajectory segments is determined according to a sampling data sampled at a first switching time point. Then, the starting point of each trajectory segment is determined. The operating mode is determined according to the starting point of the corresponding trajectory segment, and a curve and an end point of the trajectory segment are predicted according to the operating mode. Then, the duration time of each trajectory segment is calculated. The end point of the operating trajectory is determined according to a control instruction. According to the execution time between the starting point and the end point of the operating trajectory, a next switching time point is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Hong Liu, Baihui Song
  • Publication number: 20240322664
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a DC bias suppression method and a high-frequency power conversion circuit using the same. The high-frequency power conversion circuit includes a high-frequency AC port, a switching circuit, a DC port and a power source connected sequentially, and the DC bias suppression method includes: acquiring voltage information or current information of the DC port at N times, where N?2; obtaining a corresponding first voltage difference or a corresponding first current difference according to the voltage information or the current information at the N times; regulating a duty ratio of a driving signal according to the first voltage difference or the first current difference; and regulating duty ratios of switching tubes in the switching circuit according to the driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Wen ZHANG, Baihui SONG
  • Publication number: 20240022167
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a resonant converter, and a controlling method thereof. The resonant converter includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, a primary circuit electrically connected to the primary winding and receiving an input voltage, and a secondary circuit electrically connected to the secondary winding and outputting an output voltage. The secondary circuit includes a first secondary half-bridge including a first controllable switch and a second secondary half-bridge including a second controllable switch connected in parallel. The first and second controllable switches are arranged diagonally. The method includes: controlling a duty ratio of one of the first controllable switch and the second controllable switch in a first switching period to form a first short-circuited loop during a first interval during; and controlling a duty ratio of the other one in a second switching period to form a second short-circuited loop during a second interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Baihui SONG, Sanyuan OUYANG, Cheng LU
  • Patent number: 11811297
    Abstract: A power module includes N inverter units outputting N AC voltages and being coupled to N high-frequency AC terminals, wherein the N high-frequency AC terminals are cascaded and connected to a post-stage rectifier circuit. A phase-shift control method for the power module includes: setting at least two phase-shift sequences, wherein phase sequence numbers of the N AC voltages of the N inverter units are different in the at least two phase-shift sequences; in one switching period, controlling the N AC voltages of the N inverter units to shift a first angle according to a first phase-shift sequence of the at least two phase-shift sequences; and in another switching period, controlling the N AC voltages of the N inverter units to shift the first angle according to a second phase-shift sequence of the at least two phase-shift sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Jie Kong, Wen Zhang, Baihui Song, Cheng Lu, Hongyang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230261568
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for estimating parameters of a resonant converter. The resonant converter has first, second port, and a resonant tank that includes an equivalent resonant capacitor and an equivalent resonant inductor, the method including: estimating a second voltage estimation value of the second port, an equivalent resonant capacitor estimation value, and/or an equivalent resonant inductor estimation value of the resonant converter according to a first voltage of the first port, an equivalent resonant capacitor voltage and an equivalent resonant inductor current of at least three effective points, wherein the points have different coordinates on a state plane of the equivalent resonant capacitor voltage and the equivalent resonant inductor current, and are on a state trajectory formed by the equivalent resonant capacitor voltage and the equivalent resonant inductor current, and the points are not central symmetric about a center of the state trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Baihui SONG, Wen ZHANG, Wenfei HU, Cheng LU
  • Publication number: 20230179091
    Abstract: The application discloses a resonant converter and a method for controlling the same. The resonant converter includes: a resonant tank, a first circuit electrically connected to a first end of the resonant tank, and a second circuit electrically connected to a second end of the resonant tank; the first circuit including at least one primary switch, the second circuit including at least one controllable switch, and controlling the at least one controllable switch according to a secondary initial switching frequency, such that the second circuit outputs power, adjusting a secondary switching frequency of the at least one controllable switch according to the secondary initial switching frequency and a signal reflecting the power of the second circuit, such that the secondary switching frequency of the second circuit follows a primary switching frequency of the first circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Baihui SONG, Wenfei HU, Cheng LU, Hongyang WU
  • Publication number: 20230179079
    Abstract: The application provides a cascade system distributed control method and device. The method including: taking an output of a closed-loop control for regulating an AC current of the power module as a reference value of a bridge arm voltage; according to the reference value of the bridge arm voltage to obtain an amplitude of the bridge arm voltage, taking the amplitude of the bridge arm voltage as a feedback signal, and after closed-loop control and regulation together with the AC current of the power module, adjusting the reference value of the bridge arm voltage; and controlling the bridge arm voltage according to the reference value of the bridge arm voltage, wherein in at least one working mode of the cascade system, a change of parameters reflecting an active current has a monotonic relation with a change of the amplitude of the bridge arm voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Wen ZHANG, Wenfei HU, Cheng LU, Hongyang WU, Baihui SONG
  • Publication number: 20220368235
    Abstract: A power module includes N inverter units outputting N AC voltages and being coupled to N high-frequency AC terminals, wherein the N high-frequency AC terminals are cascaded and connected to a post-stage rectifier circuit. A phase-shift control method for the power module includes: setting at least two phase-shift sequences, wherein phase sequence numbers of the N AC voltages of the N inverter units are different in the at least two phase-shift sequences; in one switching period, controlling the N AC voltages of the N inverter units to shift a first angle according to a first phase-shift sequence of the at least two phase-shift sequences; and in another switching period, controlling the N AC voltages of the N inverter units to shift the first angle according to a second phase-shift sequence of the at least two phase-shift sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Jie KONG, Wen ZHANG, Baihui SONG, Cheng LU, Hongyang WU