Patents by Inventor Christophe Taurand
Christophe Taurand 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).
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Patent number: 10277126Abstract: This converter includes a controllable switch (M) and a control device (311) for generating a signal for controlling the opening and closing instants of the switching switch, the control device being of the control device type in a current mode requiring the application of a current stabilization signal. The control device includes a component (20) delivering a stabilization signal (RC) intermittently, by applying the stabilization signal (RC) at a predetermined instant which precedes a reference instant; and a comparator (28) for generating a control signal (CM) of the controllable switch (M) from the comparison of a set value signal (ÎL) and of a measurement signal corresponding to the current (IL) flowing in an impedance (L) of the converter, the intermittent stabilization signal (RC) being subtracted from the set value signal (ÎL) or added to the measurement signal before applying the comparator.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: THALESInventors: François Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 10177664Abstract: A converter comprising a switch and a control device in “peak charge” mode for generating a command of the switch, and which comprises an error corrector between an output voltage and a reference voltage, a comparison means between a reference charge and a measured charge resulting from the time integration of the current circulating in the switch to develop the command signal, the error signal at the output of the error corrector being a reference power, the control device comprising a conversion unit comprising a divider dividing the reference power by the input voltage to obtain the reference charge.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: ThalesInventors: François Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Publication number: 20180294727Abstract: A converter comprising a switch and a control device in “peak charge” mode for generating a command of the switch, and which comprises an error corrector between an output voltage and a reference voltage, a comparison means between a reference charge and a measured charge resulting from the time integration of the current circulating in the switch to develop the command signal, the error signal at the output of the error corrector being a reference power, the control device comprising a conversion unit comprising a divider dividing the reference power by the input voltage to obtain the reference charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: François KLEIN, Christophe TAURAND
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Publication number: 20170366085Abstract: This converter includes a controllable switch (M) and a control device (311) for generating a signal for controlling the opening and closing instants of the switching switch, the control device being of the control device type in a current mode requiring the application of a current stabilization signal. The control device includes a component (20) delivering a stabilization signal (RC) intermittently, by applying the stabilization signal (RC) at a predetermined instant which precedes a reference instant; and a comparator (28) for generating a control signal (CM) of the controllable switch (M) from the comparison of a set value signal (ÎL) and of a measurement signal corresponding to the current (IL) flowing in an impedance (L) of the converter, the intermittent stabilization signal (RC) being subtracted from the set value signal (ÎL) or added to the measurement signal before applying the comparator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: François Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 9469411Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply system that is adapted be connected in input to N distinct power supply grids (R1, . . . , RN) delivering a direct or alternating input voltage (V1, VN) and to deliver a direct distribution voltage (VBUS), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, of the type comprising a distribution bus operating under the distribution voltage (VBUS), N unidirectional converters (C1, . . . , CN) that can respectively be connected in input to a given power grid (R1, . . . , RN), and control means capable of controlling the unidirectional converters (C1, . . . CN). The power supply system also includes an energy storage device connected to the distribution bus and having a quantity of energy (E), and the control means are adapted to control the unidirectional converters (C1, . . . CN) simultaneously to regulate the electrical power (P1, . . . PN) delivered by each of said unidirectional converters (C1, . . . , CN) as a function of the quantity of energy (E).Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: THALESInventors: Christophe Taurand, Stefan Mollov
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Patent number: 9379642Abstract: An electric power supply system, comprising: a main switching cell (6) comprising a first main branch (14) and a second main branch (16) each including a main switch (T1, T2), and an auxiliary switching cell (10) connected to the main switching cell (6) and comprising a first secondary branch (20) and a second secondary branch (22) on the one hand, each including a secondary switch (T3, T4) and a connection branch (24) for connecting the auxiliary switching cell (10) to the main switching cell (6) on the other hand, the connection branch (24) including a switching inductor (L1), the main switching cell (6) and the auxiliary switching cell (10) being connected, cascaded from each other. The auxiliary switching cell (10) comprises at least two switching capacitors (C1, C2) positioned parallel to one of the secondary switches (T3, T4) for one of them and parallel to one of the main switches (T1, T2) for the other one. An aircraft comprising at least such a power supply system.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: THALESInventors: Vivien Lagorce, Christophe Taurand, François Klein
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Patent number: 9099869Abstract: A power supply system with prioritized network selection is disclosed. In one aspect, the system can be connected to the output of N power supply networks (R1, . . . , RN), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2. It includes N controllable energy transfer members (T1, . . . , TN) each connected to a power supply network (R1, . . . , RN), control subsystem (14) for selecting one power supply network (R1, . . . , RN) by commanding the controllable member (T1, . . . , TN) connected to the selected power supply network (R1, . . . , RN) into a closed position, and energy storage subsystem capable of delivering a storage voltage (Ve). It may also comprise an energy converter connected to the output to the N controllable energy transfer members (T1, . . . , TN), the control subsystem being able to command the energy converter and the N controllable energy transfer members (T1, . . . , TN) to select at most one energy source from among the N power supply networks (R1, . . .Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: ThalesInventors: Christophe Taurand, Arnaud Bretez
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Patent number: 9093865Abstract: This electric energy conversion system of the type including a main converter (40) connected at the input to at least one input network (41) operating under an input voltage and at the output to an output network (42) operating under an output voltage and associated with an electric energy storage device, operating under a storage voltage, including a bidirectional charger (46) connected to the output network (42) on the one hand and to capacitive electric energy storage means (48) on the other hand, the operation of the bidirectional charger (46) being driven by control means (49) for slaving the output voltage on a first set value (Vref2), is characterized in that the operation of the main converter (40) is driven by control means (50) for slaving the storage voltage on a second set value (Vref1).Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: ThalesInventors: Francois Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 8791672Abstract: This regulated power supply system with high input voltage dynamics, of the type having a shared inductance buck/boost transformer and having at least two controllable semiconductor switching members, one associated with the buck function of the transformer and the other with the boost function of the transformer, is characterized in that one of the controllable semiconductor switching members is driven by control means as a function of the system's input voltage, and the other is driven continuously by enslavement means on the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: ThalesInventors: Francois Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Publication number: 20140177300Abstract: An electric power supply system, comprising: a main switching cell (6) comprising a first main branch (14) and a second main branch (16) each including a main switch (T1, T2), and an auxiliary switching cell (10) connected to the main switching cell (6) and comprising a first secondary branch (20) and a second secondary branch (22) on the one hand, each including a secondary switch (T3, T4) and a connection branch (24) for connecting the auxiliary switching cell (10) to the main switching cell (6) on the other hand, the connection branch (24) including a switching inductor (L1), the main switching cell (6) and the auxiliary switching cell (10) being connected, cascaded from each other. The auxiliary switching cell (10) comprises at least two switching capacitors (C1, C2) positioned parallel to one of the secondary switches (T3, T4) for one of them and parallel to one of the main switches (T1, T2) for the other one. An aircraft comprising at least such a power supply system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: THALESInventors: Vivien Lagorce, Christophe Taurand, François Klein
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Patent number: 8243414Abstract: An electrostatic device for damping a mechanical vibration movement of a moving object, the moving object being made of an electrically conductive material, the movement of the moving object having at least one parasitic vibration mode of frequency fp to be damped, the device comprising an electrode ELE forming, with the moving object, a gap of capacitance C voltage-biased with a DC voltage V0 by a biasing circuit, the biasing circuit comprising, electrically connected in series with the electrode ELE: a load resistance R; possibly an inductance L; a parasitic capacitance Cp, characterized in that the biasing circuit further includes an electronic compensating device DEC having an impedance Zeq, which comprises a capacitance component Ceq, a resistance component Req, and possibly an inductance component Leq.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: ThalesInventors: Régis Quer, Christophe Taurand
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Publication number: 20120068679Abstract: This regulated power supply system with high input voltage dynamics, of the type having a shared inductance buck/boost transformer and having at least two controllable semiconductor switching members, one associated with the buck function of the transformer and the other with the boost function of the transformer, is characterized in that one of the controllable semiconductor switching members is driven by control means as a function of the system's input voltage, and the other is driven continuously by enslavement means on the output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: THALESInventors: Francois Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Publication number: 20120062045Abstract: This electric energy conversion system of the type including a main converter (40) connected at the input to at least one input network (41) operating under an input voltage and at the output to an output network (42) operating under an output voltage and associated with an electric energy storage device, operating under a storage voltage, including a bidirectional charger (46) connected to the output network (42) on the one hand and to capacitive electric energy storage means (48) on the other hand, the operation of the bidirectional charger (46) being driven by control means (49) for slaving the output voltage on a first set value (Vref2), is characterized in that the operation of the main converter (40) is driven by control means (50) for slaving the storage voltage on a second set value (Vref1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: ThalesInventors: Francois Klein, Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 7859861Abstract: An insulated transfer device with particular topology, comprising on the primary, a switched-mode voltage step-up circuit, with a step-up inductance (LB) and an active buffer stage (DT, MT, CT) supplying a peak voltage greater than the peak voltage supplied by the input voltage source (vE) and two pairs of controlled switches controlling the application of the voltage supplied by the switched-mode voltage step-up circuit, to the terminals (Ep1, Ep2) of the primary winding and to the secondary, a full-wave rectifier with diodes (Ds1, Ds2) and controlled switches (Ms1, Ms2). On the primary, the voltage at the terminals of the capacitor CT of the active buffer stage used to apply a controlled AC voltage between the terminals Ep1 and Ep2 is regulated by controlling the time for which the controlled switches of the pairs are simultaneously in the closed state. On the secondary, VS is regulated by controlling the time for which the secondary switches are simultaneously in the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: ThalesInventors: Christophe Taurand, Guillaume Vire
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Publication number: 20100181156Abstract: An electrostatic device for damping a mechanical vibration movement of a moving object, the moving object being made of an electrically conductive material, the movement of the moving object having at least one parasitic vibration mode of frequency fp to be damped, the device comprising an electrode ELE forming, with the moving object, a gap of capacitance C voltage-biased with a DC voltage V0 by a biasing circuit, the biasing circuit comprising, electrically connected in series with the electrode ELE: a load resistance R; possibly an inductance L; a parasitic capacitance Cp, characterized in that the biasing circuit further includes an electronic compensating device DEC having an impedance Zeq, which comprises a capacitance component Ceq, a resistance component Req, and possibly an inductance component Leq.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: THALESInventors: Regis Quer, Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 7755325Abstract: In an energy storage device comprising a series network of n storage elements C1, . . . Cn, able to provide a continuous voltage across its terminals, a system for equilibrating the elements is envisaged comprising a plurality of charge transfer modules Mi,j, each module Mi,j ensuring a bidirectional transfer of charge linear to first order between two storage elements Ci and Cj of the said network. Each energy storage element is connected to p modules, p?n?1, each of the p modules pairing the said element with another element of the network. The time required for reequilibrating is thus reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: ThalesInventor: Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 7551463Abstract: This AC/DC converter is an isolated converter with switch-mode current regulation by means of a controlled switch (5). The controlled switch (5) is protected by a current limiting device (9, 7) obeying a peak current setpoint proportional to the instantaneous voltage from the power supply source (Vin). This allows the quality of the absorbed current to be improved and the risks of interference from the switch-mode power supply to be limited while at the same time satisfying the new demands on avionics power networks.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: ThalesInventors: Thierry Ros, Christophe Taurand
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Publication number: 20090129123Abstract: An insulated transfer device with particular topology, comprising on the primary, a switched-mode voltage step-up circuit, with a step-up inductance (LB) and an active buffer stage (DT, MT, CT) supplying a peak voltage greater than the peak voltage supplied by the input voltage source (vE) and two pairs of controlled switches controlling the application of the voltage supplied by the switched-mode voltage step-up circuit, to the terminals (Ep1, Ep2) of the primary winding and to the secondary, a full-wave rectifier with diodes (Ds1, Ds2) and controlled switches (Ms1, Ms2). On the primary, the voltage at the terminals of the capacitor CT of the active buffer stage used to apply a controlled AC voltage between the terminals Ep1 and Ep2 is regulated by controlling the time for which the controlled switches of the pairs are simultaneously in the closed state. On the secondary, VS is regulated by controlling the time for which the secondary switches are simultaneously in the closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: ThalesInventors: Christophe Taurand, Guillaume Vire
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Patent number: 7446521Abstract: A high-output ratio DC DC converter supplies at least two regulated output voltages, a positive voltage Vs+ and a negative voltage Vs? from a direct current voltage Vin applied at the input, by means of two voltage boost structures with pairs of switches SBp1, SHp1, and groups of input capacitors Gin1 and output capacitors Gout1, controlled by an inductive stage with inductance Lin and controlled switch M, a level translator circuit with capacitor Ct and direct diode Dt being provided between the said inductive stage and the structure supplying the negative output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: ThalesInventor: Christophe Taurand
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Patent number: 7394264Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring current in an inductor and being connected in parallel with said inductor. The device includes a network in parallel with the inductor and connected to the terminals A and B comprising a resistor R2 in series with a resistor R1 in parallel with a capacitor C1; a voltage offset circuit having a DC voltage generator E connected in parallel with an offset resistor (Roffset) in series with two parallel resistors R3 and R4, the positive pole of the voltage source being connected to terminal B of the inductor; a temperature compensation circuit comprising a current source controlled as a function of the temperature, one of the two terminals of the current source being connected to the negative pole of the generator E, the other terminal of the current source being connected to different points of the measurement device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: ThalesInventors: Flavien Blanc, Christophe Taurand