Patents by Inventor Hongyang Wu

Hongyang Wu 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: 12132412
    Abstract: The present application provides a power supply apparatus, a three-phase power supply system and a control method, including N modules, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and each module includes: a transformer, including a primary winding and a first secondary winding; and a first switch unit connected to the first secondary winding of the transformer, where primary windings of transformers of the N modules are connected in series, the first switch unit operates in one of a bypass mode, an open-circuit mode and a modulation mode, an output of each module is controlled by the first switch unit, so as to make the power supply apparatus provide voltages of different amplitudes according to power demand, and transformers with large volume and heavy weight, such as a centralized line frequency transformer or a multiple-winding transformer, are no longer required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Hongyang Wu, Cheng Lu, Weiqiang Zhang, Xingkuan Guo
  • Publication number: 20240243587
    Abstract: A system is disclosed, comprising a plurality of energy storage units and at least one voltage balancing unit. Each voltage balancing unit is associated with at least one of the energy storage units. The at least one voltage balancing unit is connected to the energy storage units and when activated is configured to, on a condition that the voltage of at least one of the energy storage units associated with the at least one voltage balancing unit exceeds a threshold voltage level, reduce the voltage of at least the one(s) of the energy storage units whose voltage exceeds the threshold voltage level so as to become equal to or smaller than the threshold voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lexuan MENG, Mohsen ASOODAR, Tong WU, Mikael TENERZ, Hongyang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11863065
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power module includes: configuring N cells in cascade connection, where N is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2, each cell comprising a bidirectional switching unit and a non-controlled rectifier bridge, the bidirectional switching unit being connected to central points of two bridge arms of the non-controlled rectifier bridge; controlling each cell to operate in one of three operating modes of a modulation mode, a bypass mode and a non-controlled rectifying mode, wherein in the N cells, m1 cells operate in the bypass mode, where 0?m1?M1, m2 cells operate in the non-controlled rectifying mode, where 0?m2?M2, m3 cells operate in the modulation mode and can realize power factor correction, where 0<m3; wherein m1+m2+m3=N, M1 is the allowable number of cells for bypass in the system, and M2 is the allowable number of cells for non-controlled rectification in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Wen Zhang, Dan Wang, Cheng Lu, Hongyang Wu
  • Patent number: 11807116
    Abstract: A charging system includes a multi-pulse transformer, n AC-DC conversion units, n power supply terminals and a charging scheduling apparatus. A plurality of secondary windings of the multi-pulse transformer form n winding pairs. The n AC-DC conversion units are coupled to the n winding pairs in a one-to-one correspondence. The n power supply terminals are coupled to the n AC-DC conversion units in a one-to-one correspondence. The charging scheduling apparatus are configured to detect the number of charging devices and states of the power supply terminals, and determine M target winding pairs from the n winding pairs for supplying power to the charging devices. The M target winding pairs include a winding pair distributed close to a first end of the magnetic core and a winding pair distributed close to a second end of the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liping Sun, Hongyang Wu, Jianjun Ni, Teng Liu
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11799393
    Abstract: The application provides a dispersed carrier phase-shifting method and system. The method includes connecting at least two power modules to form a modular system; each power module including a control module for sampling at least twice a common state variate, signs of slopes of the common state variate at a first and second sampling time are opposite, and a reference time of the first sampling time for each control module is the same; and regulating a carrier frequency of the power module according to a relative size between a sampled values at the first and second sampling time. According to embodiments herein, carrier phase-shifting of modular system may be implemented without communication between respective modules. Under closed-loop control, optimal carrier phase-shifting can be automatically achieved under various duty ratios, thereby having good stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Wen Zhang, Wenfei Hu, Cheng Lu, Hongyang Wu
  • Patent number: 11750088
    Abstract: The application provides a method for controlling a PFC circuit including a diode bridge arm, DNPC bridge arm and capacitor group connected in parallel. The control method includes: switching working mode of the PFC circuit back and forth between first mode and third mode via second mode in each switching cycle when positive half cycle of a modulation wave is modulated, and switching working mode of the PFC circuit back and forth between sixth mode and fourth mode via fifth mode in each switching cycle when negative half cycle of the modulation wave is modulated. The durations of the second and fifth modes are as short as possible, thereby decreasing a current flowing into or out from midpoint of the capacitor group, and reducing voltage fluctuation at the midpoint. The application further provides a PFC circuit using the control method and a power conversion device having the PFC circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Lu, Hongyang Wu, Wenfei Hu
  • Patent number: 11742688
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging device and a charging control method, and the device includes a transformer, a charger, an energy regulator, and a controller; the primary winding of the transformer is connected to the power distribution network, the power distribution network provides a first input power for the charging device; the secondary winding of the transformer is connected to an AC side of the charger and the AC side of the energy regulator respectively; the power required on the AC side of the charger is a second input power; the controller is connected to the energy regulator to control the AC side current of the energy regulator, so as to compensate the power difference between the second input power and the first input power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Yan, Hongyang Wu, Liping Sun, Yiwen Lu
  • Patent number: 11728639
    Abstract: The invention provides a transformer short-circuit protection method and a transformer short-circuit protection device. The transformer short-circuit protection method includes: acquiring output voltages of a plurality of output lines of at least one winding on a low-voltage side of a transformer; and determining a short circuit according to the output voltages, and sending a protection signal when the short circuit is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Zhou, Shengzou Yue, Hongyang Wu, Liping Sun, Qianfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20230253888
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a power supply unit, including: a first high-frequency isolating converter including a first end connected to a first voltage, a second end and a third end; and a second high-frequency isolating converter including a first end connected to a second voltage, a second end and a third end, wherein the second end of the second high-frequency isolating converter and the second end of the first high-frequency isolating converter are connected in parallel to a first end of a first load, and the third end of the second high-frequency isolating converter and the third end of the first high-frequency isolating converter are connected in parallel to a second end of the first load. The disclosure further provides a loop power supply system having the power supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Weiqiang ZHANG, Xingkuan GUO, Hongyang WU
  • 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: 20230108857
    Abstract: The present application provides a power supply apparatus, a three-phase power supply system and a control method, including N modules, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and each module includes: a transformer, including a primary winding and a first secondary winding; and a first switch unit connected to the first secondary winding of the transformer, where primary windings of transformers of the N modules are connected in series, the first switch unit operates in one of a bypass mode, an open-circuit mode and a modulation mode, an output of each module is controlled by the first switch unit, so as to make the power supply apparatus provide voltages of different amplitudes according to power demand, and transformers with large volume and heavy weight, such as a centralized line frequency transformer or a multiple-winding transformer, are no longer required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Hongyang WU, Cheng LU, Weiqiang ZHANG, Xingkuan GUO
  • Publication number: 20230086664
    Abstract: In a route management method, a configuration distribution device may create a route processing unit in at least one route processing device when there is a route management requirement, determine a route processing unit corresponding to each to-be-processed target private network, and then send configuration information of each target private network to a corresponding route processing unit, so that the route processing unit processes a route of a corresponding target private network. The at least one route processing device is created in real time based on the route management requirement, and each route processing unit can independently complete route receiving and sending and route selection of a corresponding target private network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Chenyu Jin, Shenzu Qin, Haijun Xu, Yueqi Liang, Hongyang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230068964
    Abstract: The application provides a dispersed carrier phase-shifting method and system. The method includes connecting at least two power modules to form a modular system; each power module including a control module for sampling at least twice a common state variate, signs of slopes of the common state variate at a first and second sampling time are opposite, and a reference time of the first sampling time for each control module is the same; and regulating a carrier frequency of the power module according to a relative size between a sampled values at the first and second sampling time. According to embodiments herein, carrier phase-shifting of modular system may be implemented without communication between respective modules. Under closed-loop control, optimal carrier phase-shifting can be automatically achieved under various duty ratios, thereby having good stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Wen ZHANG, Wenfei HU, Cheng LU, Hongyang WU
  • Patent number: 11594952
    Abstract: An auxiliary power supply device for an inverter with a plurality of power modules connected in parallel is disclosed. The auxiliary power supply device includes: a plurality of soft-start circuits, each coupled to a DC port of a corresponding power module; a plurality of distributed auxiliary power supplies, each having an input terminal coupled to the DC port of the corresponding power module; and a centralized auxiliary power supply having an input terminal coupled to an AC side of the inverter, and an output terminal coupled to a DC side of the inverter. By replacing auxiliary power supplies on the AC sides of all power modules with the centralized auxiliary power supply and omitting soft-start circuits on the AC sides of all power modules, the present invention improves system performance in cost, volume, loss, and electromagnetic compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Wei Guan, Hongyang Wu, Feiqin Hao, Fayang Jiang
  • Patent number: 11588337
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a centralized charging cabinet, including: a charging cabinet, provided with an isolation area and a charging area therein; an isolation transformer, provided in the isolation area; and at least one charging unit, provided in the charging area, where each of the charging unit is electrically connected to a secondary winding of the isolation transformer through a plurality of first connection structures, and the plurality of first connection structures are located at a back region of the charging area. In the centralized charging cabinet, the isolation transformer is provided in the isolation area inside the charging cabinet, the charging unit is provided in the charging area inside the charging cabinet, which realizes a centralized layout of the isolation transformer and the charging unit and improves the space utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyang Wu, Jian Zhu, Liping Sun, Chao Yan, Qianfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20230017075
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a power supply unit, including: a first high-frequency isolating converter including a first end connected to a first voltage, a second end and a third end; and a second high-frequency isolating converter including a first end connected to a second voltage, a second end and a third end, wherein the second end of the second high-frequency isolating converter and the second end of the first high-frequency isolating converter are connected in parallel to a first end of a first load, and the third end of the second high-frequency isolating converter and the third end of the first high-frequency isolating converter are connected in parallel to a second end of the first load. The disclosure further provides a loop power supply system having the power supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Weiqiang ZHANG, Xingkuan GUO, Hongyang WU
  • Publication number: 20220368219
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power module includes: configuring N cells in cascade connection, where N is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2, each cell comprising a bidirectional switching unit and a non-controlled rectifier bridge, the bidirectional switching unit being connected to central points of two bridge arms of the non-controlled rectifier bridge; controlling each cell to operate in one of three operating modes of a modulation mode, a bypass mode and a non-controlled rectifying mode, wherein in the N cells, m1 cells operate in the bypass mode, where 0?m1?M1, m2 cells operate in the non-controlled rectifying mode, where 0?m2?M2, m3 cells operate in the modulation mode and can realize power factor correction, where 0<m3; wherein m1+m2+m3=N, M1 is the allowable number of cells for bypass in the system, and M2 is the allowable number of cells for non-controlled rectification in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hong LIU, Wen ZHANG, Dan WANG, Cheng LU, Hongyang WU
  • 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