Patents by Inventor Karel De Brabandere

Karel De Brabandere 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: 9450512
    Abstract: A method for the operational control of an inverter designed for DC/AC voltage conversion that has at least one direct-voltage input and that can be connected to a power supply grid via at least one alternating-voltage output, the inverter being involved in a power flow interaction with the grid in such a manner that, during operation of the inverter, a leakage current IA can occur, wherein the leakage current IA is controlled in the operational control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Sven Bremicker, Karel De Brabandere, Tobias Mueller
  • Patent number: 9106152
    Abstract: A method for grid support by means of an inverter is disclosed, wherein the grid is supported by feeding in compensation currents. The method includes measuring a prevailing grid state, and breaking down voltages measured for measuring the prevailing grid state into symmetrical components of the grid state including positive sequence system components and negative sequence system components. The method further includes determining symmetrical components of a compensation current including positive sequence system components and negative sequence system components of the compensation current as functions of deviations of the positive sequence system components and negative sequence system components of the grid state from reference values, and feeding-in a compensation current as the vector sum of the determined symmetrical components of the compensation current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Karel De Brabandere, Vitali Sakschewski, Lars Cramer, Yehia Tarek Fawzy, Stijn Stevens, Daniel Premm
  • Publication number: 20090244936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-phase inverter (1) with a circuit arrangement having a DC-voltage input (2) for at least one direct voltage source, and a three-phase alternating voltage output (15) for feeding into a three-phase alternating voltage mains (19), wherein said inverter comprises a three-phase bridge circuit (20) as well as at least one divided intermediate circuit, wherein said inverter (1) is configured to be transformerless, wherein said neutral conductor (N) of the mains (19) is separated from the central point (M) of the intermediate circuit and the inverter (1) is connected to the alternating voltage mains (19) via a three-conductor connection (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Karel De Brabandere, Frank Greizer, Matthias Victor, Torben Westpahl, Henrik Wolf, Thorsten Buelo