Patents by Inventor Léo Sterna

Léo Sterna 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: 12646966
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply circuit configured to, in a first operating mode, supply power to a second AC electrical network from a first AC electrical network; and, in a second operating mode, supply power to the second AC electrical network from a DC voltage source. The circuit comprises a buck-boost voltage converter comprising two input terminals which are configured to, in the first operating mode, receive, between them, an AC voltage from the first network; and, in the second operating mode, receive a DC voltage from the DC voltage source; and two output terminals configured to, in the first and the second operating mode, receive, between then, an AC voltage from the second AC electrical network; the buck-boost voltage converter being configured to, in the first operating mode, perform an AC/AC conversion between the first AC electrical network and the second AC electrical network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Charley Lanneluc, Pierre Perichon
  • Patent number: 12506355
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply circuit in the form of a dual active bridge converter includes first terminals which are configured to be connected to a first AC electrical network, second terminals which are configured to be connected to a second AC electrical network, and third terminals which are configured to be connected to a DC voltage source, the uninterruptible power supply circuit further comprising a transformer comprising a primary and a first secondary, a first electrical branch comprising the primary, the first electrical branch being connected to a first switch circuit configured to make it possible to exchange energy with the first terminals via the primary, and a second electrical branch comprising the first secondary, the second electrical branch being connected to a second switch circuit configured to make it possible to exchange energy with the second terminals via the first secondary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Pierre Perichon, Charley Lanneluc, Léo Sterna
  • Patent number: 12463457
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply circuit includes an inverter circuit configured to be connected to a first AC power grid, the power supply circuit moreover being configured to adopt a first configuration for supplying power to the first AC power grid from a second AC power grid, wherein first configuration a power factor correction circuit is configured to be connected to the second AC power grid so as to deliver a DC voltage to the inverter circuit, the power factor correction circuit comprising an inductor, and a first switch branch pertaining to the power factor correction circuit and the inverter circuit; and a second configuration for supplying power to the first AC power grid from a DC voltage source, wherein second configuration a DC-DC converter circuit is configured to be connected to the DC voltage source so as to deliver a DC voltage to the inverter circuit, the inductor moreover pertaining to the DC-DC converter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Charley Lanneluc, Pierre Perichon, Léo Sterna
  • Publication number: 20240388127
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply circuit configured to, in a first operating mode, supply power to a second AC electrical network from a first AC electrical network; and, in a second operating mode, supply power to the second AC electrical network from a DC voltage source. The circuit comprises a buck-boost voltage converter comprising two input terminals which are configured to, in the first operating mode, receive, between them, an AC voltage from the first network; and, in the second operating mode, receive a DC voltage from the DC voltage source; and two output terminals configured to, in the first and the second operating mode, receive, between then, an AC voltage from the second AC electrical network; the buck-boost voltage converter being configured to, in the first operating mode, perform an AC/AC conversion between the first AC electrical network and the second AC electrical network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Léo STERNA, Charley LANNELUC, Pierre PERICHON
  • Publication number: 20240213798
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply circuit in the form of a dual active bridge converter includes first terminals which are configured to be connected to a first AC electrical network, second terminals which are configured to be connected to a second AC electrical network, and third terminals which are configured to be connected to a DC voltage source, the uninterruptible power supply circuit further comprising a transformer comprising a primary and a first secondary, a first electrical branch comprising the primary, the first electrical branch being connected to a first switch circuit configured to make it possible to exchange energy with the first terminals via the primary, and a second electrical branch comprising the first secondary, the second electrical branch being connected to a second switch circuit configured to make it possible to exchange energy with the second terminals via the first secondary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Pierre PERICHON, Charley LANNELUC, Léo STERNA
  • Publication number: 20240195213
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply circuit includes an inverter circuit configured to be connected to a first AC power grid, the power supply circuit moreover being configured to adopt a first configuration for supplying power to the first AC power grid from a second AC power grid, wherein first configuration a power factor correction circuit is configured to be connected to the second AC power grid so as to deliver a DC voltage to the inverter circuit, the power factor correction circuit comprising an inductor, and a first switch branch pertaining to the power factor correction circuit and the inverter circuit; and a second configuration for supplying power to the first AC power grid from a DC voltage source, wherein second configuration a DC-DC converter circuit is configured to be connected to the DC voltage source so as to deliver a DC voltage to the inverter circuit, the inductor moreover pertaining to the DC-DC converter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Charley LANNELUC, Pierre PERICHON, Léo STERNA
  • Patent number: 11799469
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method and a circuit for controlling first and second switches electrically in series, wherein one or a plurality of crossings of a voltage threshold by a voltage across the first switch cause a conductive state of the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Pierre Perichon
  • Patent number: 11621648
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a circuit (302) for controlling two switches (210-1, 210-2) electrically in series, including sensors (310-1, 310-2) of voltages across the switches and a circuit (310) of comparison of signals output by said sensors, one at least of said sensors being an active circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Pierre Perichon
  • Patent number: 11290017
    Abstract: A power converter comprises a primary stage including four switches forming a first H bridge; a control circuit capable of applying a first control signal to the first H bridge; a secondary stage including four switches forming a second H bridge; a control circuit capable of applying a second control signal to the second H bridge; and a power transmission stage coupling the primary stage to the secondary stage, wherein the control circuit of the secondary stage is electrically isolated from the control circuit of the primary stage. During a measurement period of a synchronization phase, the switches of the secondary stage are maintained in a short-circuit configuration while the switches of the primary stage are controlled in switched mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Dominique Bergogne, Pierre Perichon, Léo Sterna
  • Publication number: 20220094350
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method and a circuit for controlling first and second switches electrically in series, wherein one or a plurality of crossings of a voltage threshold by a voltage across the first switch cause a conductive state of the second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Léo STERNA, Pierre PERICHON
  • Patent number: 11152865
    Abstract: The instant disclosure concerns a power converter including: a primary stage (110) including at least one first cut-off switch (S11, S12, S13, S14); a control circuit (112) capable of applying a first control signal to said at least ore first switch; a secondary stage (130) including at least one second cut-off switch (S21, S22, S23, S24); a control circuit (132) capable of applying a second control signal to said at least one second switch; a power transmission stage (120) coupling the primary stage (110) to the secondary stage (130), wherein the control circuit (132) of the secondary stage is electrically isolated from the control circuit (112) of the primary stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Dominique Bergogne, Pierre Perichon, Léo Sterna
  • Publication number: 20210184592
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a circuit (302) for controlling two switches (210-1, 210-2) electrically in series, including sensors (310-1, 310-2) of voltages across the switches and a circuit (310) of comparison of signals output by said sensors, one at least of said sensors being an active circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Léo STERNA, Pierre PERICHON
  • Publication number: 20210036620
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a power converter including a primary stage including at least one first cut-off switch; a control circuit capable of applying a first control signal to said at least one first switch; a secondary stage including at least one second cut-off switch; a control circuit capable of applying a second control signal to said at least one second switch; and a power transmission stage coupling the primary stage to the secondary stage, wherein the control circuit of the secondary stage is electrically isolated from the control circuit of the primary stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dominique BERGOGNE, Pierre PERICHON, Léo STERNA
  • Publication number: 20210036624
    Abstract: The instant disclosure concerns a power converter including: a primary stage (110) including at least one first cut-off switch (S11, S12, S13, S14); a control circuit (112) capable of applying a first control signal to said at least ore first switch; a secondary stage (130) including at least one second cut-off switch (S21, S22, S23, S24); a control circuit (132) capable of applying a second control signal to said at least one second switch; a power transmission stage (120) coupling the primary stage (110) to the secondary stage (130), wherein the control circuit (132) of the secondary stage is electrically isolated from the control circuit (112) of the primary stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dominique BERGOGNE, Pierre PERICHON, Léo STERNA
  • Patent number: 10425014
    Abstract: An AC/DC converter including: an H bridge; an inductance in series with an input of the bridge; an inductance in series with an output of the bridge; and a circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second complementary configuration, the circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning on a first switch of the second diagonal; turning off a first switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value; turning on the second switch of the second diagonal; and turning off the second switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
  • Patent number: 10250158
    Abstract: An AC/DC conversion circuit, including: four bidirectional switches forming an H bridge; a capacitor connected between input nodes of the bridge; a capacitor connected between output nodes of the bridge; and a control circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second configuration where the first and second diagonals are respectively non-conductive and conductive, the control circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning off the switches of the first diagonal; and for each switch of the second diagonal, turning on the switch only when the voltage thereacross takes a zero value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Commisariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
  • Patent number: 10172201
    Abstract: An electronic converter allows a power transfer from an AC voltage source, connected between an input terminal and a common terminal, to a load connected between an output terminal and a reference terminal, the AC voltage including positive alternations interspersed with negative alternations at a first frequency. The converter includes an input inductance connected to the input terminal; an output inductance connected to the output terminal; a storage capacitor between the inductances; a chopper circuit that: in a first state, charges the input inductance via the AC voltage source and discharges the storage capacitance in the output inductance by supplying the load; in a second state, discharges the input inductance in the storage capacitance and discharges the output inductance by supplying the load; and a device for controlling the chopper circuit to activate, during each alternations, consecutive operating cycles at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Pierre Perichon, Othman Ladhari, Léo Sterna
  • Publication number: 20180263090
    Abstract: An electronic converter allows a power transfer from an AC voltage source, connected between an input terminal and a common terminal, to a load connected between an output terminal and a reference terminal, the AC voltage including positive alternations interspersed with negative alternations at a first frequency. The converter includes an input inductance connected to the input terminal; an output inductance connected to the output terminal; a storage capacitor between the inductances; a chopper circuit that: in a first state, charges the input inductance via the AC voltage source and discharges the storage capacitance in the output inductance by supplying the load; in a second state, discharges the input inductance in the storage capacitance and discharges the output inductance by supplying the load; and a device for controlling the chopper circuit to activate, during each alternations, consecutive operating cycles at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Pierre PERICHON, Othman LADHARI, Léo STERNA
  • Publication number: 20180198380
    Abstract: An AC/DC conversion circuit, including: four bidirectional switches forming an H bridge; a capacitor connected between input nodes of the bridge; a capacitor connected between output nodes of the bridge; and a control circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second configuration where the first and second diagonals are respectively non-conductive and conductive, the control circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning off the switches of the first diagonal; and for each switch of the second diagonal, turning on the switch only when the voltage thereacross takes a zero value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Commissariat à I'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
  • Publication number: 20180198381
    Abstract: An AC/DC converter including: an H bridge; an inductance in series with an input of the bridge; an inductance in series with an output of the bridge; and a circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second complementary configuration, the circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning on a first switch of the second diagonal; turning off a first switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value; turning on the second switch of the second diagonal; and turning off the second switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin