Patents by Inventor Matthias Radecker

Matthias Radecker 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: 11588395
    Abstract: A voltage converter arrangement includes a clocked voltage converter capable of generating an output voltage on the basis of an input voltage. The voltage converter arrangement further includes a first input regulating element connected between a first input voltage node and a second input voltage node, the second input voltage node having a reference potential. The first input regulating element is configured to allow a current flow so as to counteract fluctuations in the input current of the voltage converter arrangement. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Ricardo Nunes Marchesan
  • Publication number: 20200321867
    Abstract: A voltage converter arrangement includes a clocked voltage converter capable of generating an output voltage on the basis of an input voltage. The voltage converter arrangement further includes a first input regulating element connected between a first input voltage node and a second input voltage node, the second input voltage node having a reference potential. The first input regulating element is configured to allow a current flow so as to counteract fluctuations in the input current of the voltage converter arrangement. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias RADECKER, Ricardo NUNES MARCHESAN
  • Patent number: 7969754
    Abstract: A control circuit for a switch unit of a clocked power supply receives an auxiliary signal from a resonant transformer driven by the switch unit and detects reference crossing moments when the auxiliary signal crosses a reference value. A driver is controllable to switch the switch unit, and a synchronization circuit synchronizes a turn-on of the switch unit within a predetermined time interval around a zero crossing of a voltage present across the switch unit, or of a current flowing through the switch unit. The synchronization circuit receives information about the reference crossing moments and provides a turn-on signal to the driver with a fixed phase delay at the reference crossing moments, so as to define turn-on moments at which the driver is to turn on the switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Fabio Bisogno, Michael Herfurth
  • Patent number: 7745970
    Abstract: A circuitry comprises a converter means for generating an alternating current signal from an energy from an energy source, a piezo transformer with an input and an output, wherein the input of the piezo transformer is electrically coupled to the converter means, to receive the alternating current signal as an excitation on the input side from the converter means, and wherein the output of the piezo transformer is designed to provide an output current, and a load, which is coupled to the output of the piezo transformer, so that output current flows through the same. The load is designed to convert at least part of the electrical energy supplied by the output current flowing through the load into another form of energy. The load is further designed such that a useful power provided in the form of useful energy is substantially proportional to the output current. The circuitry is designed to adjust the output current to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Michael Lenz
  • Patent number: 7746671
    Abstract: The invention involves a control circuit for a switch unit of a clocked power supply circuit, the switch unit being designed to effect input-side excitation of a resonant transformer arrangement, and comprises an input for receiving an auxiliary signal from the resonant transformer arrangement. The invention also includes a resonance converter that enables independent control of frequency and turn-on moments, or duty cycle, and thus enables a particularly efficient operation of the resonance converter, and a particularly precise regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerferung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Fabio Bisogno, Michael Herfurth
  • Publication number: 20100135049
    Abstract: A control circuit for a switch unit of a clocked power supply circuit, the switch unit being designed to effect input-side excitation of a resonant transformer arrangement, comprises an input for receiving an auxiliary signal from the resonant transformer arrangement. The auxiliary signal exhibits an essentially fixed phase relation to a load alternating current flowing through a resonant circuit of the transformer arrangement. The control circuit further comprises a phase detector designed to detect reference crossing moments when the auxiliary signal crosses a predefined reference value, a driver controllable to switch the switch unit, and a synchronization means designed to synchronize a turn-on of the switch unit by the driver with regard to a phase position with the auxiliary signal so as to achieve a turn-on of the switch unit within a predetermined time interval around a zero crossing of a voltage present across the switch unit, or of a current flowing through the switch unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Fabio Bisogno, Michael Herfurth
  • Patent number: 7218533
    Abstract: In a resonance converter for driving variable loads at first an input signal provided by a switch controlled by control means is converted to an output signal by a transformer. The transformer is dimensioned and connected such that a downward transformation ratio between input signal and output signal is between 5:1 and 100:1 when providing nominal power to the variable load. The switching frequency of the switch is controlled on the basis of a phase shift between a switch current and a load current at variable load and/or variable input voltage, a quantity dependent on the input voltage, as well as a quantity dependent on the output voltage. The inventive resonance converter further enables driving variable loads efficiently with the aid of a transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderungder Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Gerald Deboy
  • Publication number: 20070024254
    Abstract: A circuitry comprises a converter means for generating an alternating current signal from an energy from an energy source, a piezo transformer with an input and an output, wherein the input of the piezo transformer is electrically coupled to the converter means, to receive the alternating current signal as an excitation on the input side from the converter means, and wherein the output of the piezo transformer is designed to provide an output current, and a load, which is coupled to the output of the piezo transformer, so that output current flows through the same. The load is designed to convert at least part of the electrical energy supplied by the output current flowing through the load into another form of energy. The load is further designed such that a useful power provided in the form of useful energy is substantially proportional to the output current. The circuitry is designed to adjust the output current to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Michael Lenz
  • Publication number: 20060285366
    Abstract: A control circuit for a switch unit of a clocked power supply circuit, the switch unit being designed to effect input-side excitation of a resonant transformer arrangement, comprises an input for receiving an auxiliary signal from the resonant transformer arrangement. The auxiliary signal exhibits an essentially fixed phase relation to a load alternating current flowing through a resonant circuit of the transformer arrangement. The control circuit further comprises a phase detector designed to detect reference crossing moments when the auxiliary signal crosses a predefined reference value, a driver controllable to switch the switch unit, and a synchronizer designed to synchronize a turn-on of the switch unit by the driver with regard to a phase position with the auxiliary signal so as to achieve a turn-on of the switch unit within a predetermined time interval around a zero crossing of a voltage present across the switch unit, or of a current flowing through the switch unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Fabio Bisogno, Michael Herfurth
  • Publication number: 20050281061
    Abstract: In a resonance converter for driving variable loads at first an input signal provided by a switch controlled by control means is converted to an output signal by a transformer. The transformer is dimensioned and connected such that a downward transformation ratio between input signal and output signal is between 5:1 and 100:1 when providing nominal power to the variable load. The switching frequency of the switch is controlled on the basis of a phase shift between a switch current and a load current at variable load and/or variable input voltage, a quantity dependent on the input voltage, as well as a quantity dependent on the output voltage. The inventive resonance converter further enables driving variable loads efficiently with the aid of a transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Gerald Deboy
  • Patent number: 5615100
    Abstract: A resonant inverter comprises a resonant circuit, a source, an electronic switch and a control circuit. In order to permit low loss operation on the basis of a simple circuit structure, the control circuit comprises a voltage detection circuit, a current detection circuit, and a control signal generation circuit connected downstream of the voltage detection circuit and the current detection circuit and used for generating a control signal for the electronic switch, the control signal generation circuit switching the electronic switch to a first switching state when the voltage detection circuit responds and to a second switching state when the current detection circuit responds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewanten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Radecker, Horst-Lothar Fiedler