Patents by Inventor Qinghui HOU

Qinghui HOU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240106274
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a receive coil, a wireless electric energy receiver, a three-level buck circuit, a battery, and a receive end controller. A charging control method is also provided that includes: obtaining a battery voltage, and sending a first control signal and a second control signal based on the battery voltage. The wireless electric energy receiver converts, based on the first control signal, an alternating current generated by the receive coil through induction into a direct current, and outputs a first voltage, V1, to charge the battery in a first voltage mode. The three-level buck circuit bucks an output voltage of the wireless electric energy receiver based on the second control signal, and then outputs a voltage to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shuai Zheng, Gang Ye, Qinghui Hou
  • Patent number: 11632055
    Abstract: An Active Clamp Flyback (ACF) converter includes a transformer module, a clamping module, and a controller. The controller is configured to: after the transformer module starts secondary side discharging, control the clamping module to start receiving leakage inductance power from the transformer module; and after controlling the clamping module to stop receiving the leakage inductance power from the transformer module, control the clamping module to release the leakage inductance power to the transformer module. The leakage inductance power released by the clamping module to the transformer module is used by the transformer module to restore a soft switching state based on the leakage inductance power. In a process of transferring the leakage inductance power to a clamping capacitor, the clamping module is in an enabled state. This reduces a loss caused by the clamping module to the leakage inductance power, and helps reduce overall loss caused by the ACF converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qinglei Wang, Qinghui Hou, Chenghao Sun, Wei Liu
  • Publication number: 20230095625
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging method, device, and system. The charging device includes a voltage regulation circuit, and can charge a charged device through voltage step-down or voltage step-up. In addition, the charging device and a charged device can transfer statuses of a circuit and a battery through a change of a switch status, so that the charging device can regulate a charging voltage and/or a charging current based on the statuses of the circuit and the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Liangjin Chen, Qinghui Hou
  • Publication number: 20210328520
    Abstract: An Active Clamp Flyback (ACF) converter includes a transformer module, a clamping module, and a controller. The controller is configured to: after the transformer module starts secondary side discharging, control the clamping module to start receiving leakage inductance power from the transformer module; and after controlling the clamping module to stop receiving the leakage inductance power from the transformer module, control the clamping module to release the leakage inductance power to the transformer module. The leakage inductance power released by the clamping module to the transformer module is used by the transformer module to restore a soft switching state based on the leakage inductance power. In a process of transferring the leakage inductance power to a clamping capacitor, the clamping module is in an enabled state. This reduces a loss caused by the clamping module to the leakage inductance power, and helps reduce overall loss caused by the ACF converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Qinglei WANG, Qinghui HOU, Chenghao SUN, Wei LIU
  • Patent number: 10903742
    Abstract: This application provides a switched-capacitor converter circuit, a charging control system, and a control method. In the switched-capacitor converter circuit, input terminals of N levels of switched-capacitor converter units are sequentially connected in series, and output terminals of the N levels of switched-capacitor converter units are connected in parallel, to obtain a first power supply branch to supply power to a load. In addition, a first capacitor acts as a second power supply branch to supply power to the load, and the first power supply branch and the second power supply branch transmit power in parallel. In comparison with a serial power transmission manner, there are fewer devices on a power transmission path when a parallel power transmission manner is used. Therefore, this can reduce power losses on the transmission path, and improve transmission efficiency of the switched converter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qinghui Hou, Cheng Yang
  • Publication number: 20200244161
    Abstract: This application provides a switched-capacitor converter circuit, a charging control system, and a control method. In the switched-capacitor converter circuit, input terminals of N levels of switched-capacitor converter units are sequentially connected in series, and output terminals of the N levels of switched-capacitor converter units are connected in parallel, to obtain a first power supply branch to supply power to a load. In addition, a first capacitor acts as a second power supply branch to supply power to the load, and the first power supply branch and the second power supply branch transmit power in parallel. In comparison with a serial power transmission manner, there are fewer devices on a power transmission path when a parallel power transmission manner is used. Therefore, this can reduce power losses on the transmission path, and improve transmission efficiency of the switched converter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Qinghui HOU, Cheng YANG