Abstract: A power converter can include: first and second terminals; N A-type switching power stage circuits, each having a first energy storage element, where N is a positive integer, a first terminal of a first A-type switching power stage circuit in the N A-type switching power stage circuits is coupled to the first terminal of the power converter, and a second terminal of each of the N A-type switching power stage circuits is coupled to the second terminal of the power converter; one B-type switching power stage circuit; and N second energy storage elements, each being coupled to one of the N A-type switching power stage circuits, and the B-type switching power stage circuit is coupled between a terminal of one of the N second energy storage elements corresponding to the B-type switching power stage circuit and the second terminal of the power converter.

Abstract: A three-level DC-DC converter can include: first and second switches successively coupled between a first terminal of an input port and a middle terminal; third and fourth switches successively coupled between the middle terminal and a second terminal of the input port; a flying capacitor coupled between a common node of the first and second switches and a common node of the third and fourth switches; and a voltage balancing circuit configured to adjust a charge amount or a discharge amount of the flying capacitor based on an error signal characterizing an error between a voltage across the flying capacitor and a predetermined value, in order to maintain the voltage across the flying capacitor within a predetermined range, where the predetermined value is within the predetermined range.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter can include: a switched capacitor converter; and a switching converter, where input ports of the switched capacitor converter and the switching converter are coupled to each other in one of series and parallel connections, and output ports of the switched capacitor converter and the switching converter are coupled to each other in the other of series and parallel connections.

Abstract: A daily electricity generation planning method of a cascade hydropower plants is disclosed, and the method is comprised of the steps as follows: step 1, regardless of the constraints for opening and closing the generator, taking the power similarity between the power plant group and the typical demand as one of optimization objectives, and performing a first optimization to obtain a daily electricity generation plan; step 2, according to the derived daily electricity generation plan, determining an opening and closing status for the generator; and step 3, considering the constraints for opening and closing the generator, taking the power similarity between the power plant group and the typical demand as the optimization objective, performing a second optimization to obtain the daily electricity generation plan.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit and a wireless power transmitter including the same. In view of the fact that a transmitter-side coupling circuit exhibits a high resistance when an AC current having a frequency far away from its operating frequency is applied to input terminals, the present disclosure connects a plurality of transmitter-side coupling circuits which operates at different operating frequencies in parallel at output terminals of the same inverting circuit. The controller controls an operating frequency of the AC current output from the inverting circuit to drive different one of the transmitter-side coupling circuits to operate. Thus, one driving circuit can drive the transmitter-side coupling circuits which operate at different operating frequencies or under different technical standards to supply electric energy. The driving circuit is compatible with wireless power receivers which operate at different operating frequencies, and thus has improved compatibility.

Abstract: A resonance-type contactless power supply adjusts a phase difference of an inverter control signal in a current cycle in a manner the same as that in a previous cycle in a case that a power parameter in the current cycle and that in the previous cycle satisfy a predetermined relationship, and adjusts the phase difference of the inverter control signal in the current cycle in a manner opposite to that in the previous cycle in a case that the power parameter in the current cycle and that in the previous cycle don't satisfy the predetermined relationship. The power parameter represents system efficiency. Thus, a suitable input current or voltage of the transmitter-side resonant circuit is determined by scanning actually, so that the system can operate at optimal efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit and a wireless power transmitter including the same. In view of the fact that a transmitter-side coupling circuit exhibits a high resistance when an AC current having a frequency far away from its operating frequency is applied to input terminals, the present disclosure connects a plurality of transmitter-side coupling circuits which operates at different operating frequencies in parallel at output terminals of the same inverting circuit. The controller controls an operating frequency of the AC current output from the inverting circuit to drive different one of the transmitter-side coupling circuits to operate. Thus, one driving circuit can drive the transmitter-side coupling circuits which operate at different operating frequencies or under different technical standards to supply electric energy. The driving circuit is compatible with wireless power receivers which operate at different operating frequencies, and thus has improved compatibility.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power transmitter, a resonance-type contactless power supply and a control method. The inverter circuit is controlled to provide a high-frequency AC current with a voltage strength parameter so that a current strength parameter (e.g. a peak value or an effective value of the current) of the AC current flowing through a transmitting coil and that through a receiving coil have a predetermined relationship. Thus, an equivalent load impedance is adjusted so that the system efficiency is optimized.

Abstract: A cushioning apparatus includes a first connecting block, a second connecting block, a first cushioning block, a second cushioning block, a third cushioning block, and a fourth cushioning block. An outer end portion of the first cushioning block is fixedly connected to the first connecting block. An outer end portion of the second cushioning block is fixedly connected to the second connecting block. A top surface of an outer end portion of the third cushioning block is connected to a top surface of the first connecting block in a flippable manner. A top surface of an outer end portion of the fourth cushioning block is connected to a top surface of the second connecting block in a flippable manner.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter can include: a switched capacitor converter including at least one switch group and at least one capacitor, where each of the at least one switch group includes two switches are coupled in series, and at least one of the capacitors is coupled in parallel with a corresponding one of the switch groups; and at least one switch converter, where each switch converter includes at least one primary magnetic circuit and is configured to share at least one of the switch groups, one terminal of the primary magnetic circuit is coupled to an intermediate node of the shared switch group, the intermediate node is a common coupling point of two switches of the shared switch group, and the switch converter is an unidirectional power converter.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter can include: a switched capacitor converter including at least one switch group and at least one capacitor, where each switch group includes two switches coupled in series, and at least one capacitor is respectively coupled in parallel with a corresponding one of the switch groups; and a switch converter including a first magnetic component, where the switch converter is configured to share one of the switch groups, the first magnetic component is coupled to an intermediate node of the shared switch group, and the intermediate node is a common coupling point of two switches of the shared switch group.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power transmitter, a resonance-type contactless power supply and a control method. The inverter circuit is controlled to provide a high-frequency AC current with a voltage strength parameter so that a current strength parameter (e.g. a peak value or an effective value of the current) of the AC current flowing through a transmitting coil and that through a receiving coil have a predetermined relationship. Thus, an equivalent load impedance is adjusted so that the system efficiency is optimized.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit and a wireless power transmitter including the same. N+1 half-bridge circuits constitute N full-bridge circuits by reusing the half-bridge circuits, so as to drive a plurality of coils for wirelessly charging a plurality of loads.

Abstract: A voltage regulator can include: N energy storage capacitors, each having first nodes connected together, where N is a positive integer; N input capacitors connected in series between two nodes of an input port; N input switch circuits, each being connected in parallel with a corresponding one of the N input capacitors, where each of the N input switch circuits is configured to selectively couple a second node of a corresponding one of the N energy storage capacitors to a first node or a second node of the corresponding input capacitor; and a first output switch circuit configured to selectively couple the first nodes of the N energy storage capacitors to a first node or a second node of an output port.

Abstract: A passive boost network configured to boost and output an AC power signal having a predetermined frequency, can include: an input port; an output port configured to provide the AC power signal; first and second passive components coupled in series between first and second terminals of the input port; a third passive component coupled in series with the second passive component between first and second terminals of the output port; and where the first passive component is one of a capacitor and an inductor, and the second and third passive components are each the other of the capacitor and the inductor.

Abstract: A resonance-type contactless power supply adjusts a phase difference of an inverter control signal in a current cycle in a manner the same as that in a previous cycle in a case that a power parameter in the current cycle and that in the previous cycle satisfy a predetermined relationship, and adjusts the phase difference of the inverter control signal in the current cycle in a manner opposite to that in the previous cycle in a case that the power parameter in the current cycle and that in the previous cycle don't satisfy the predetermined relationship. The power parameter represents system efficiency. Thus, a suitable input current or voltage of the transmitter-side resonant circuit is determined by scanning actually, so that the system can operate at optimal efficiency.

Abstract: An isolated switched capacitor converter can include: first switches coupled in series between terminals of an input port, and being configured to selectively connect a first terminal of a first capacitor to a first or second terminal of the input port; second switches coupled in series between terminals of an output port, and being configured to selectively connect a second terminal of the first capacitor to a first or second terminal of the output port; third switches coupled in series between terminals of the input port, and being configured to selectively connect a first terminal of a second capacitor to the first or second terminal of the input port; and fourth switches coupled in series between terminals of the output port, and being configured to selectively connect a second terminal of the second capacitor to the first or second terminal of the output port.

Abstract: A synchronous rectifier circuit can include: a full-bridge rectifier circuit having first, second, third, and fourth switches, where a common node of the first and fourth switches is configured as a first input terminal of the synchronous rectifier circuit, and a common node of the second and third switches is configured as a second input terminal of the synchronous rectifier circuit; a switching control circuit configured to generate a first control signal to control the first and third switches, and a second control signal to control the second and fourth switches; and the switching control circuit being configured to self-adjust the first and second control signals to control operating points of the first, second, third, and fourth switches to be approximately ideal operating points.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power transmitter, a resonance-type contactless power supply and a control method. The resonance-type contactless power supply adjusts a phase difference of an inverter control signal in a current cycle in a manner the same as that in a previous cycle in a case that a power parameter in the current cycle and that in the previous cycle satisfy a predetermined relationship, and adjusts the phase difference of the inverter control signal in the current cycle in a manner opposite to that in the previous cycle in a case that the power parameter in the current cycle and that in the previous cycle don't satisfy the predetermined relationship. The power parameter represents system efficiency. Thus, a suitable input current or voltage of the transmitter-side resonant circuit is determined by scanning actually, so that the system can operate at optimal efficiency.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and device for locating an image edge in a natural background. The method comprises: extracting a central color feature serving as a comparison standard for an image located in a natural background; comparing with the central color feature, and extracting multiple candidate points for each edge of the image according to a comparison result; grouping the multiple candidate points corresponding to the edge according to a distance and/or a direction, so as to obtain multiple candidate point groups; fitting a corresponding fit line by using a candidate point in each candidate point group; and selecting a fit line close to most candidate points of the edge, and locating the fit line as the edge.