Patents by Inventor YEH-HSIANG HO

YEH-HSIANG HO 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: 11757375
    Abstract: A DC-AC inverter system using a state observer and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of the DC-AC inverter system includes the following steps. The state observer outputs a filter-capacitor-current estimation value at a next sampling time according to a DC link voltage at a current sampling time and a filter-capacitor-voltage actual value at the current sampling time. The filter-inductor-current estimation value at the next sampling time is compared with the filter-capacitor-current estimation value at the next sampling time to obtain a load current estimation value at the next sampling time. An inductor voltage estimator outputs a filter-inductor-voltage estimation value at the next sampling time according to the load current estimation value at the next sampling time. A feed-forward control is performed according to the filter-inductor-voltage estimation value at the next sampling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wan-Pei Chen, Yoshihiro Konishi, Kuan-Wen Chen, Yeh-Hsiang Ho, Wan-Ju Ho
  • Publication number: 20230208318
    Abstract: A DC-AC inverter system using a state observer and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of the DC-AC inverter system includes the following steps. The state observer outputs a filter-capacitor-current estimation value at a next sampling time according to a DC link voltage at a current sampling time and a filter-capacitor-voltage actual value at the current sampling time. The filter-inductor-current estimation value at the next sampling time is compared with the filter-capacitor-current estimation value at the next sampling time to obtain a load current estimation value at the next sampling time. An inductor voltage estimator outputs a filter-inductor-voltage estimation value at the next sampling time according to the load current estimation value at the next sampling time. A feed-forward control is performed according to the filter-inductor-voltage estimation value at the next sampling time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wan-Pei CHEN, Yoshihiro KONISHI, Kuan-Wen CHEN, Yeh-Hsiang HO, Wan-Ju HO
  • Patent number: 10666131
    Abstract: A dead-time voltage compensation apparatus and a dead-time voltage compensation method are provided. The method includes: converting a DC voltage of an input end of a single-phase DC-AC inverter into a unipolar AC voltage; calculating first to third current values based on a first inductor current value of a inductor, calculating first voltage compensation amounts of a first dead-time and a third dead-time of an AC voltage and a second inductor current value of the AC voltage based on polarities of the first to third current values, calculating fourth to sixth current values based on the second inductor current value, calculating second voltage compensation amounts of a second dead-time and a fourth dead-time of the AC voltage based on polarities of the fourth to sixth current values, and compensating a control reference signal of a processor based on the first and second voltage compensation amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Konishi, Yeh-Hsiang Ho
  • Publication number: 20200127556
    Abstract: A dead-time voltage compensation apparatus and a dead-time voltage compensation method are provided. The method includes: converting a DC voltage of an input end of a single-phase DC-AC inverter into a unipolar AC voltage; calculating first to third current values based on a first inductor current value of a inductor, calculating first voltage compensation amounts of a first dead-time and a third dead-time of an AC voltage and a second inductor current value of the AC voltage based on polarities of the first to third current values, calculating fourth to sixth current values based on the second inductor current value, calculating second voltage compensation amounts of a second dead-time and a fourth dead-time of the AC voltage based on polarities of the fourth to sixth current values, and compensating a control reference signal of a processor based on the first and second voltage compensation amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Konishi, Yeh-Hsiang Ho
  • Patent number: 8760897
    Abstract: A DC-AC converter is provided. The DC-AC converter includes a time-varying DC power generating circuit, an AC power generating circuit and a transmission capacitor. The time-varying DC power generating circuit is controlled by a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to transform a DC source into a time-varying DC power. With reference to the time-varying DC power, the AC power generating circuit is controlled by a first polarity switching and a second polarity switching signal to generate an AC power. The transmission capacitor, coupled to the time-varying DC power generating circuit and the AC power generating circuit, transmits the time-varying DC power from the time-varying DC generating circuit to the AC power generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Che Yang, Pao-Chuan Lin, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsa Pan, Yeh-Hsiang Ho
  • Publication number: 20130148383
    Abstract: A DC-AC converter is provided. The DC-AC converter includes a time-varying DC power generating circuit, an AC power generating circuit and a transmission capacitor. The time-varying DC power generating circuit is controlled by a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to transform a DC source into a time-varying DC power. With reference to the time-varying DC power, the AC power generating circuit is controlled by a first polarity switching and a second polarity switching signal to generate an AC power. The transmission capacitor, coupled to the time-varying DC power generating circuit and the AC power generating circuit, transmits the time-varying DC power from the time-varying DC generating circuit to the AC power generating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Che Yang, Pao-Chuan Lin, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsa Pan, Yeh-Hsiang Ho
  • Publication number: 20110149606
    Abstract: The AC power generated by AC utility has been successfully transferred from AC-to-DC by means of an AC-to-DC converting circuit. This disclosure provides an AC-to-DC converting circuit applicable to a power-charging module, and the AC-to-DC converting circuit comprises two parts such as a first stage being a low-frequency AC to high-frequency AC converter comprising an input full-bridge rectifier, a full-bridge inverter and an immittance conversion circuit and a second stage being an AC-to-DC converter comprising a single-phase transformer and a full-bridge rectifier, where the inverter in the first stage is switched at high frequencies so as to reduce the size of the transformer in the second stage. Additionally, the immittance conversion circuit is further characterized in voltage to current conversion so as to simplify the control mechanism of the power-charging module, reduce the number of current measuring elements and the cost thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: YEH-HSIANG HO, Yoshihiro Konishi, Yi-Shuo Huang