Patents by Inventor Zheng Xu

Zheng Xu 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: 20250142730
    Abstract: A power component submount includes a ceramic substrate, a sputtering layer formed on the ceramic substrate, a conductive block formed on the sputtering layer, and three electroless plating layers that are sequentially stacked on the conductive block. The sputtering layer includes an electroplating portion. The conductive block is formed on the electroplating portion, and bottoms of the three electroless plating layers are connected to the ceramic substrate. Materials of the three electroless plating layers are gold, palladium, and gold, respectively; or, materials of the three electroless plating layers are nickel, palladium, and gold, respectively. One of the three electroless plating layers arranged away from the conductive block is provided for allowing a power component to be mounted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Jia-Zheng Xu, JHIH-WEI LAI, CHUN-CHIEH LIAO, JIAN-YU SHIH, MING-YEN PAN
  • Publication number: 20250118963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method for suppressing an overvoltage of the receiving-end F/HMMC under the fault at the receiving-end alternating-current (AC) system of the hybrid high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system. After a short-circuit fault occurs in a receiving-end alternating-current (AC) system of the hybrid HVDC transmission system, an AC voltage drop is generated, and the effective voltage of the receiving-end AC bus at the current time is measured. Because the hybrid modular multilevel converter (MMC) has a capability of actively decreasing the DC voltage for operation, on a premise of ensuring that its output current is always within a rated current range, a control manner of setting the reference DC voltage and making the reference DC voltage not greater than the effective voltage of the AC bus enables receiving-end power to be sent out, thereby suppressing an overvoltage of the receiving-end F/HMMC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zheng XU, Nan ZHANG, Zheren ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250091762
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a lightweight large-capacity miniature-carried box, including a box body provided with a box door on a circumferential surface. The box body includes several lightweight panels. Several goods sliding grooves are symmetrically formed on the opposite surfaces of the lightweight panels on both sides of the box door of the box body, and a tray capable of being pulled or pushed in a direction of the box door is erected between two goods sliding grooves that are symmetrically horizontally arranged, and the tray has a tray-shaped structure capable of magnetically attracting a miniature model. The box has advantages of light weight, high strength, large capacity, and a high space utilization rate, and articles are not squeezed and collided during movement, so that a large quantity of miniature models of tabletop games can be easily carried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventor: Zheng XU
  • Patent number: 12231617
    Abstract: One embodiment can provide a machine-vision system that includes one or more stereo-vision modules. A respective stereo-vision module can include a structured-light projector, a first camera positioned on a first side of the structured-light projector, and a second camera positioned on a second side of the structured-light projector. The first and second cameras are configured to capture images of an object under illumination by the structured-light projector. The structured-light projector can include a laser-based light source and an optical modulator configured to reduce speckles caused by the laser-based light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: eBots Inc.
    Inventors: MingDu Kang, Kai C. Yung, Wing Tsui, Zheng Xu
  • Patent number: 12225106
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a file sharing method and system. The method includes: obtaining a target file and determining a first dynamic key corresponding to the target file; generating a first private key based on the first dynamic key and double private keys; selecting unpaired public and private keys, and generating a first public key based on the first dynamic key, the selected public and private keys; encrypting a symmetric key using the first public key to obtain a key ciphertext; encrypting the target file using the symmetric key to obtain a file ciphertext; signing the first dynamic key, the first public key, the key ciphertext and the file ciphertext using the first private key to obtain signature information; and uploading the first dynamic key, the first public key, the key ciphertext, the file ciphertext and the signature information to a cloud sharing end to share the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuqiang Ma, Zheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20250047102
    Abstract: A dynamic stability control method for power systems with renewable energy, in which a non-linear system of a grid-forming inverter corresponding to a renewable energy power system is created. An external subsystem corresponding to the grid-forming inverter is constructed based on a Lie derivative. According to the external subsystem, a linear sliding surface corresponding to the external subsystem is constructed, and a dynamic stability control unit corresponding to the external subsystem is generated based on sliding mode control. A first instruction data corresponding to the dynamic stability control unit is generated to control dynamic stability of the renewable energy power system in real time. The voltage instruction value of the grid-forming inverter is modified to improve the dynamic stability of the renewable energy power system. A system for implementing such method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Guoteng WANG, Wentao LIU, Ying HUANG, Yan LI, Baorong ZHOU, Ye ZHANG, Wangqianyun TANG, Zheng XU
  • Publication number: 20250047103
    Abstract: A method for enhancing transient stability of a renewable energy power system is performed as follows. An external subsystem corresponding to the renewable energy power system is constructed. A first matrix corresponding to the external subsystem based on voltage control is constructed. A second matrix corresponding to the renewable energy power system is generated. A transient stability Lyapunov function corresponding to the renewable energy power system is constructed in real time based on the first matrix and the second matrix. A first control signal corresponding to the renewable energy power system is generated based on Lyapunov's second method. The transient stability of the renewable energy power system is controlled and enhanced in real time based on the first control signal. The first control signal is an adaptive voltage control signal of the renewable energy power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Guoteng WANG, Wentao LIU, Ying HUANG, Yan LI, Baorong ZHOU, Ye ZHANG, Wangqianyun TANG, Zheng XU
  • Publication number: 20250044371
    Abstract: A method and system for evaluating strength of a voltage source converter (VSC)-penetrated power grid based on voltage stiffness are provided. First data corresponding to a to-be-analyzed power grid is acquired in real time, and processed to generate a first admittance matrix corresponding to the to-be-analyzed power grid. The first admittance matrix is processed to generate device impedance data of each VSC and a second admittance matrix corresponding to the to-be-analyzed power grid. Rows and columns where a grid-forming VSC node and a rated alternating-current (AC) bus voltage grid-following VSC node are located are removed from the second admittance matrix to generate a third admittance matrix, which is processed to generate second data and third data corresponding to the VSC node. Strength evaluation data corresponding to the to-be-analyzed power grid is generated based on the third data in combination with the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ying HUANG, Guoteng WANG, Zheng XU
  • Patent number: 12194643
    Abstract: One embodiment can provide a robotic system. The system can include a machine-vision module, a robotic arm comprising an end-effector, and a robotic controller configured to control movements of the robotic arm to move a component held by the end-effector from an initial pose to a target pose. While controlling the movements of the robotic arm, the robotic controller can be configured to move the component in a plurality of steps. Displacement of the component in each step is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum displacement value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: eBots Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Xu, Sabarish Kuduwa Sivanath, MingDu Kang
  • Patent number: 12188961
    Abstract: A testing apparatus and a method for testing an integrated circuit are described. One embodiment of the testing apparatus may comprise a main probe pin configured for electrical testing of a sample, the sample having a terminal pad, and a secondary probe pin configured for contact testing of the main probe pin against the terminal pad. In some embodiments, the testing apparatus may further comprise an indicator circuit electrically connected to the main probe pin and the secondary probe pin. The indicator circuit may output a signal when the main probe pin and the secondary probe pin are in simultaneous electrical engagement with the terminal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kushagra Sinha, Zheng Xu, Yufei Wu, Myra Ahmad, Nikhilesh C Sahani
  • Publication number: 20250007281
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling the receiving-end alternating-current (ac) fault ride-through of the hybrid cascaded high-voltage direct-current (hvdc) transmission system. According to the method, a line commutated converter (lcc) on the rectifier side determines the occurrence of a receiving-end ac fault based on a change in an electrical quantity of its dc port, and quickly reduces the dc voltage on the rectifier side by increasing the firing angle, so as to quickly suppress an overcurrent. The mmcs on the inverter side, which use the constant active power control, correct the outer-loop active power reference values to transmit as much active power as possible, thereby reducing the surplus power of the receiving-end system and suppressing an overvoltage for submodule capacitors of the mmcs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zheng XU, Nan ZHANG, Zheren ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240421974
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a file sharing method and system. The method includes: obtaining a target file and determining a first dynamic key corresponding to the target file; generating a first private key based on the first dynamic key and double private keys; selecting unpaired public and private keys, and generating a first public key based on the first dynamic key, the selected public and private keys; encrypting a symmetric key using the first public key to obtain a key ciphertext; encrypting the target file using the symmetric key to obtain a file ciphertext; signing the first dynamic key, the first public key, the key ciphertext and the file ciphertext using the first private key to obtain signature information; and uploading the first dynamic key, the first public key, the key ciphertext, the file ciphertext and the signature information to a cloud sharing end to share the target file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Fuqiang MA, Zheng XU
  • Patent number: 12159129
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Patent number: 12128571
    Abstract: One embodiment can provide a robotic system. The robotic system can include a robotic arm comprising an end-effector, a robotic controller configured to control movements of the robotic arm, and a dual-resolution computer-vision system. The dual-resolution computer-vision system can include a low-resolution three-dimensional (3D) camera module and a high-resolution 3D camera module. The low-resolution 3D camera module and the high-resolution 3D camera module can be arranged in such a way that a viewing region of the high-resolution 3D camera module is located inside a viewing region of the low-resolution 3D camera module, thereby allowing the dual-resolution computer-vision system to provide 3D visual information associated with the end-effector in two different resolutions when at least a portion of the end-effector enters the viewing region of the high-resolution camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: eBots Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Xu, Sabarish Kuduwa Sivanath
  • Publication number: 20240348257
    Abstract: A Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) includes a cross-coupled transconductance cell. A transformer comprising a primary coil and at least one secondary coil, wherein the primary coil is connected to the cross-coupled transconductance cell. A primary coil varactor is connected to the cross-coupled transconductance cell in parallel to the primary coil. A variable inductive tuning component connected to the at least one secondary coil. A mode switch connected to the at least one secondary coil and configured to select a frequency mode of operation of the VCO by engaging or disengaging the variable inductive tuning component from operation with the primary coil varactor to generate oscillation at a center frequency of the VCO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Bodhisatwa Sadhu, Herschel Akiba Ainspan, Zheng Xu, Armagan Dascurcu, Gary Kurtzman
  • Publication number: 20240275987
    Abstract: Innovations in unified intra block copy (“BC”) and inter prediction modes are presented. In some example implementations, bitstream syntax, semantics of syntax elements and many coding/decoding processes for inter prediction mode are reused or slightly modified to enable intra BC prediction for blocks of a frame. For example, to provide intra BC prediction for a current block of a current picture, a motion compensation process applies a motion vector that indicates a displacement within the current picture, with the current picture being used as a reference picture for the motion compensation process. With this unification of syntax, semantics and coding/decoding processes, various coding/decoding tools designed for inter prediction mode, such as advanced motion vector prediction, merge mode and skip mode, can also be applied when intra BC prediction is used, which simplifies implementation of intra BC prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bin Li, Ji-Zheng Xu
  • Patent number: 12062915
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sub-module hybrid MMC with low full-bridge ratio and a DC fault processing method thereof. The hybrid MMC prevents the energy at the AC side from entering a DC system by artificially creating three-phase interphase short circuit at the AC side of a converter in the DC fault processing process, which greatly reduces the ratio of full-bridge sub-modules required for DC fault processing. Moreover, the hybrid MMC has the same DC fault processing speed as the sub-module hybrid MMC with high full-bridge. The duration of the artificially created three-phase interphase short circuit fault in the fault processing process does not exceed 30 ms, which will not have a great impact on the AC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zheng Xu, Yuzhe Xu, Zheren Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240243581
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sub-module hybrid MMC with low full-bridge ratio and a DC fault processing method thereof. The hybrid MMC prevents the energy at the AC side from entering a DC system by artificially creating three-phase interphase short circuit at the AC side of a converter in the DC fault processing process, which greatly reduces the ratio of full-bridge sub-modules required for DC fault processing. Moreover, the hybrid MMC has the same DC fault processing speed as the sub-module hybrid MMC with high full-bridge. The duration of the artificially created three-phase interphase short circuit fault in the fault processing process does not exceed 30 ms, which will not have a great impact on the AC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Zheng Xu, Yuzhe Xu, Zheren Zhang
  • Patent number: 12040616
    Abstract: A distributed voltage clamping method for a 100% renewable-energy sending-end grid, including: selecting key nodes from the 100% renewable-energy sending-end grid, including their voltage levels and positions; installing a dynamic reactive power compensation device on each key node, where the dynamic reactive power compensation device is controlled by a constant alternating-current (AC) voltage effective value, and the instruction value of the constant AC voltage effective value is adjustable according to an operation mode; according to AC voltage variation of the sending-end grid under a typical working condition, judging whether the key nodes meet the checking requirements; if not, selecting more key nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Zheren Zhang, Wentao Liu, Yiyan Dong, Zheng Xu, Ying Huang
  • Patent number: 12040606
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a resistive sub-module hybrid MMC and a direct current fault processing strategy thereof. The hybrid MMC prevents fault current from entering a direct current system from the alternating current side by artificially creating three-phase earthing short circuit on the alternating current side of a converter during the direct current fault processing process, and can reduce the number of required power electronic devices compared with the module hybrid MMC. At the same time, the direct current fault processing speed of the hybrid MMC is fast, and the duration of the artificially creating three-phase short circuit fault in the fault processing process is less than 60 ms, which will not have a great impact on the alternating current system. The present disclosure greatly reduces the cost of building an overhead line high-voltage flexible direct current transmission system, and has very strong reference significance and use value in engineering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Zheren Zhang, Zheng Xu, Yuzhe Xu