Patents by Inventor Zhengming ZHAO

Zhengming ZHAO 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: 10970432
    Abstract: A discrete state event-driven (DSED) simulation method for simulation of a power electronic system is disclosed. With respect to continuous states and discrete events in the power electronic system, the method includes: numerical integration of the continuous states with a flexible adaptive (FA) algorithm having both variable step-size and variable order; and location of the discrete events with an event-driven (ED) mechanism, in which active events are picked out and pre-scheduled before their occurrence while passive events are located by iterative search. The proposed to DSED simulation method can achieve significant improvement in simulation efficiency, with remarkably reduced computational costs at the same level of numerical accuracy. The proposed DSED simulation method is particularly applicable for complex power electronic systems with modular combined topology and high switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yicheng Zhu, Zhengming Zhao, Bochen Shi, Zhujun Yu
  • Patent number: 10862312
    Abstract: An electrical energy router includes cascaded submodules. Each submodule of the cascaded submodules includes a rectifying stage and an isolating stage. The rectifying stage includes a structure of a neutral point clamped full bridge. The isolating stage includes a DC-DC converter, which includes a primary side, a secondary side and a transformer. The primary side includes a structure of a neutral point clamped half bridge. A DC side of the neutral point clamped half bridge is connected to a DC bus line of the rectifying stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianning Sun, Liqiang Yuan, Qing Gu, Kainan Chen, Zhengming Zhao
  • Patent number: 10769337
    Abstract: An IGBT modeling method includes creating piece-wise line functions describing a collector-emitter voltage vce, a collector current ic and a gate-emitter voltage vge of the IGBT during a switching-on transient based on an internal structure of the IGBT and transient processes of the IGBT. The IGBT modeling method further includes creating piece-wise line functions describing the collector-emitter voltage vce, the collector current ic and the gate-emitter voltage vge of the IGBT during a switching-off transient based on the internal structure of the IGBT and the transient processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhengming Zhao, Ye Jiang, Tian Tan, Boyang Li, Yatao Ling, Bochen Shi, Liqiang Yuan, Kainan Chen
  • Patent number: 10747918
    Abstract: A backward discrete state event driven power electronics simulation method includes simulation initialization and a k-th simulation step, k?0. The k-th simulation step includes obtaining a system state equation at the k-th step. The k-th simulation step further includes determining alternative quantized values for each of state variables at a k+1-th step. The k-th simulation step further includes setting up a finite state machine to determine quantized values for the state variables at the k+1-th step one by one. The k-th simulation step further includes calculating a vector of derivatives based on the quantized values at the k+1-th step and the system state equation. The k-th simulation further includes determining the time of the k+1-th simulation step based on occurrence times of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Boyang Li, Zhengming Zhao, Tian Tan, Yi Yang, Liqiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20200125686
    Abstract: A discrete state event-driven (DSED) simulation method for simulation of a power electronic system is disclosed. With respect to continuous states and discrete events in the power electronic system, the method includes: numerical integration of the continuous states with a flexible adaptive (FA) algorithm having both variable step-size and variable order; and location of the discrete events with an event-driven (ED) mechanism, in which active events are picked out and pre-scheduled before their occurrence while passive events are located by iterative search. The proposed to DSED simulation method can achieve significant improvement in simulation efficiency, with remarkably reduced computational costs at the same level of numerical accuracy. The proposed DSED simulation method is particularly applicable for complex power electronic systems with modular combined topology and high switching frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yicheng ZHU, Zhengming ZHAO, Bochen SHI, Zhujun YU
  • Publication number: 20180357340
    Abstract: A backward discrete state event driven power electronics simulation method includes simulation initialization and a k-th simulation step, k?0. The k-th simulation step includes obtaining a system state equation at the k-th step. The k-th simulation step further includes determining alternative quantized values for each of state variables at a k+1-th step. The k-th simulation step further includes setting up a finite state machine to determine quantized values for the state variables at the k+1-th step one by one. The k-th simulation step further includes calculating a vector of derivatives based on the quantized values at the k+1-th step and the system state equation. The k-th simulation further includes determining the time of the k+1-th simulation step based on occurrence times of events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Boyang LI, Zhengming ZHAO, Tian TAN, Yi YANG, Liqiang YUAN
  • Publication number: 20180351368
    Abstract: An electrical energy router includes cascaded submodules. Each submodule of the cascaded submodules includes a rectifying stage and an isolating stage. The rectifying stage includes a structure of a neutral point clamped full bridge. The isolating stage includes a DC-DC converter, which includes a primary side, a secondary side and a transformer. The primary side includes a structure of a neutral point clamped half bridge. A DC side of the neutral point clamped half bridge is connected to a DC bus line of the rectifying stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jianning SUN, Liqiang YUAN, Qing GU, Kainan CHEN, Zhengming ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20180276327
    Abstract: An IGBT modeling method includes creating piece-wise line functions describing a collector-emitter voltage vce, a collector current ic and a gate-emitter voltage vge of the IGBT during a switching-on transient based on an internal structure of the IGBT and transient processes of the IGBT. The IGBT modeling method further includes creating piece-wise line functions describing the collector-emitter voltage vce, the collector current ic and the gate-emitter voltage vge of the IGBT during a switching-off transient based on the internal structure of the IGBT and the transient processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Zhengming ZHAO, Ye JIANG, Tian TAN, Boyang LI, Yatao LING, Bochen SHI, Liqiang YUAN, Kainan CHEN