Abstract: A device operative to transfer power and communicate wirelessly includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s). The DSC generates a drive signal based on a reference signal and provides the drive signal to a first coil via a single line and via a resonating capacitor, and simultaneously senses the drive signal via the single line, to facilitate electromagnetic coupling to a second coil to transfer power wirelessly to another device. The DSC also detects electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal including whether a communication signal is transmitted from another device and generates a digital signal representative thereof.

Abstract: A planetary gear system with a planetary carrier and a plurality of planetary gearwheels which are mounted on the planetary carrier by way of planetary gear bolts and planetary bearings. Each planetary gear bolt has at least one bore for supplying the planetary bearings with lubricating oil. The at least one bore is associated with an oil-catching element of a component fixed onto the planetary carrier, and the component is designed, in addition, to be a pulse generator for a rotational speed sensor. The pulse generator has a plurality of raised areas which are arranged around the circumference of the component and which extend in the axial direction.

Abstract: A flow transmitter method and system involves obtaining, via a flow sensor, sensor measurements of flow characteristics of a moving medium; outputting, via a processor, a drive signal for driving a pulse output circuit to generate a pulse signal according to the sensor measurements from the sensor; and generating, via a switching circuit of a pulse output circuit, a pulse signal according to the drive signal. The method and system further involve monitoring, via a diagnostic circuit connected to the switching circuit, current corresponding to the pulse signal; and determining, via the processor, whether the output circuit is operating in a normal or abnormal state based on the drive signal from the processor and a feedback signal corresponding to the monitored current from the diagnostic circuit.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a high voltage waveform generator comprising: a generator inductor; a high voltage nanosecond pulser having one or more solid state switches electrically and/or inductively coupled with the generator inductor, the high voltage nanosecond pulser configured to produce a pulse burst having a burst period, the pulse burst comprising a plurality of pulses having different pulse widths; and a load electrically and/or inductively coupled with the high voltage nanosecond pulser, the generator inductor, and the generator capacitor, the voltage across the load having an output pulse with a pulse width substantially equal to the burst period and the voltage across the load varying in a manner that is substantially proportional with the pulse widths of the plurality of pulses.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a thermal management system for a nanosecond pulser. In some embodiments, the thermal management system may include a switch cold plates coupled with switches, a core cold plate coupled with one or more transformers, resistor cold plates coupled with resistors, or tubing coupled with the switch cold plates, the core cold plates, and the resistor cold plates. The thermal management system may include a heat exchanger coupled with the resistor cold plates, the core cold plate, the switch cold plate, and the tubing. The heat exchanger may also be coupled with a facility fluid supply.

Abstract: A nanosecond pulser may include a plurality of switch modules, a transformer, and an output. Each of the plurality of switch modules may include one or more solid state switches. The transformer may include a core, at least one primary winding wound around at least a portion of the core, each of the plurality of switch modules may be coupled with the primary windings, and a plurality of secondary windings wound at least partially around a portion of the core. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 1 kilovolt and having a pulse width of less than about 1000 nanoseconds. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 5 kilovolts, a peak power greater than about 100 kilowatts, a pulse width between 10 nanoseconds and 1000 nanoseconds, a rise time less than about 50 nanoseconds, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a network device (10) which can be connected via electrical lines (15, 16) to other subscribers (18a, 18b, 12, 13) of a network (42), in particular a real-time intercom network (42), for transmitting audio and/or image information, wherein the network device (10) comprises at least one input-side terminal (22a) for connection to a power supply source (11) and at least one output-side terminal (22b) for connection to at least one second network device (12), wherein signals and operating voltage (PoE) can be transmitted via the terminals, using at least the following four layers (32, 33, 34, 35): a) PTP layer (precision time protocol), b) ethernet layer, c) data and/or information layer, d) PoE (power over ethernet) layer.

Abstract: An on-board charger is provided with a bulk capacitor adapted to couple to a vehicle traction battery and a relay for receiving electrical power from an external power supply and to pre-charge the bulk capacitor. A power factor correction (PFC) circuit is connected between the bulk capacitor and the relay. The PFC circuit includes a switch that is adjustable between an on-position and an off-position. The switch enables current flow from the relay to the bulk capacitor in the off-position. A snubber circuit is coupled to the switch to damp a transient voltage present at the switch during a transition from the on-position to the off-position. A processor is programmed to control the switch.

Abstract: An electrical machine includes as part of its stator XRAM windings for multiplying current output of the machine. The XRAM windings are coupled to switching elements that are configured to produce current multiplication for output to an external load. The XRAM windings may be in slots in the stator, or may be elsewhere in the stator, operatively coupled to other windings in the stator. The stator may be operatively coupled to a rotor and hence to an inertial energy source, such as a flywheel on the same shaft as the elements of the electrical machine. Short circuiting of select windings of the machine can advantageously cause a shifting and concentration of a machine airgap flux of the machine over other windings, and increasing their magnetic storage energy.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a high voltage power source; a transmission circuit to receive power from the high voltage power source, generate a pulse generating an ultrasound wave, and apply the ultrasound wave to a probe in the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus; a power circuit to receive the power from the high voltage power source and charge a capacitor with electric energy when the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus operates in a shear wave mode, and supply, to the transmission circuit, shear wave mode power used for generating a shear wave, based on the electric energy; and a processor to control the power circuit to supply the shear wave mode power when the shear wave mode is in operation, and control the high voltage power source and the power circuit such that insufficient power of the shear wave mode power is supplied from the high voltage power source to the transmission circuit.

Abstract: In a Power over Data Lines (PoDL) system that conducts differential data and DC power over the same wire pair, various DC coupling techniques are described that improve DC voltage coupling while attenuating AC common mode noise and avoiding mode conversion. A first CMC and AC coupling capacitors are connected in series between a PHY and a twisted wire pair. A DC power supply is DC coupled to the wires via a series connection of a DMC and either matched inductors or a second CMC. Coupled between the DMC and the inductors/CMC is an RC termination circuit comprising a first capacitor coupled to one leg and a matched second capacitor coupled to the other leg. The two capacitors are connected to the same resistor coupled to ground.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a system for a power over data line (PoDL) system. The system includes a ground plane that has a cutout. In addition, an alternating current (AC) capacitor pad configured to establish a bidirectional data channel. The AC capacitor pad is positioned in the cutout of the ground plane. Similarly, a PoDL pad connected to one or more inductors and a direct current (DC) power source is positioned in the cutout of the ground plane and is in series with the AC capacitor pad.

Abstract: The present embodiments are directed to a device for generating radio frequency signals, including high power radio frequency signals. In certain embodiments, the device comprises multiple transmission lines driven in parallel at their input and connected in series at their output. The electromagnetic transit lengths of the transmission lines may be unequal. A series connection of the transmission lines at the output may produce an output signal from each transmission line driving the same polarity signal to the load. The series connection of transmission lines at the output may produce a bipolar output signal. One section of the device may convert a unipolar input signal into a bipolar signal. One section of the device may duplicate the input signal. Multiple sections may be arranged to convert a unipolar input signal into multiple radio frequency oscillations.

Abstract: A nanosecond pulser may include a plurality of switch modules, a transformer, and an output. Each of the plurality of switch modules may include one or more solid state switches. The transformer may include a core, at least one primary winding wound around at least a portion of the core, each of the plurality of switch modules may be coupled with the primary windings, and a plurality of secondary windings wound at least partially around a portion of the core. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 1 kilovolt and having a pulse width of less than about 1000 nanoseconds. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 5 kilovolts, a peak power greater than about 100 kilowatts, a pulse width between 10 nanoseconds and 1000 nanoseconds, a rise time less than about 50 nanoseconds, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: A rotary position sensor (102) includes a sensor housing (202) defining an interior cavity. A first rotor (206) may be positioned and rotatable within the interior cavity, and the first rotor (206) may at least partially define a bore (214) to receive a shaft (112) and include a first magnet (326). Furthermore, the rotary position sensor (102) may include a second rotor (208) positioned and rotatable within the interior cavity, and the second rotor (208) may at least partially define the bore (214) to receive the shaft (112) and include a second magnet (328). A ring element (304) may be disposed in the sensor housing (202), and the ring element (304) may be arranged between the first rotor (206) and the second rotor (208).

Abstract: A vehicle plug for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer includes a power conductor and one or more video signal conductors. The power conductor is configured to provide power to one or more electrical components of the trailer, the one or more electrical components of the trailer includes one or more video cameras. The one or more video signal conductors are configured to receive video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer.

Abstract: A power generating system using magnetic induction and a method of operating same are disclosed. The power generating system includes at least one stationary electromagnet receiving an excitation voltage from a power supply. The at least one stationary electromagnet has a north pole, a south pole and a magnetic field. The system also includes at least one stationary coil positioned inside the magnetic field and intersected by magnetic field lines of the at least one electromagnet such that when the at least one electromagnet is excited, an electromotive force (EMF) is induced in the at least one stationary coil. The power supplied may be AC or DC. The system also includes a frequency modulator for changing the rate of electric current introduced to the at least one electromagnet so that the change of current rate will cause an EMF to be induced in the coil.

Abstract: A flip-flop circuit using AOI and OAI includes: a MUX unit with a multiplexer selecting between a first signal and a second signal; a master unit with two OAI, wherein the first OAI is coupled between a first node N1 and a third node N3, the second OAI is coupled between a second node N2 and a fourth node N4; a slave unit with two AOI, wherein the first AOI is coupled between the third node N3 and a fifth node N5, the second AOI is coupled between the fourth node N4 and a sixth node N6; and a clock for controlling the two AOI and the two OAI, the clock is connected to the first and the second AOI and the first and the second OAI.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a series connection of at least a first impedance and a second impedance, the first impedance having a first terminal and a second terminal and the second impedance having a first terminal and a second terminal. The second terminal of the first impedance is connected to the first terminal of the second impedance forming a first node. The apparatus further includes a signal generator to apply a first amplitude modulated signal to the first terminal of the first impedance and a second amplitude modulated signal to the second terminal of the second impedance; and further includes an evaluation device configured to receive a first measurement signal from the first node and to determine information on the at least one physical parameter depending on the first measurement signal.

Abstract: A pair of bias magnets applies a bias magnetic field to the magneto-resistive effect element, the bias magnetic field having a component in a direction such that the component cancels the external magnetic field that is applied to the magneto-resistive effect element and a component that is perpendicular to the external magnetic field. The bias magnet has an elongate cross section in a plane that is parallel both to the external magnetic field and to the bias magnetic field. In a projection plane that is parallel to the cross section and onto which the bias magnets and the magneto-resistive effect element are projected, the bias magnet includes an element facing side that is opposite to the magneto-resistive effect element and that extends in a longitudinal direction. The bias magnet is magnetized in a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The element facing side is longer than other sides.

Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus includes a light emission circuit that includes a switch, a capacitor, a light-emitting element, and a protection element. The light emission circuit charges and discharges the capacitor by opening and closing the switch based on a light emission control signal, and enables the light-emitting element to emit light using electric power during discharge by the capacitor. The light emission circuit is configured such that a parasitic inductance of a first circuit is greater than a parasitic inductance of a second circuit, where the first circuit is a circuit in which the switch, the capacitor, and the light-emitting element are connected in series and in a ring shape, and the second circuit is a circuit in which the switch, the capacitor, and the protection element are connected in series and in a ring shape.

Abstract: To provide a RF generating apparatus that enables apparatus size to be decreased and the cost reduced thereby while also improving power efficiency by performing a stable matching operation, and to provide a plasma treatment apparatus using said apparatus. This RF generating apparatus comprises a plurality of RF generators and matching units, the matching units being provided with only variable-capacity capacitors connected in parallel, thereby reducing the number of elements in terms of the variable-capacity capacitors. A matching calculation section for the RF generators determines, on the basis of traveling waves and reflection waves detected by a detection circuit, the capacity values of the variable-capacity capacitors for the matching units, while adjusting and determining the oscillation frequencies for oscillation circuits in the RF generators so as to decrease the level of the reflection waves. The plasma treatment apparatus uses this RF generating apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments include a power distribution access network comprising power sourcing equipment (PSE) having a hybrid power-data port and at least one remote distribution node coupled to the PSE. The PSE delivers power at a first voltage to the distribution node and the distribution node delivers power at a second voltage to a remote device. Delivery of power to the distribution nodes may be based on information from the distribution node. Other embodiments include a power distribution access network with remote distribution nodes daisy-chained together by hybrid power-data cables so that a power line and a plurality of optical lines pass along the distribution nodes. The optical lines sequentially drop off along the chain and a remainder of the optical lines is indexed at each distribution node. Remote powered devices are coupled to the distribution nodes. Each remote powered device receives power and optical signals from the respective remote distribution node.

Abstract: An output power control device includes: an attenuator to attenuate power of a high-frequency signal output from an oscillator; a high-frequency power amplifier to amplify the power of the high-frequency signal output from the attenuator; a monitor circuit to monitor the power of the high-frequency signal output from the high-frequency power amplifier; and a controller to control an attenuation amount of the attenuator based on the monitor signal output from the monitor circuit or based on attenuation amount setting data from a data unit. The oscillator generates the high-frequency signal in synchronization with a trigger signal. The controller starts control of the attenuation amount of the attenuator based on the attenuation amount setting data, in synchronization with the trigger signal, and, after receiving the monitor signal, the controller controls the attenuation amount of the attenuator based on the monitor signal.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for use in an electric circuit. The apparatus includes a sampling module arranged to obtain an approximation of a voltage-current characteristic of at least one electrical circuit component of the electric circuit subjected to an excitation, wherein each of the at least one electrical circuit component is represented by a constant phase element in an equivalent circuit of the electric circuit; and a processing module arranged to estimate a time-domain voltage response and/or a time-domain current response based on the approximation of the voltage-current characteristic under the excitation applied to the electric circuit.

Abstract: A nanosecond pulser may include a plurality of switch modules, a transformer, and an output. Each of the plurality of switch modules may include one or more solid state switches. The transformer may include a core, at least one primary winding wound around at least a portion of the core, each of the plurality of switch modules may be coupled with the primary windings, and a plurality of secondary windings wound at least partially around a portion of the core. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 1 kilovolt and having a pulse width of less than about 1000 nanoseconds. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 5 kilovolts, a peak power greater than about 100 kilowatts, a pulse width between 10 nanoseconds and 1000 nanoseconds, a rise time less than about 50 nanoseconds, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: An induction hob device includes at least one induction heating element adapted to heat a cooking utensil, and at least one detection circuit which cooperates with the at least one induction heating element to detect a presence of the cooking utensil. The at least one detection circuit is hereby directly connected to the at least one induction heating element irrespective of an operating state.

Abstract: A high frequency electromagnetic radiation generation device is disclosed that includes a high voltage input, a nonlinear transmission line, an antenna, and a pulse recirculating circuit. In some embodiments, the high voltage input may be configured to receive electrical pulses having a first peak voltage that is greater than 5 kV, and/or may be electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line. The antenna may be electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line and/or may radiate electromagnetic radiation at a frequency greater than 100 MHz about a voltage greater than 5 kV. The pulse recirculating may be electrically coupled with the high voltage input and the antenna. The pulse recirculating circuit may include a diode; a low pass filter; and a delay line. In some embodiments, unradiated energy from the antenna is directed through the pulse recirculating circuit to the nonlinear transmission line with a delay of less than 100 ns.

Abstract: A power distribution discovery system includes a power distribution unit (power distribution unit) that provides electrical power to a plurality of equipment modules configured in a computing rack. The power distribution unit includes a first communication circuit coupled to a computing system. The first communication circuit communicates with a second communication circuit configured in each of the subset of equipment modules to receive identifying information associated with each of the subset of equipment modules. The computing system communicates with the first communication circuit to receive the identifying information, and outputs a report indicating the subset of equipment modules that receive electrical power from the power distribution unit. The received identifying information indicates those equipment modules that receive electrical power from the power distribution unit.

Abstract: An inductor device is provided. The inductor device includes a coil unit that includes a pair of first and second coils disposed adjacent to each other and coupled to each other, a core unit that surrounds inner and outer spaces of the coil unit, and an induction unit that is disposed in the coil unit and is induced by a magnetic field generated between the first and second coils.

Abstract: A remote key fob for a vehicle, includes a communications and control device, at least one transmit/receive device and a microcontroller. At least one control surface is arranged on an outer shell of a housing of the remote key fob and is coupled to the communications and control device. A printed circuit board held in the housing is placed beneath the control surface. The control surface is mechanically coupled to a metal detection section. Pressure actuation of the control surface from the outside results in a deformation or change of position of the detection section. A detection coil is located on the printed circuit board, wherein the detection coil is coupled to the communications and control device for forming an inductive proximity switch. The communications and control device determines an actuation of the control surface as a function of the inductivity or quality of the detection coil.

Abstract: A designed waveform generator includes at least one first signal generator including a first switching device and generating a square wave having a constant voltage level during an on-period of the first switching device and at least one second signal generator including a second switching device and controlling a transition period of the second switching device to generate a variable waveform having a variable voltage level during the transition period of the second switching device. The at least one first signal generator and the at least one second signal generator are connected to each other in a cascade manner.

Abstract: A nanosecond pulser is disclosed. In some embodiments, the nanosecond pulser may include one or more switch circuits including one or more solid state switches, a transformer, and an output. In some embodiments, the transformer may include a first transformer core, a first primary winding wound at least partially around a portion of the first transformer core, and a secondary winding wound at least partially around a portion of the first transformer core. In some embodiments, each of the one or more switch circuits are coupled with at least a portion of the first primary winding. In some embodiments, the output may be electrically coupled with the secondary winding and outputs electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 1 kilovolt and a rise time of less than 150 nanoseconds or less than 50 nanoseconds.

Abstract: A direct current (DC) fault arc detection method, including performing sampling, filtering and fast Fourier transform (FFT) on an input current of a high frequency power electronics converter, to obtain an amplitude-frequency characteristic curve of a current high frequency component; and selecting, from the amplitude-frequency characteristic curve, at least one frequency band including a switching frequency or a multiple frequency, calculating a peak value D1 of amplitudes and an average value D2 of the amplitudes within the frequency band, and determining, according to a change of a distance between the peak value D1 and the average value D2, whether an arc occurs, where if the average value D2 approaches the peak value D1, an arc occurs; otherwise, no arc occurs.

Abstract: A circuit for processing an input-signal voltage comprises an input capacitance coupled between an input node of the circuit and a sense node of a comparator and a reference capacitance coupled to the sense node of the comparator. A method for processing an input-signal voltage comprises configuring a reference capacitance coupled to an input capacitance; during a charge phase, charging the reference capacitance to a first-level reference voltage; and, during an operative phase, setting the input capacitance to an input-signal voltage to obtain, at the sense node, a sense voltage.

Abstract: An impulse voltage generating device includes: an insulation cylinder; a DC power source positioned outside the insulation cylinder; capacitors arranged successively and connected to the DC power source in parallel, the capacitors being provided in a plurality of stages, the capacitors being accommodated in metal containers positioned outside the insulation cylinder; a discharging gap switch positioned in the insulation cylinder and provided between the stages; a blower structure configured to cause an insulation gas to flow in the insulation cylinder; a bushing for each of the capacitors, the bushing being positioned outside the insulation cylinder; and a gas spraying structure positioned outside the insulation cylinder, the gas spraying structure being configured to spray the insulation gas to the bushing.

Abstract: A displacement sensor comprises a first frame; a second frame; a first coil wherein a first voltage formed at the first frame is applied; a second coil formed at the first frame, wherein a current of a second voltage flows if the first voltage is applied to the first coil; a conductor coupled to the second frame; and a detector for calculating a relative position between the first frame and the second frame by monitoring the second voltage. Since two coils are embodied in one frame, the number of process times can be reduced and space utility can be enhanced.

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring electrical power and data includes a primary circuit comprising a source of electrical energy (10), at least a pair of transmitting armatures (100, 100?), a first of the armatures (100) being connected in use to a different electrical potential with respect to a second of the armatures (100?), at least an electric power transmitter (12) connected to the source of electrical energy (10) and to at least one of the armatures (100, 100?), and at least a transceiver (20) connected to at least one of the transmitting armatures (100, 100?). The transceiver (20) is particularly suitable for use in receiving and/or transmitting data via the transmitting armatures (100, 100?) independently of the power transmitted by the power transmitter (12).

Abstract: A common mode choke comprising a first planar coil for receiving a first signal, a second planar coil for receiving a second signal, the first and second coils comprising substantially mirror images of one another and arranged side by side in a common plane, the first planar coil and second planar coil electromagnetically coupled by a closed coupling loop.

Abstract: A device for measuring the unloaded quality factor of a resonant cavity which has an input port to accept incident power and an output port to measure the dissipated power, wherein the device includes: a transmission line designed to be coupled to the input port of the resonant cavity to be characterized, which has a coupling coefficient ?i and which is designed to transmit an incident power generated by a power generator; a switch located upstream of the transmission line at a distance from the cavity which is equivalent to (2n+1)?g/4, where n is a whole number equal to or greater than zero and ?g the wavelength of the wave guided by the transmission line, the switch allowing the coupling coefficient ?i at the input port to the cavity to be modified at the time of the measurement of the unloaded quality factor of the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power supply system for video cameras (2) and for protection cases (1) for video cameras. The system comprises a first device (13), called as powered device since it receives power from a remote device, able to split a supply voltage (131) and a data signal (130) from a power supply input line (18). A plurality of power supply lines (14a-14e) are connected to a first output of the powered device (13) and they supply a plurality of electric components (7,8,9,10) via the supply voltage (131) extracted by the powered device (13). The system further comprises a power supply equipment (19) connected to the powered device (13) so as to receive as input the supply voltage and the data signal split by the powered device. A case and a method for powering a video camera are also described.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) control system including a RF generator having a power amplifier that outputs a RF signal and a controller. A matching network receives the RF signal and generates a plurality of RF output signals. The matching network includes a ratio tuning element to vary a ratio of power between the plurality of RF output signals. The first controller communicates a ratio control signal to the matching network, and the matching network controls the ratio tuning element in accordance with the ratio control signal. The RF controls system operates in a continuous and pulse mode of operation. The controller can also control the rise or fall of a pulse edge or a level or duration of incremental changes in the pulse edge.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a high-durability switch device. The switch device includes: a switch key top and a switch key bottom that are freely displaceable relative to each other, the switch key top including key top reception and transmitting coils that are connected to each other, and the switch key bottom including: a key bottom transmitting coil having a relative positional relationship with the key top receiving coil that changes according to a relative displacement operation with respect to the switch key top; a key bottom receiving coil having a relative positional relationship with the key top transmitting coil that changes according to the relative displacement operation with respect to the switch key top; a current supplier supplying current to the key bottom transmitting coil; and a determiner determining relative displacement with respect to the switch key top from induced current in the key bottom receiving coil.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a protection apparatus for an IT network having a first and a second live line, having a signal generator which is designed to feed a first signal to the first and/or to the second live line, having a detection device which is designed to detect the profile of the fed first signal in at least one live line, and having a control device which is designed to analyze the detected profile and to output a disconnection signal when the analysis of the detected profile indicates that a living organism is in contact with the first live line and the second live line. The present invention also discloses a method and a power supply system.

Abstract: The driver circuit contains a first line, which is to be connected to a first terminal of the Pockels cell (18; PC), and a second line, which is to be connected to a second terminal of the Pockels cell (18; PC), wherein the first line and/or the second line have/has an inductance (14, 15; 24, 25).

Abstract: An electromagnetic direct current (DC) pulse power system includes a plurality of pulse forming networks (PFN) module, and an energy storage capacitor and circuit interruption apparatus. Each PFN module includes a PFN circuit configured to generate a pulsed DC output power. The PFN circuit includes an energy storage inductor with a primary winding having a primary inductance that controls a primary impedance of the PFN circuit. The electromagnetic direct current (DC) pulse power system further includes an auto-transformer having a multi-stage fault-limiting system configured to reduce fault current.

Abstract: An angular position detector includes a cylindrical rotor having an axis of rotation and a first ring with a plurality of alternating teeth and valleys, a first first-ring magnetic sensor having a sensor surface facing the first ring, the first first-ring magnetic sensor being configured to produce a first signal in response to movement of the first ring past the first first-ring magnetic sensor, a second first-ring magnetic sensor having a sensor surface facing the first ring and being configured to produce a second signal in response to movement of the first ring past the second first-ring magnetic sensor, the second first-ring magnetic sensor being circumferentially offset from the first first-ring magnetic sensor by a first angle and a controller operatively connected to the first and second first-ring magnetic sensors and configured to produce a first output signal based on the first and second signals.

Abstract: A printed diplexer is printed on a PCB, having at least two input terminals respectively connected to at least two end portions thereof, having the output terminal connected at a center portion thereof, and configured to output a signal inputted from the at least two input terminals to the output terminal.

Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes first and second oscillators arranged in a series configuration between a supply voltage node and a reference voltage node. The first and second oscillators are configured to receive a synchronizing signal for controlling synchronization in frequency and phase. An electromagnetic network provided to couple the first and the second oscillators includes a transformer with a primary circuit and a secondary circuit. The primary circuit includes a first portion coupled to the first oscillator and second portion coupled to the second oscillator. The first and second portions are connected by a circuit element for reuse of current between the first and second oscillators. The oscillator circuit is fabricated as an integrated circuit device wherein the electromagnetic network is formed in metallization layers of the device. The secondary circuit generates an output power combining power provided from the first and second portions of the primary circuit.

Abstract: A device for measuring angle and angular velocity or distance and speed of a moving part is described. The device has a sensor which is or can be arranged in a stationary manner and an encoder which is or can be arranged on the moving part and, together with the sensor, generates a modulation signal to be demodulated by the sensor. For the frequency measurement which is needed to measure the angular velocity/speed, the encoder has a structure which reproduces a periodic pattern and is interrupted by at least one index area for the angle/distance measurement. In the index area, the encoder has a substitute pattern which differs from the periodic pattern by at least one physical variable which can be detected by the sensor but has a structure which also enables the frequency measurement in the index area.