Having Transistorized Inverter Patents (Class 363/16)
  • Patent number: 11671020
    Abstract: A control circuit for a flyback converter is configured to adjust a conduction time of an auxiliary switch of the flyback converter in accordance with a drain-source voltage of a main switch of the flyback converter when the main switch is turned on, in order to achieve zero-voltage switching of the main switch. The flyback converter can include: a main power stage having the main switch to control energy storage and transmission of a transformer; and a clamp circuit having an auxiliary switch to provide a release path for releasing energy of leakage inductance of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Xiangdong Yang, Xiaoru Xu, Yongjiang Bai, Zhiliang Hu
  • Patent number: 11650608
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include an energy-storage element that stores energy harvested from an environmental system; a power wire connector and a return wire connector; and switching elements configured to operate in a first state where the switching elements create a connection between the power and the return; and a second state where the switching elements interrupt the connection between the power and return. The smart-home device may also include a circuit that controls the switching elements, where the circuit is configured to detect a zero-crossing of a current received through the power wire connector; wait for a first time interval after the zero-crossing is detected; after an expiration of the first time interval, enable active power stealing for a second time interval; and after an expiration of the second time interval, disable active power stealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11621630
    Abstract: A switching converter controller includes: a control loop adapted to be coupled to an output terminal of a power stage; and a hybrid hysteretic control (HHC) circuit coupled to the control loop. The HHC circuit includes a resonant capacitor voltage (Vcr) node adapted to be coupled to a resonant capacitor (Cr) of the power stage, where the Vcr node sums a sense voltage for Cr with a frequency compensation ramp. The HHC circuit also includes a soft-start controller coupled to the Vcr node. The soft-start controller includes a clamp circuit coupled to the Vcr node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Salvatore Giombanco, Brent Alan McDonald
  • Patent number: 11616449
    Abstract: A power adapter, includes: a transformer, including a primary winding and a secondary winding; a primary circuit, including a primary main switch, electrically coupled to the primary winding; a secondary circuit, including a first switch unit and a second switch unit; a first end of the first switch unit and a first end of the second switch unit are coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer, and a second end of the first switch unit and a second end of the second switch unit connected to a first output port and a second output port, respectively; a control circuit, configured to detect output voltages of the first output port and the second output port, and controlling the primary main switch, the first switch unit and the second switch unit to adjust the output voltages of the first output port and the second output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jian Zhou, Haibin Song, Daofei Xu, Jinfa Zhang
  • Patent number: 11594981
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: “m×n” switching elements; capacitors connected in series to corresponding ones of the switching elements and forming “m×n” series circuits; a charger charging the capacitors; “m” transformers in which primary windings are connected to both ends of corresponding ones of “m” parallel circuits formed by connecting “n” units of the series circuits in parallel to one another with the polarity aligned; a current detection unit detecting, as a detected current value, current flowing through a multistage series circuit in which secondary windings of the transformers are sequentially connected in series so that both ends of the circuit serve as output terminals; a control unit outputting a command signal generated based on the detected current value and a current command being a target value of the current output from the output terminals; and a drive unit driving the switching elements and the charger based on the command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuda, Taichiro Tamida
  • Patent number: 11594948
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a resonant LLC power converter unit to provide a plurality of power outputs. The power converter unit includes multiple transformers arranged such that at least one primary winding of each transformer is connected in parallel and configured to provide a power output to a secondary that powers one of the plurality of outputs. One of these transformers, or a parallel choke across an output bus, can be used to provide lower power to the output bus during a standby state (i.e., during a light- or no-load condition). The power converter unit includes a first switching section for providing a first power input during normal operation and a second switching section for providing a second power input during no- or light-load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Excelsys Tecnologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Morrison, Andrejs Gasilovs, Phelim Seamus Bradley
  • Patent number: 11588400
    Abstract: Aspects of series resonator DC-to-DC converters are described. A series resonator DC-to-DC converter can include a first half-bridge circuit comprising a first high-side switch and a first low-side switch, a second half-bridge circuit comprising a second high-side switch and a second low-side switch, and a resonator in series between the first high-side switch and the first low-side switch. The circuit design and switching controller can be relied upon to impart soft-switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Cong Tu, Khai Doan The Ngo, Ting Ge, Rengang Chen
  • Patent number: 11588407
    Abstract: One example discloses a switched mode power supply device, comprising: an energy storage device; a controller configured to discharge the energy storage device; a voltage drop device having a first pin coupled to the energy storage device, a second pin coupled to the controller, and a third pin coupled to receive a first power-down signal; wherein the first power-down signal indicates that the energy storage device is to be discharged; wherein the voltage drop device is configured to input a first voltage from the energy storage device on the first pin and output a second voltage to the controller on the second pin; and wherein the second voltage is lower than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Joan Wichard Strijker, Peter Theodorus Johannes Degen
  • Patent number: 11587753
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for improving a performance of a pulsed-ultraviolet (PUV) device. The method includes monitoring an input current across a circuit breaker in communication with a UV lamp, where the input current is delivered by a power signal and is interrupted by the circuit breaker upon exceeding a predefined cut-off current; generating a pulse signal having a set of frequencies based on the power signal for driving the UV lamp, where the pulse signal is associated with a predetermined cut-off frequency that increases the input current beyond the cut-off current; determining a predefined threshold current less than the cut-off current; and configuring the pulse signal with multiple distinct pulse frequencies per second for a predefined configuration period based on the input current exceeding the threshold current. The distinct pulse frequencies per second include at least one pulse frequency greater than the cut-off frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Anram Holdings
    Inventors: Prakash Valentino Ramanand, Manjinder Singh Dhillon
  • Patent number: 11581818
    Abstract: A direct-current voltage conversion circuit having on/off control with a dead-time period performed alternately on a first switch and a second switch included in a direct-current voltage conversion circuit. When alternating current flows in a series circuit part including two transformers magnetically independent, current flows in an output circuit including a secondary side of one transformer, and energy is accumulated in the other transformer. The permeabilities of the magnetic cores in the first and second transformers is between 15 and 120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsunao Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11554642
    Abstract: A voltage conversion system includes an energy storage device; a power conversion unit connected to the energy storage device, the power conversion unit comprising: an inductor, the inductor comprising a number of coils that are non-coupled or weakly coupled, with a coupling coefficient less than 0.05; a multi-phase boost stage coupled to the inductor, wherein the multiphase boost stage comprises a number of phases that equals the number of coils; an inverter coupled to the multiphase boost stage; and a load coupled to the power conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xu She, XuQiang Liao, Jaegue Shin, Ismail Agirman, HanJong Kim, David Ginsberg
  • Patent number: 11557973
    Abstract: A power converter is provided. The power converter includes an input side having a first input winding and a second input winding coupled in electrical series to the first input winding. The power converter also includes an output side having a first output winding and a second output winding coupled in electrical parallel to the first output winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Power Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo Silva, Loc Ngo, Richard Yeager, Jouni Uusitalo
  • Patent number: 11557958
    Abstract: A power supply comprises a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, a bridge circuit coupled to the primary winding of the transformer, a first rail coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer, and a second rail coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer. The bridge circuit comprises a plurality of switches. The power supply also comprises a first sensor assembly coupled to generate a first error signal representing a difference between currents in the first rail and the second rail. A controller is configured to alter a duty cycle of a first switch of the plurality of switches relative to a duty cycle of a second switch of the plurality of switches based on the first error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Astec International Limited
    Inventors: Yongtao Xie, Zhanwu Wang, Sudhakarababu Chakkirala
  • Patent number: 11552552
    Abstract: A memory system having a non-volatile memory and a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) that has a voltage regulator to apply a voltage on the non-volatile memory during normal operations. During a shutdown process, the PMIC has a bleeder that is activated to reduce the voltage applied on the non-volatile memory to a level that is below a programmable threshold, before allowing the memory system to restart again. During the bleeding operation, a comparator of the PMIC compares the voltage applied to the non-volatile memory and the threshold to determine whether the shutdown process can be terminated for a restart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
  • Patent number: 11552568
    Abstract: Provided are a switching regulator and a power management unit including the switching regulator. A switching regulator configured to transform an input voltage and generate an output voltage includes a first regulating circuit configured to regulate the input voltage and to generate a first voltage based on a first switching signal set having a first duty ratio, and a second regulating circuit configured to regulate the first voltage and to generate the output voltage based on a second switching signal set having a second duty ratio. The switching regulator determines a voltage gain based on the first duty ratio and the second duty ratio, the voltage gain corresponding to a ratio of the output voltage to the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gwangyol Noh
  • Patent number: 11545897
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for controlling gate drivers of a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) circuit—such as a three-level buck converter, a divide-by-two charge pump, or an adaptive combination power supply circuit capable of switching therebetween—in a power-saving mode (e.g., a pulse-skipping mode). During such a power-saving mode in which a capacitor of a charge pump is disconnected from at least one power supply rail (e.g., first and second input nodes of the charge pump) and is coupled to power terminals of one or more drivers of the SMPS circuit, the capacitor is temporarily disconnected from the power terminals and temporarily coupled to the at least one power supply rail (e.g., for a few microseconds).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ta-Tung Yen, Guoyong Guo, Chunping Song, Hector Ivan Oporta
  • Patent number: 11539315
    Abstract: A driver circuit includes a first switch which has a first terminal coupled to a voltage supply terminal, a second terminal coupled to a high-side gate, and a third terminal coupled to receive a voltage supply enable signal. The first switch is operable to connect the voltage supply terminal to the high-side gate responsive to the voltage supply enable signal. The driver circuit includes a second switch which has a first terminal coupled to a charge pump terminal, a second terminal coupled to the high side gate, and a third terminal coupled to receive a charge pump enable signal. The second switch is operable to connect the charge pump terminal to the high-side gate responsive to the charge pump enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Venkatesh Guduri, Venkata Naresh Kotikelapudi, Ganapathi Shankar Krishnamurthy, Ashish Ojha
  • Patent number: 11533049
    Abstract: A circuit includes first and second transistors, a capacitor, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the control inputs of the first and second transistors. The controller configured to, during a first mode and in accordance with a first time-varying duty cycle, turn on and off the first transistor while turning on the second transistor when the first transistor is off. The controller is also configured to, during a second mode following the first mode, and in accordance with a second time-varying duty cycle, turn on and off the first transistor while turning on the second transistor when the first transistor is off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tong Yao, Johan Tjeerd Strydom
  • Patent number: 11527959
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method of a power conversion device including first and second bridge arms and two transformers. The first bridge arm includes the first, second and third switches serially connected. The second bridge arm includes the fourth, fifth and sixth switches serially connected. The control method includes: controlling the first and fourth switches to operate with duty cycle and being 180 degrees out of phase; controlling control signals of the third and fourth switches to be complementary, and controlling control signals of the sixth and first switches to be complementary; when the duty cycle being less than or equal to 0.5, controlling the second and fourth switches to switch synchronously, controlling the fifth and first switches to switch synchronously; and when the duty cycle being greater than 0.5, controlling the second and sixth switches to switch synchronously, controlling the fifth and third switches to switch synchronously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Da Jin, Yahong Xiong, Qinghua Su
  • Patent number: 11527958
    Abstract: A power converter can include a magnetic energy storage element, a main switch, a synchronous rectifier switch, and an energy recovery circuit. The energy recovery circuit can include a resonant circuit and an auxiliary switch configured to operate in conjunction with the main and synchronous rectifier switches to store energy in the resonant circuit and deliver energy therefrom to reduce switching losses associated with the main and synchronous rectifier switches. The converter can be a buck, boost, buck-boost, or other converter type. The auxiliary switch may be operated according to a two-pulse control mode or using a conventional buck converter controller with additional delay elements. The resonant circuit inductance may be a discrete inductor or a parasitic inductance, such as a PCB trace, which may be designed to provide a desired inductance value selected to efficiently provide sufficient energy to achieve reduced switching losses of the main and auxiliary switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bogdan T. Bucheru
  • Patent number: 11522538
    Abstract: A bidirectional bipolar transistor switch arrangement, including: a first bipolar transistor and a second bipolar transistor connected in anti-parallel between a first terminal and a second terminal, a resistor connected to the base of the first bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor and to a control terminal, a first diode connected with anode to the first terminal, and a second diode connected with anode to the second terminal, the first diode and the second diode being connected via respective cathodes to a supply terminal. The bidirectional bipolar transistor switch arrangement is able to control the power supply within a daisy chain with low drop voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Gregory Molina Mendoza, Felipe Castillo Buenaventura
  • Patent number: 11508830
    Abstract: In a described example, an integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed that includes a transistor. The transistor includes a substrate, and a buffer structure overlying the substrate. The buffer structure has a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer overlying the first buffer layer, and a third buffer layer overlying the second buffer layer. The first buffer layer has a first carbon concentration, the second buffer layer has a second carbon concentration lower than the first carbon concentration, and the third buffer layer has a third carbon concentration higher than the second carbon concentration. An active structure overlies the buffer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Dellas, Dong Seup Lee, Andinet Tefera Desalegn
  • Patent number: 11473381
    Abstract: An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump mounted on the single pump trailer. A controller associated with the single VFD and is mounted on the single pump trailer. The controller monitors operation parameters associated with an operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as each component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operates to determine whether the operation parameters deviate beyond a corresponding operation parameter threshold. Each of the operation parameters provides an indicator as to an operation status of a corresponding component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system. The controller initiates corrected actions when each operation parameter deviates beyond the corresponding operation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: National Service Alliance—Houston LLC
    Inventors: John Fischer, John J. Crosetto, David Kubricht, Richard Cheatham, Jeffrey Pollack, Chad Lawman, David Todd, Tyler Nolen
  • Patent number: 11469724
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging apparatus has an amplifier stage, a power switching stage and a controller. The amplifier stage has a choke that receives a current from an input of the amplifier stage, a resonant network coupled to an output of the choke and that provides an output current to a load, and a first switch configured to short the output of the choke to circuit ground when turned on. The power switching stage may be configured to couple a power supply to the input of the amplifier stage and may have a second switch operable to couple the input of the amplifier stage to circuit ground when turned on. The controller may be configured to control operation of the first switch and the second switch in accordance with a timing sequence that defines a cycle of the output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRA, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Heindel Goodchild
  • Patent number: 11467193
    Abstract: A current determination circuit is configured to determine a state of current passing through a coil of a motor and includes a high side circuit, a low side circuit and a processor. The high side circuit is configured to output a first determination signal according to a first voltage between two ends of a first body diode of a high side transistor and the voltage level of a first control signal. The low side circuit is configured to output a second determination signal according to a second voltage between two ends of a second body diode of a low side transistor and the voltage level of a second control signal. The processor is configured to receive the first determination signal and the second determination signal and determine the state of current according to the voltage level of the first determination signal and the voltage level of the second determination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sentelic Corporation
    Inventor: Wen-Ting Lee
  • Patent number: 11469742
    Abstract: The waveform generator (10) comprises a switch (13). The waveform generator (10) comprises a transformer (15) having a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit. The primary side circuit has a first terminal arranged to be conductively coupled to a DC voltage source, and a second terminal conductively coupled to the switch (13). The waveform generator (10) further comprises a controller (11) arranged to supply a drive signal to the switch for switching the switch between on and off states. The controller (11) is arranged to adjust the frequency of the drive signal so as to control at least one of the peak voltage and the duty cycle of a waveform generated by the waveform generator (10). The frequency of the drive signal may be adjusted as the voltage level of the DC voltage source remains constant. The frequency of the drive signal may be adjusted in response to a change in the voltage level of the DC voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Owlstone Medical Limited, Owlstone Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Pearson
  • Patent number: 11464141
    Abstract: Power converter device for a vehicle, includes a cooling structure through which a cooling medium can flow and an intermediate circuit capacitor with a busbar arrangement. The busbar arrangement is thermally conductively connected to the cooling structure for the purpose of dissipating heat from the intermediate circuit capacitor at least in sections by means of a heat-conducting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Christoph Hoyler
  • Patent number: 11443880
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil having a wound portion; a magnetic core that includes an inner core disposed in the wound portion, the magnetic core forming a closed magnetic circuit; and a resin mold including an inner resin that is interposed between the wound portion and the inner core, and at least partially covers the inner core, the resin mold not covering an outer-peripheral face of the wound portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 11428730
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data characterizing an output of a sensor coupled to an industrial equipment. The output can include a sum of a first secondary coil and a voltage of a second secondary coil. The first secondary coil can be included in a first circuit and the second secondary coil can be included in second circuit configured within the sensor. The method can also include determining an integrity state of a circuit configured within the sensor. The integrity state can be determined based on the received data. The integrity state can identify a state of operation of the circuit configured within the sensor. The method can further include providing the integrity state. Related systems, techniques, and non-transitory computer readable mediums are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jianjun Jiang, Guijun Zhang, Peipei Wang, Daniel Zahi Abawi
  • Patent number: 11424684
    Abstract: A two-stage power converter can incorporate a buck pre-regulator and a resonant bus converter. Such a converter may be operated to achieve unconditional soft switching operation (zero voltage switching a/k/a ZVS) over a wide input and output range, while delivering excellent power conversion efficiency at lower power levels and in a no load condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay G. Phadke, Liang Zhou, Prudhvi Mohan Maddineni
  • Patent number: 11418128
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for controlling an electric power conversion apparatus. The electric power conversion apparatus includes a reactor and a drive switch and is configured to convert one of an AC voltage and a DC voltage into the other of the AC voltage and the DC voltage. The control apparatus is configured to: acquire a current detection value that is a detected value of reactor current flowing through the reactor; acquire the AC voltage; calculate, based on the AC voltage, a command value of the reactor current; set a correction value based on the AC voltage; calculate a post-correction current detection value by subtracting the correction value from the current detection value; and operate the drive switch through peak current mode control, thereby controlling the post-correction current detection value to be in agreement with the command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Iyasu, Yuji Hayashi, Yuichi Handa
  • Patent number: 11387740
    Abstract: An energy recycle circuit for a flyback circuit, the flyback circuit has a primary winding of a transformer a primary switch. The energy recycle circuit has an energy recycle branch coupled in parallel with the primary winding, and an integrated circuit having a plurality of pins. The energy recycle branch has an auxiliary switch and a clamp capacitor connected in series. Among the plurality of pins, a first pin receives an external supply voltage. A second pin is used as a power ground that is different from a primary power ground. A third pin is used to sense a branch current flowing through the energy recycle branch. A fourth pin is used to control an operation of the auxiliary switch. A fifth pin that is connected to an external resistor for setting a maximum ON-time threshold of the auxiliary switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yan-cun Li
  • Patent number: 11368095
    Abstract: A continuous load high-power flyback converter includes a first transformer having a first primary winding, a first secondary winding, and a first auxiliary winding, and a second transformer having a second primary winding, a second secondary winding, and a second auxiliary winding. The first primary winding and the second primary winding are connected in parallel between a power source and a transistor. The first secondary winding and the second secondary winding are connected in series to a diode and form an output of the continuous load high-power flyback converter. A load is connected between the output and ground. The first auxiliary winding and the second auxiliary winding are connected in series, and used to generate a control signal for the transistor. Connecting the primary windings in parallel and the secondary windings in series reduces the reflected voltage on the transistor for a given output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Ashish Kumar Gupta, Satish Chandupatla
  • Patent number: 11368009
    Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) operates between first and second voltage rails and includes an amplifier circuit and a single current sense circuit coupled to carry a signal to a bus pin and to protect the bus pin from both a short to ground and a short to battery. The single current sense circuit includes a switch circuit that passes the signal to the bus pin and a forward current sensing circuit that provides a second current that is proportional to an output current at the bus pin. The forward current sensing circuit causes the second current to be substantially zero when voltage on the bus pin is above a given value. The single current sense circuit also includes a forward current protection circuit and a reverse current switching circuit that receives the second current and closes a connection to the second voltage when the second current is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sri Navaneethakrishnan Easwaran, Timothy Paul Duryea
  • Patent number: 11362592
    Abstract: An AC-DC power converter can include an AC-DC converter stage, such as a flyback converter, configured to receive an AC input voltage and deliver a DC output voltage. The converter can include an active capacitor bank (ACB) coupled to the output of the AC-DC stage. The ACB can include an energy storage capacitor and a plurality of switching devices operable as a bidirectional converter to alternately charge the capacitor from the DC output or discharge the capacitor to maintain output DC voltage regulation. The converter can also include control circuitry responsive to the AC input voltage to selectively: (1) enable the AC-DC stage and operate the switching devices to charge the capacitor from the DC output voltage; (2) and disable the AC-DC stage and operate the switching devices to discharge the capacitor to maintain DC output voltage regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Inhwan Oh
  • Patent number: 11347253
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a plurality of loads, a processor, and a power management circuit configured to provide the plurality of loads with a power, wherein the power management circuit may include a plurality of regulators configured to adjust a voltage of a power received from a power source and output a voltage-adjusted power, a switching circuit configured to connect at least one of the plurality of regulators to at least one of the plurality of loads, a plurality of power sensors each power sensor being configured to measure a magnitude of a power input to each of the plurality of loads, and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeseok Park, Sungku Yeo, Youngho Ryu, Jaesun Shin, Jeongman Lee, Chongmin Lee, Hyoseok Han
  • Patent number: 11344467
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a charging apparatus for charging and/or powering a smart or powered crutch device. The crutch may include electronic circuitry as well as on board rechargeable power or energy source, and it may provide access to charge the power source using a charger system. The charger system may be a floor charger configured to receive a portion of the crutch such as the distal tip so as to facilitate the transfer of power from the charger to the crutch. The charger system may also be in the form of a wall charger and/or a portable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ReWalk Robotics LTD.
    Inventor: Roman Rabkin
  • Patent number: 11317490
    Abstract: An input detection and protection circuit and an AC electronic ballast for HID lamps, including a power input circuit performing a first limitation to an input surge voltage and then performing a second limitation to a residual voltage from the first input surge voltage limitation; an input voltage acquisition circuit feeding back an input voltage to an MCU chip; a pull-in circuit for a relay connecting to a relay in the power input circuit; a PFC circuit, and an MCU chip controlling the PFC circuit to switch on and off according to voltage values input by the input voltage acquisition circuit, and controlling pull-in and drop-out of the relay through the pull-in circuit for the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Lumlux Corp
    Inventors: Ming Qiu, YuXing Jin, GuanXing Deng
  • Patent number: 11316510
    Abstract: A method for quickly shutting down a transistor in a switching circuit includes (a) generating a feedback signal associated with current flowing through the transistor, (b) transmitting the feedback signal through an isolating device to a controller, (c) detecting an over-current condition in the switching circuit without transmitting information through the isolating device, and (d) shutting-down the transistor in response to detecting the over-current condition, without transmitting information through the isolating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Arman Hematy, Carmelo Morello
  • Patent number: 11309785
    Abstract: A control circuit for controlling a power switch in a SMPS has a signal jittering circuit and a comparing circuit. The signal jittering circuit adds an overlapping signal into a current sensing signal indicative of current flowing through the power switch or into a current threshold signal, wherein the overlapping signal has a first frequency and an enveloping line of the overlapping signal has a second frequency, and wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The comparing circuit compares the current sensing signal and the current threshold signal, wherein when the current sensing signal is higher than the current threshold signal, the control circuit c turns off the power switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Kiwi Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Xiufeng Yu, Bo Zhang, Weixiang Jin
  • Patent number: 11272597
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a converter configured to generate a drive signal based on a rectified input signal for powering a light source, a ripple control system including a voltage-controlled resistor (VCR) coupled to a secondary-side of the converter and configured to dynamically adjust a resistance of the VCR to compensate for ripples in the drive signal, and a controller configured to sense an output voltage of the converter, to calculate a voltage drop across the VCR, and to generate a feedback signal to control the drive signal of the converter based on the sensed output voltage and the calculated voltage drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ERP POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Archer, Louis Chen, James H. Mohan
  • Patent number: 11258294
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems for implementing managing a microgrid system. The system may include a plurality of power module clusters, a plurality of uninterruptable power modules, a plurality of bidirectional direct current (DC)/DC converters, and a DC power bus. Each one of the power module clusters of the plurality of power module clusters may be electrically connected in parallel to an uninterruptable power module of the plurality of uninterruptable power modules and a first end of a bidirectional DC/DC converter of the plurality bidirectional DC/DC converters, and a second end of each one of the bidirectional DC/DC converters of the plurality of bidirectional DC/DC converters may be electrically connected to the DC power bus. In some embodiments, the plurality of bidirectional DC/DC converters may be electrically connected to in parallel by the DC power bus or in series via a DC power bus ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Prasad Pmsvvsv, Ranganathan Gurunathan
  • Patent number: 11258368
    Abstract: A control method for regulating the switching frequency of a resonant converter having an input terminal to receive an input voltage and an output terminal to output an output voltage. The control method is sensing the input voltage and adjusting the switching frequency based on the comparison of the input voltage with a reference threshold voltage. When the input voltage is less than the reference threshold voltage, the switching frequency is adjusted to decrease, and when the input voltage is higher than the reference threshold voltage, the switching frequency is adjusted to increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Jiang, Di Han
  • Patent number: 11252847
    Abstract: Heat dissipation system, a power converter using such a heat dissipation system, and an associated method of thermal management of the power converter are disclosed. The heat dissipation system includes a condenser, a first cooling loop, and a second cooling loop. The first cooling loop is coupled to the condenser and includes a first two-phase heat transfer device. The second cooling loop is coupled to the condenser and includes a second two-phase heat transfer device. The condenser is disposed above the first and second two-phase heat transfer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alistair Martin Waddell, Mark Aaron Chan Chan, Owen Jannis Schelenz, Michael Fernahl
  • Patent number: 11251690
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling an output voltage of a resonant converter during a light load condition. One such method includes generating a normalised conduction time of the resonant converter that varies inversely with a switching frequency of the resonant converter by continuing to operate the resonant converter in a Pulse Frequency Modulation mode at a low switching frequency that is similar to the resonant frequency. The method also includes controlling a power level delivered to a secondary winding of a transformer positioned between a resonant tank and an output rectifier of the resonant converter by regulating the normalised conduction time, where the delivered power level is variable based on load conditions. The method further includes generating an output voltage using the output rectifier wherein the magnitude of the output voltage corresponds to the power level delivered to the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Ling Huang, Gueorgui Iordanov Anguelov
  • Patent number: 11239756
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application disclose a troubleshooting method and device. The method is applicable to an inverter power supply system in the power supply device. The inverter power supply system includes at least two direct current to direct current (DC/DC) power supply modules, and any DC/DC power supply module of the at least two DC/DC power supply modules includes fuses F1 and F2, relays K1 and K2, inductors L1 and L2, switch modules Q1, Q2, and Q3, and direct current bus capacitors C1 and C2. The troubleshooting method includes: if it is detected that any DC/DC power supply module of the at least two DC/DC power supply modules is a faulty module, determining a faulty component in the faulty module; and if the faulty component is a C1 or a C2, and the inverter power supply system is in a battery discharging mode, turning on a Q2 in the faulty module, so that an F1 and an F2 of the faulty module are blown, thereby disconnecting the faulty module from another DC/DC power supply module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengdong Jiang, Bo Xiao
  • Patent number: 11223291
    Abstract: A bipolar bidirectional DC converter comprises at least two valve group series (101, 102) and at least six magnetic elements (103), and said valve group series are divided into a Type-I valve group series (102) and a Type-II valve group series (101) each valve group series (101, 102) comprises a high-voltage DC port, a low-voltage DC port and at least three AC ports, and each AC port is connected to a magnetic element (103); and the other ends of the magnetic elements (103), which are connected to all the AC ports in the same valve group series (101, 102), are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: NR ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Xie, Zhongfeng Zhang, Jie Tian, Yeyuan Xie, Haiying Li, Yu Wang, Jian Ge
  • Patent number: 11223283
    Abstract: Disclosed is a universal primary-only output current regulation for a flyback converter. A controller determines a peak sense resistor voltage responsive to a desired average output current for the flyback converter during a continuous conduction mode of operation. After a power switch transistor is cycled on, the controller monitors a sense resistor voltage to determine when the sense resistor voltage equals the peak sense resistor voltage. The controller switches off the power switch transistor when the sense resistor voltage equals the peak sense resistor voltage to maintain an average output current for the flyback converter equal to the desired average output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Cong Zheng, Wenduo Liu, Hien Bui
  • Patent number: 11218084
    Abstract: A resonant inverter of a power supply for electric vehicle includes a first resonant capacitor and a switching element cutting off a current flowing in a resonant circuit and generates first alternating-current power from direct-current power. The transformer is included in a part of the resonant circuit, supplies the first alternating-current power generated by the resonant inverter to a first winding, and supplies second alternating-current power after conversion of the first alternating-current power to a load from a second winding. A control unit confines a difference between a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit and a switching frequency of the switching element to a predetermined range to cause that a current flowing in switching of the switching element to at least the first winding or the second winding is equal to or less than a predetermined value and to cause the resonant inverter to perform soft switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Shirasawa, Yasuomi Maki
  • Patent number: RE49017
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless power transmitting apparatus and a method thereof. The wireless power transmitting apparatus wirelessly transmits power to a wireless power receiving apparatus. The wireless power transmitting apparatus detects a wireless power transmission state between the wireless power transmitting apparatus and the wireless power receiving apparatus, and generates a control signal to control transmit power based on the detected wireless power transmission state. The wireless power transmitting apparatus generates the transmit power by using first DC power based on the control signal, and transmits the transmit power to a transmission resonance coil through a transmission induction coil unit based on an electromagnetic induction scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su Ho Bae