With Means To Introduce Or Eliminate Frequency Components Patents (Class 363/39)
  • Patent number: 11949353
    Abstract: There is provided a motor control device which enables torque ripple suppressing control high in followability by executing direct voltage control. A motor control device includes a voltage command calculation unit 15 which calculates a d-axis voltage command value Vdref and a q-axis voltage command value Vqref from a d-axis current command value id* and a q-axis current command value iq* of a motor 6, a feed forward command value calculation unit 23 which calculates a qi-axis voltage feed forward command value Vqff* for generating a q-axis current ripple on the basis of spatial harmonic parameters and the frequency characteristics of a motor winding, and a subtraction unit 10 which subtracts the q-axis voltage feed forward command value Vqff* calculated by the feed forward command value calculation unit 23 from the q-axis voltage command value Vqref calculated by the voltage command calculation unit 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushi Araki, Tatsuki Kashihara
  • Patent number: 11942858
    Abstract: A switching arrangement for reducing contactor wear of an energy storage system having a plurality of battery packs arranged in parallel for powering a load. The switching arrangement includes a contactor for each battery pack. The contactors connect and disconnect the battery packs relative to the load by closing and opening, respectively, an electric arc reducing circuitry associated to one of the contactors. The switching arrangement is configured to electrically disconnect the battery packs from the load by means of the contactors such that the contactor being associated with the electric arc reducing circuitry is opened last.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton Klintberg, Faisal Altaf, Tobias Smidebrant
  • Patent number: 11904726
    Abstract: An accessory power system includes an accessory power module having primary power switches, a transformer, and secondary rectifiers. The primary power switches are electrically connected to the high-voltage bus, and the secondary rectifiers are electrically connected to the low-voltage bus. A peak detector is coupled to the high-voltage bus. A controller is in communication with the peak detector circuit, and operatively connected to the primary power switches. The controller dynamically monitors, via the peak detector circuit, a ripple voltage of the high-voltage bus, compares the monitored voltage with a maximum threshold voltage, and disables the plurality of primary power switches when the ripple voltage of the high-voltage bus is greater than the maximum threshold voltage, and reactivates the primary power switches when the ripple voltage of the high-voltage bus is less than the maximum threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Steven V. Wybo, Ranya Badawi
  • Patent number: 11862979
    Abstract: An improved “3-in-1” BESS that performs three functions: (1) improving the transient stability in a hybrid AC/DC microgrid (HMG) system during any fault; (2) improving power quality in the HMG during any sudden load change; and (3) mitigating power and frequency fluctuations due to variations in wind speed and solar irradiance in the HMG. The same control and structural design is used for all three functions, and the improved BESS thus is adaptive to the changing operating situations within the HMG, and eliminates the requirement for a number of higher cost auxiliary control devices. The control structure of the improved BESS is simple, so it is easier and cheaper to manufacture, and can be easily implemented in practice, and retro-fit into existing HMGs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mohd Hasan Ali, Morteza Davirankeshararzi
  • Patent number: 11843247
    Abstract: In prior art grid systems, power-line control is done by substation based large systems that use high-voltage (HV) circuits to get injectable impedance waveforms that can create oscillations on the HV power lines. Intelligent impedance injection modules (IIMs) are currently being proposed for interactive power line control and line balancing. These IIMs distributed over the high-voltage lines or installed on mobile platforms and connected to the HV power lines locally generate and inject waveforms in an intelligent fashion to provide interactive response capability to commands from utility for power line control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Smart Wires Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Ginart, Michael T. Garrison Stuber, Haroon Inam, Shreesha Adiga Manoor
  • Patent number: 11837962
    Abstract: Control system and method for controlling power flow in dual active bridge converters. The control system comprises a compensator, a feedback unit, and a modulator. An outer loop provides a reference signal. The output of the compensator are the control parameters for the modulator. The feedback unit samples the transformer current once every half switching cycle to thereby determine a power level. The power level is used to determine a modulation technique to apply. The modulation technique is one of phase-shift modulation (PSM), variable duty cycle modulation (VDM), or triangular current mode modulation (TCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Iman Askarianabayaneh, Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Andrew Michael Knight
  • Patent number: 11736032
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an inverter. The inverter may convert direct current (DC) power to alternating current (AC) power. The inverter may use a clock signal at a given frequency to output corresponding alternating current signals at the given frequency. The inverter may receive a dithered clock signal that is frequency dithered using a modulating signal. The dithered clock signal may have at least three different frequency levels during a repeated cycle of the modulating signal. The at least three different frequency levels may include a fundamental frequency, a first frequency that is lower than the fundamental frequency, and a second frequency that is higher than the fundamental frequency. The dithered clock signal may be, during the repeated cycle of the modulating signal, at the fundamental frequency for fewer total periods than at the first frequency and for fewer total periods than at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sujeet Milind Patole, Cheung-Wei Lam, Mahmoud N Mahmoud
  • Patent number: 11728726
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a frequency modulation device, a switching power supply and a frequency modulation method thereof. The device includes: a waveform generation unit (10) configured to generate a periodic signal required for performing frequency modulation on a clock signal of a switching power supply to be controlled; a frequency modulation unit (20) configured to perform voltage-current conversion and arithmetic processing based on the periodic signal to obtain a frequency modulation current required for performing the frequency modulation on the clock signal of the switching power supply to be controlled; and an RC oscillation unit (30) configured to perform RC oscillation processing based on the frequency modulation current to obtain a frequency oscillation signal as the clock signal of the switching power supply to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Yuming Feng, Huiping Yin, Yuhua Xie, Liang Zhang, Suibiao Huang, Xinchao Peng, Yijun Xu, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 11728736
    Abstract: A flyback converter includes a synchronous rectifier switch transistor controlled by a controller. The controller cycles the synchronous rectifier switch transistor to lower an output voltage by transferring energy from a secondary-side output capacitor to a primary-side input capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Pengju Kong, Tao Li, Jiaji Qi, Zhi Yang, Jianming Yao
  • Patent number: 11715953
    Abstract: A power distribution system configured as a radial network includes buses having respective voltages, and distribution lines having respective currents. The radial network interconnects the buses with the distribution lines in a tree-like manner. A bus has a link to at least two distribution lines. The bus voltages and distribution line currents are determined by a processing circuitry configured to receive a Branch Matrix (BM), iteratively determine currents for the distribution lines and voltages for each of the buses until a difference is below a predetermined tolerance, and output final bus voltages and final distribution line currents. The circuitry iteratively determines the currents by determining a current matrix (CM) using the BM, and by determining the currents for the plurality of distribution lines in a zig zag manner over the matrix elements in the CM. The system finds a solution using fewer iterations than the backward forward sweep method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mustafa Mohammed J. Al-Khabbaz, Mohammad A. Abido
  • Patent number: 11689017
    Abstract: A method of mitigating high frequency harmonics in an output current of an electrical power system connected to a power grid includes providing an active harmonic filter in a stator power path connecting a stator of the generator to the power grid. Further, the method includes controlling, via a controller, the active harmonic filter to selectively extract a high frequency harmonic component from the output current. The method also includes determining, via the controller, whether the high frequency harmonic component is a positive sequence harmonic or a negative sequence harmonic. Moreover, the method includes compensating, via the controller, for the high frequency harmonic component based on whether the high frequency harmonic component is the positive sequence harmonic or the negative sequence harmonic to mitigate the high frequency harmonics in the output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Kapil Jha, Arvind Kumar Tiwari
  • Patent number: 11689019
    Abstract: A power distribution system configured as a radial network includes buses having respective voltages, and distribution lines having respective currents. The radial network interconnects the buses with the distribution lines in a tree-like manner. A bus has a link to at least two distribution lines. The bus voltages and distribution line currents are determined by a processing circuitry configured to receive a Branch Matrix (BM), iteratively determine currents for the distribution lines and voltages for each of the buses until a difference is below a predetermined tolerance, and output final bus voltages and final distribution line currents. The circuitry iteratively determines the currents by determining a current matrix (CM) using the BM, and by determining the currents for the plurality of distribution lines in a zig zag manner over the matrix elements in the CM. The system finds a solution using fewer iterations than the backward forward sweep method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mustafa Mohammed J. Al-Khabbaz, Mohammad A. Abido
  • Patent number: 11677334
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a modular intelligent combined wind power converter and a control method thereof. The modular intelligent combined wind power converter comprises separate bridge arm power units, wherein a plurality of the bridge arm power units are connected in parallel to form a high-capacity bridge arm power module, three bridge arm power modules form a three-phase full-controlled bridge power module, and the three-phase full-controlled bridge power module comprises an electric reactor, a capacitor, a fuse and a circuit breaker to form a basic converter module, and the basic converter module forms a high-capacity wind power converter through a modular intelligent combination method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xu Cai, Han Wang, Jianwen Zhang, Gang Shi, Jing Lv, Yunfeng Cao, Haoshu Shao, Yao Qin, Wei Lv
  • Patent number: 11659697
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems to provide for technology to that includes a plurality of transistors including first transistors and second transistors. The first transistors are disposed opposite the second transistors in a lateral direction with a first space between the first transistors and the second transistors in the lateral direction. A gate driver is electrically connected to the plurality of transistors to operate the plurality of transistors. The gate driver has a first portion disposed between the first transistors and the second transistors in the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujioka, Shailesh N. Joshi, Feng Zhou, Danny J. Lohan
  • Patent number: 11641114
    Abstract: A control module controls impedance injection units (IIUs) to form multiple connection configurations in sequence. Each connection configuration has one IIU, or multiple IIUs in series, parallel or combination of series and parallel. The connection configurations of IIUs are coupled to a high-voltage transmission line. The control module and the IIUs generate rectangular impedance injection waveforms. When the waveforms are combined and injected to the high-voltage transmission line, this produces a pseudo-sinusoidal waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Smart Wires Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Ginart, Michael T. Garrison Stuber, Haroon Inam, Shreesha Adiga Manoor
  • Patent number: 11611273
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe frequency detection techniques for detecting power irregularities. These irregularities may include variations or abnormalities in switched-mode power supply circuit switching behavior, power spikes, and/or output oscillations. The frequency detection techniques may compare different frequency components of the power signal to detect irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jie He, Tao Lin, Langyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11606035
    Abstract: A quasi-resonant auto-tuning controller includes a zero-voltage crossing detection circuit and a valley tuning finite-state machine having a look-up table. The zero-voltage crossing detection circuit receives a reference voltage and receives an auxiliary signal from an auxiliary winding. The zero-voltage crossing detection circuit produces a comparison signal having pulses when the auxiliary signal is less than the reference voltage. The valley tuning finite-state machine produces a divided pulse width based on the comparison signal, stores the divided pulse width of each pulse in the look-up table, determines, from the comparison signal, that the auxiliary signal is less than the reference voltage, waits a time period corresponding to the divided pulse width stored in the look-up table if the auxiliary signal is less than the reference voltage, and produces a valley point signal after waiting the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Silanna Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Aleksandar Radic
  • Patent number: 11588393
    Abstract: A power electronics system, comprising a first inverter configured to receive DC power from a power source and a second inverter configured to receive DC power from the power source is provided. The system includes a first output inductor connected in series to an output of the first inverter, a second output inductor connected in series to an output of the second inverter, a coupling inductor configured to receive current from the first output inductor and the second output inductor, and an AC power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SOLAR INVERTERS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Pasterczyk, Jason Elliott, Zbigniew Wolanski, Benjamin Wun Wang Tam
  • Patent number: 11567518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit comprising a voltage reference (R) and a low-pass filter (F) electrically connected to the voltage reference (R). The filter (F) comprises a stage formed by a stage resistance (Re) electrically connected at a midpoint (M) to a stage capacitor (Ce), the stage resistance (Re) and the stage capacitor (Ce) at least partially defining a time constant of the filter and the midpoint (M) carrying the filtered reference voltage (V?ref). The circuit also comprises a transistor (T) and a control circuit (Cde) of the gate of the transistor (T) configured to bias the transistor (T) in conduction when the circuit (1) is turned on, the on-state resistance of the transistor (T) combining with the stage capacitor (Ce) to raise the filtered reference voltage (V?ref) with a settling time constant lower than the filter time constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Frédéric Bartoli
  • Patent number: 11565595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter circuit arrangement, an electric vehicle and a method of operating an electric vehicle, comprising a rectifier-sided high voltage terminal and a rectifier-sided low voltage terminal, a network-sided high voltage terminal and a network-sided low voltage terminal, a vehicle ground connecting terminal, a first virtual ground circuit section, wherein the electrical connection of the network-sided high voltage terminal to the rectifier-sided high voltage terminal comprises at least one filter element of at least one filter circuit and the electrical connection of the network-sided high voltage terminal to the first virtual ground section comprises at least a first resistive element, wherein the electrical connection of the network-sided low voltage terminal to the rectifier-sided low voltage terminal comprises at least one filter element of at least one filter circuit and the electrical connection of the network-sided low voltage terminal to the first virtual ground section compri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen Lund
  • Patent number: 11509232
    Abstract: A power converter includes a rectifier configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply, a booster circuit configured to boost the voltage rectified by the rectifier, a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the voltage output from the booster circuit, a power module configured to convert a DC voltage obtained by smoothing the output voltage by the smoothing capacitor into an AC voltage, and a snubber capacitor configured to absorb a surge voltage superimposed on the DC voltage to be input to the power module. The snubber capacitor is mounted in the power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Yuasa, Akihiro Tsumura, Shigeo Takata, Shinsaku Kusube
  • Patent number: 11404247
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a high voltage power supply is disclosed that provides a plurality of high voltage pulses without any voltage droop between two subsequent pulses. In some embodiments, a high voltage power supply is disclosed that provides a waveform of voltage versus time having a plurality of high voltage pulses having a voltage greater than 1 kV and with a substantially flat portion between pulse. In some embodiments, a high voltage power supply is disclosed that includes a snubber with a snubber resistor having a resistance of about 7.5 m?-1.25?; and a snubber capacitor having a capacitance of about 2 ?F-35 ?F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bowman, Connor Liston, Kenneth Miller, Timothy Ziemba
  • Patent number: 11378609
    Abstract: A method for identifying a location of a fault in an electrical power distribution network that includes identifying an impedance of an electrical line between each pair of adjacent utility poles, measuring a voltage and a current of the power signal at a switching device during the fault, and estimating a voltage at each of the utility poles downstream of the switching device using the impedance of the electrical line between the utility poles and the measured voltage and current during the fault. The method calculates a reactive power value at each of the utility poles using the estimated voltages, where calculating a reactive power value includes compensating for distributed loads along the electrical line that consume reactive power during the fault, and determines the location of the fault based on where the reactive power goes to zero along the electrical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: S&C Electric Company
    Inventor: Yoav Sharon
  • Patent number: 11264983
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are described to parallelize transistors. An example apparatus includes a first transistor on a first die and a second transistor on a second die. The example apparatus includes a parallel feedback terminal coupled to the first die and the second die and a current sensor including a first contact and a second contact. The example apparatus includes a resistor coupled to the current sensor and at least one of the switched terminal or a ground terminal. The example apparatus includes an active drive controller including a first input coupled to the resistor, a second input coupled to the parallel feedback terminal, and an output coupled to the parallel feedback terminal. The example apparatus includes an edge delay controller adapted to be coupled to a gate driver and an error amplifier, and a control contact adapted to be coupled to the gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Cetin Kaya, Nathan Richard Schemm
  • Patent number: 11258346
    Abstract: A power converter is configured to convert, into an AC voltage, a DC voltage supplied from a DC power supply connected between a first power supply wiring and a first ground wiring. A control device is connected between a second power supply wiring and a second ground wiring. The second power supply wiring is configured to supply a second power supply voltage lower than the first power supply voltage. The control device is configured to control the power converter. A separation device is configured to separate the first ground wiring and the second ground wiring from each other. The first ground wiring and the second ground wiring are electrically connected to each other at a single node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Iwazaki, Koichi Arisawa
  • Patent number: 11228258
    Abstract: In the present uninterruptible power supply apparatus (U1), in a power failure of a commercial AC power supply (41), a switch (1) is turned off to electrically cut off the commercial AC power supply (41) from an AC input filter (2), and when DC voltage (?E=Ep?En) that is the difference between terminal-to-terminal voltages (Ep, En) of first and second capacitors (C1, C2) exceeds a threshold voltage (ETH), first and second IGBT devices (Q1, Q2) or third and fourth IGBT devices (Q3, Q4) included in the converter (3) are turned on and off to reduce DC voltage (?E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yousuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11211872
    Abstract: A boost rectifier that operates with a single-phase input voltage includes (i) an input stage receiving the single-phase input voltage and including first and second input filter capacitors, (ii) a switching converter stage coupled to the input stage and including a rectification circuit and an inductor circuit, series-connected first and second switches providing a common terminal therebetween, and a phase output capacitor, (iii) an output stage that transfers energy stored in the phase output capacitor to an output load, (iv) a decoupling stage that provides high-impedance decoupling between the switching converter stage and the output stage, and (v) a control circuit configured to operate the first and second switches according to an output signal of a non-linear compensation circuit that combines a feedforward signal derived from both the input and output voltages of the boost rectifier with an output voltage feedback control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yungtaek Jang, Misha Kumar, Tomas Sadilek, Peter Barbosa
  • Patent number: 11159083
    Abstract: A wind power installation and a method for feeding a filtered alternating current into an electrical supply grid by the wind power installation are provided. The wind power installation includes at least one inverter having an inverter output for providing an inverter current. The at least one inverter is coupled at its inverter output to an active filter. The active filter filters the inverter current provided at the inverter output and provides the filtered alternating current for feeding into the electrical supply grid. The method includes providing the inverter current at the inverter output by switching at least one switch of the inverter, sensing the switching, and controlling the active filter based on the sensed switching to filter the inverter current provided at the inverter output and produce the filtered alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Heyen
  • Patent number: 11070139
    Abstract: Systems and methods to estimate magnetic flux in a switched mode power supply are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes a switched mode power supply, comprising: a transformer configured to transform an input voltage to a welding-type voltage; a capacitor in series with a primary winding of the transformer; and switches configured to control a voltage applied to a series combination of the primary winding of the transformer and the capacitor; a voltage estimator coupled to the transformer and configured to output a signal representative of an alternating-current (AC)-coupled voltage at the capacitor; and a flux accumulator to determine a net flux in the transformer based on the voltage applied to the series combination of the primary winding of the transformer and the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Adam E. Anders, Brian Schwartz, Andrew D. Nelson, Bernard J. Vogel
  • Patent number: 11050255
    Abstract: A method and associated system for minimizing grid feedback of a PV park to an energy supply grid connected to a point of common coupling is disclosed, wherein the PV park has a plurality of inverters divided into groups. The method includes, for at least a first inverter of each group, determining a first parameter representative of a first coupling impedance between the first inverter and the point of common coupling and determining a second parameter representative of a second coupling impedance between the group containing the first inverter and the point of common coupling. The method further includes storing the first parameter and the second parameter in an operating control unit of the first inverter, and, in daytime operation of the PV park, feeding in reactive power by the first inverter depending on the first parameter, said reactive power corresponding to the magnitude of a reactive power drawn by the respective underlying first coupling impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Denis Mende, Thorsten Buelo
  • Patent number: 11038416
    Abstract: A drive signal generating circuit that generates a drive signal for turning on and off a transistor based on an output voltage and an inductor current flowing through an inductor, includes: a reference current output unit that outputs a reference current serving as a reference for the inductor current; a command value output unit that outputs a command value for increasing and decreasing the inductor current when the inductor current is smaller and greater than the reference current, respectively; and a drive signal output unit that outputs the drive signal based on the command value such that the output voltage achieves a target level, the reference current output unit configured to output the reference current based on the command value output from the command value output unit and a value corresponding to a first error between a level of the output voltage and the target level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuji Yamada
  • Patent number: 10992139
    Abstract: An electrical power system includes a photovoltaic panel, configured to generate electrical power from a solar source. An output source is electrically coupled to the photovoltaic panel with a first maximum power point tracking charge controller. An inverter is electrically coupled to the photovoltaic panel with a second maximum power point tracking charge controller. A bi-directional buck/boost converter is electrically coupled to the first maximum power point charge controller and the second maximum power point charge controller and programmed with instructions to determine a photovoltaic panel current coming in from the photovoltaic panel. Then, direct an output source current to the output source. After that, direct a inverter current to the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Farid Dibachi
  • Patent number: 10965245
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a photovoltaic module including a photovoltaic solar cell, a converter to convert a level of a direct current power from the photovoltaic solar cell, an inverter to convert the direct current power from the converter into an alternating current power, a controller to control the converter and the inverter, and a communication unit to perform electric power line communication with a gateway and at least one nearby photovoltaic module, in which the communication unit periodically transmits communication state information to the gateway and the at least one nearby photovoltaic module using the electric power line communication, and receives a message transmitted by the gateway along a path determined according to the communication state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongho Han, Hyunho Do, Juhwan Yun
  • Patent number: 10951127
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a plurality of power conversion units, a common bus bar, and a plurality of unit bus bars provided so as to correspond to the plurality of the power conversion units respectively and connecting each DC side of the plurality of the power conversion units to the common bus bar. Each of the power conversion units includes a casing having a first surface on which a first outer plate of a magnetic material is arranged, and the first outer plate is arranged in a vicinity of a corresponding unit bus bar and faces the corresponding unit bus bar with a gap so that an inductance value of the corresponding unit bus bar is increased to an inductance value capable of suppressing an inflow of a ripple current from another power conversion unit in the power conversion apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Komatsu, Takehiro Takahashi, Yukihisa Iijima
  • Patent number: 10926649
    Abstract: A multiple stage switching type converter circuit provided between an AC source and a DC source is provided. The circuit includes a boost converter stage coupled to the AC source, a DC link capacitor stage comprising a DC link capacitor decoupled from an AC source and a DC source, and an isolated DC-DC converter stage coupled to the DC source. The multiple stage switching type converter circuit comprises a plurality of switches, each switch configured to operate at a baseline duty cycle, a baseline voltage, a baseline resistance, with a baseline current and providing a baseline switching time. At least one switch is altered to perform at a duty cycle differing from the baseline duty cycle, a voltage differing from the baseline voltage, a resistance differing from baseline resistance, with a current differing from the baseline current or using a switching time differing from the baseline switching time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Flex Power Control, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michio Nagashima, Gregory Scott Smith
  • Patent number: 10897241
    Abstract: A hysteresis control method for inverter and an inverter based on hysteresis control are disclosed. The inverter is electrically connected to a power grid, and the method includes: Step S1, sampling a grid voltage Vg(z) and an output current Ig(z) of the inverter; Step S2, calculating a present period hysteresis bandwidth H(z) based on the grid voltage Vg(z) sampled in step S1; Step S3, predicting a next period hysteresis bandwidth H(z+1); Step S4, correcting the present period hysteresis bandwidth H(z) based on the next period hysteresis bandwidth H(z+1) obtained in step S3, to obtain a final hysteresis bandwidth Hout(z); and Step S5, controlling an output driving signal according to the output current Ig(z) of the inverter and the final hysteresis bandwidth Hout(z) to control the operation of the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qikang Wei, Feidong Xu, Xuancai Zhu
  • Patent number: 10784792
    Abstract: A power conversion device that converts power supplied via a first power feed bus and a second power feed bus, and includes: an inductance element connected to the first power feed bus; and a power module that converts power supplied between the first power feed bus and the second power feed bus by switching. The power conversion device further includes: a housing that houses the inductance element and the power module therein; and a first impedance element provided between the inductance element and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Shin, Shigeharu Yamagami
  • Patent number: 10756772
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for mixing signals with a multi-mode mixer for frequency translation. In example implementations, a multi-mode mixer includes a supply voltage node, a ground node, a first data signal coupler, and a second data signal coupler. The multi-mode mixer also includes a mixer core and a current control switch. The mixer core is coupled between the first data signal coupler and the second data signal coupler. The current control switch is configured to selectively enable or disable flow of a current through the mixer core. The first data signal coupler, the second data signal coupler, the mixer core, and the current control switch are coupled together in series between the supply voltage node and the ground node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chirag Dipak Patel, Jeremy Goldblatt, Yunfei Feng, Li Liu, Xinmin Yu, Aliakbar Homayoun
  • Patent number: 10727669
    Abstract: Apparatuses including power electronics circuitry are provided. The power electronics circuitry includes at least one power converter that is coupled to a DC bus. Moreover, in some embodiments, the at least one power converter is configured to regulate a voltage of the DC bus. Related methods of operating an apparatus including power electronics circuitry are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Duke Energy Corporation, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Inventors: Stuart Laval, Aleksandar Vukojevic, Somasundaram Essakiappan, Madhav Manjrekar, Ehab Shoubaki
  • Patent number: 10644598
    Abstract: An automotive system includes a battery and a switching converter circuit. The switching converter circuit includes an output inductor estimator circuit coupled to a driver and a switch node of the switching converter circuit. The output inductor estimator circuit is configured to estimate inductance for an output inductor based on a comparison of sampled voltages from the switch node with voltage error values obtained using an adjustable estimated inductance parameter. The output inductor estimator circuit is configured to provide a signal indicating the estimated inductance for the output inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Artur Juliusz Lewinski Komincz, Abdelhalim Alsharqawi
  • Patent number: 10608434
    Abstract: A power transmission network including: a variable power source; an AC transmission link for AC power transmission from the variable power source to at least one source side converter; at least one source side converter including: an AC connecting point operably connected to the AC transmission link; and a DC connecting point for connection to a DC transmission link; and a control system configured to operate the source side converter or at least one of the source side converters in a frequency damping mode to control an AC voltage at its AC connecting point and thereby damp at least one frequency component at its AC connecting point and/or in the AC transmission link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Andrzej Adamczyk, Carl David Barker, Robert Stephen Whitehouse
  • Patent number: 10434842
    Abstract: An in-vehicle inverter device includes a noise reduction circuit, which has a common mode choke coil configured to reduce common mode noise and normal mode noise contained in DC power, and an inverter circuit, which receives the DC power in which the noise has been reduced. The noise reduction circuit includes: an input-side capacitor and an input-side resistor provided on the input side of the choke coil; an output-side capacitor and an output-side resistor provided on the output side of the choke coil; a first filter circuit that includes the choke coil, the input-side capacitor, and the input-side resistor; and a second filter circuit that includes the choke coil, the output-side capacitor, and the output-side resistor. The first and the second filter circuits reduce leakage noise generated in the inverter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takao Kawasaki, Yoshiki Nagata, Fumihiro Kagawa, Shunsuke Ambo, Koki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10439399
    Abstract: A power system including a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier has a plurality of phase input terminals and a plurality of rectifier output terminals that provide respective rectified outputs, rectifier circuitry that rectifies the signals on the phase input terminals to generate respective rectified outputs on the rectifier output terminals, a rectifier neutral to receive a power source neutral, and capacitors connected between the rectifier neutral and the rectifier output terminals. The inverter includes a respective plurality of inverter input terminals respectively connected to the rectifier output terminals, a plurality of inverter output terminals, and an inverter neutral. The rectifier neutral and the inverter neutral are coupled by a conductor to form a same neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Patent number: 10418821
    Abstract: A PCS comprises a DC/DC convertor that converts a voltage of a DC power input from a solar cell; an inverter that converts the DC power to an AC power; and a controller 134 that stops an operation of the DC/AC convertor without stopping the inverter when a condition that stops an output of the solar cell is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Satake, Masahiro Baba, Yuri Sato, Kenta Igarashi, Megumi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10218262
    Abstract: A system includes a converter operatively connected to an alternating current (AC) power source and a direct current (DC) bus, an inverter operatively connected to a motor and the DC bus, and a hybrid DC link system operatively connected between a high side and a low side of the DC bus. The converter includes a first plurality of switching devices in selective communication with each phase of the AC power source and the DC bus. The inverter includes a second plurality of switching devices in selective communication with each phase of the motor and the DC bus. The hybrid DC link system includes a ripple current control branch in parallel with an energy buffering branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Ismail Agirman
  • Patent number: 10126332
    Abstract: Electrical current transducer (2) of a closed-loop type for measuring a primary current (IP) flowing in a primary conductor (1), comprising a fluxgate measuring head (7) and an electronic circuit (16) including a microprocessor (18) for digital signal processing. The measuring head includes a secondary coil (6) and a fluxgate detector (4) comprising an excitation coil and a magnetic material core. The electronic circuit comprises an excitation coil drive circuit (14) configured to generate an alternating excitation voltage to supply the excitation coil with an alternating excitation current (Ifx), the secondary coil (6) connected in a feedback loop (12) of the electronic circuit to the excitation coil drive circuit (14), the electronic circuit further comprising a ripple compensation circuit (26, 28) configured to compensate for a ripple signal generated by the alternating excitation voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: LEM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SA
    Inventors: Wolfram Teppan, Davide Azzoni
  • Patent number: 9971371
    Abstract: A method predicts a voltage collapse in a micro-grid connected to a power distribution network by measuring states at a point of common coupling of the micro-grid, and a connected bus of the power distribution network connected to the micro-grid through a connection link. Then, it is determined whether a reactive power generation limit of the micro-grid is reached based on the states, and if no, repeating the measuring, and otherwise determining parameters of the connection link using the measurements. A static voltage stability margin index is determined, and a voltage stability margin index is predicted using the static voltage stability margin index and a forecast of future load variations in the micro-grid. Then, it is determined whether the voltage stability margin index is smaller than a threshold, and if no, repeating the measuring, determining and predicting steps, and otherwise if yes, signaling a control action indicating the voltage collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongbo Sun, Zhao Wang
  • Patent number: 9923469
    Abstract: Disclosed examples include methods, power converters and damping circuits to control damping of an input filter circuit, in which a low-voltage secondary winding is wound around a common core with a primary winding connected between an AC input and a rectifier input of the converter, where the secondary winding is coupled in a series circuit with a damping resistor and a switch, and a controller selectively closes the switch with a controlled on-time at system power up and/or in response to detection of oscillation or transients in the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Xiao, Zhongyuan Cheng, Lixiang Wei, Navid R. Zargari
  • Patent number: 9840097
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer including a load circuit, a controller, a power receiving terminal, a first switching circuit, and a second switching circuit. The controller is configured to control voltage supply to the load circuit, and is connected to an input part. The power receiving terminal is configured to be connected to a power feeding terminal of an external power source device. The first switching circuit includes a first switch element configured to switch between conduction and interruption in accordance with a first control signal input from the controller, and is connected between the power receiving terminal and the input part. The second switching circuit includes a second switch element configured to switch between conduction and interruption in accordance with a second control signal input from the controller, and is connected between the battery storage part and the input part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuhei Nohara, Ryohei Murabayashi
  • Patent number: 9832724
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELCTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kijima, Wataru Naito