With Means To Introduce Or Eliminate Frequency Components Patents (Class 363/39)
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Patent number: 11949353Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yushi Araki, Tatsuki Kashihara
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Patent number: 11942858Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Anton Klintberg, Faisal Altaf, Tobias Smidebrant
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Patent number: 11904726Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Steven V. Wybo, Ranya Badawi
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Patent number: 11862979Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Mohd Hasan Ali, Morteza Davirankeshararzi
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Patent number: 11843247Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Smart Wires Inc.Inventors: Antonio Ginart, Michael T. Garrison Stuber, Haroon Inam, Shreesha Adiga Manoor
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Patent number: 11837962Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventors: Iman Askarianabayaneh, Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Andrew Michael Knight
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Patent number: 11736032Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sujeet Milind Patole, Cheung-Wei Lam, Mahmoud N Mahmoud
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Patent number: 11728726Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Yuming Feng, Huiping Yin, Yuhua Xie, Liang Zhang, Suibiao Huang, Xinchao Peng, Yijun Xu, Jing Wang
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Patent number: 11728736Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Inc.Inventors: Pengju Kong, Tao Li, Jiaji Qi, Zhi Yang, Jianming Yao
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Patent number: 11715953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Mustafa Mohammed J. Al-Khabbaz, Mohammad A. Abido
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Patent number: 11689017Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.Inventors: Kapil Jha, Arvind Kumar Tiwari
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Patent number: 11689019Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Mustafa Mohammed J. Al-Khabbaz, Mohammad A. Abido
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Patent number: 11677334Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Xu Cai, Han Wang, Jianwen Zhang, Gang Shi, Jing Lv, Yunfeng Cao, Haoshu Shao, Yao Qin, Wei Lv
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Patent number: 11659697Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Hitoshi Fujioka, Shailesh N. Joshi, Feng Zhou, Danny J. Lohan
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Patent number: 11641114Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Smart Wires Inc.Inventors: Antonio Ginart, Michael T. Garrison Stuber, Haroon Inam, Shreesha Adiga Manoor
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Patent number: 11611273Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Jie He, Tao Lin, Langyuan Wang
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Patent number: 11606035Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Silanna Asia Pte LtdInventor: Aleksandar Radic
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Patent number: 11588393Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SOLAR INVERTERS USA, INC.Inventors: Robert Pasterczyk, Jason Elliott, Zbigniew Wolanski, Benjamin Wun Wang Tam
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Patent number: 11567518Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: Frédéric Bartoli
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Patent number: 11565595Abstract: 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 compriType: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbHInventor: Stephen Lund
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Patent number: 11509232Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenta Yuasa, Akihiro Tsumura, Shigeo Takata, Shinsaku Kusube
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Patent number: 11404247Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Bowman, Connor Liston, Kenneth Miller, Timothy Ziemba
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Patent number: 11378609Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: S&C Electric CompanyInventor: Yoav Sharon
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Patent number: 11264983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Cetin Kaya, Nathan Richard Schemm
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Patent number: 11258346Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Iwazaki, Koichi Arisawa
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Patent number: 11228258Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yousuke Hayashi
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Patent number: 11211872Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yungtaek Jang, Misha Kumar, Tomas Sadilek, Peter Barbosa
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Patent number: 11159083Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventor: Christian Heyen
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Patent number: 11070139Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Adam E. Anders, Brian Schwartz, Andrew D. Nelson, Bernard J. Vogel
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Patent number: 11050255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AGInventors: Denis Mende, Thorsten Buelo
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Patent number: 11038416Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryuji Yamada
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Patent number: 10992139Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Inventor: Farid Dibachi
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Patent number: 10965245Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Dongho Han, Hyunho Do, Juhwan Yun
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Patent number: 10951127Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi Komatsu, Takehiro Takahashi, Yukihisa Iijima
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Patent number: 10926649Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Flex Power Control, Inc.Inventors: James Michio Nagashima, Gregory Scott Smith
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Patent number: 10897241Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Qikang Wei, Feidong Xu, Xuancai Zhu
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Patent number: 10784792Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Shin, Shigeharu Yamagami
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Patent number: 10756772Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chirag Dipak Patel, Jeremy Goldblatt, Yunfei Feng, Li Liu, Xinmin Yu, Aliakbar Homayoun
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Patent number: 10727669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignees: Duke Energy Corporation, The University of North Carolina at CharlotteInventors: Stuart Laval, Aleksandar Vukojevic, Somasundaram Essakiappan, Madhav Manjrekar, Ehab Shoubaki
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Patent number: 10644598Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Artur Juliusz Lewinski Komincz, Abdelhalim Alsharqawi
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Patent number: 10608434Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbHInventors: Andrzej Adamczyk, Carl David Barker, Robert Stephen Whitehouse
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Patent number: 10434842Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takao Kawasaki, Yoshiki Nagata, Fumihiro Kagawa, Shunsuke Ambo, Koki Suzuki
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Patent number: 10439399Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
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Patent number: 10418821Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Masaomi Satake, Masahiro Baba, Yuri Sato, Kenta Igarashi, Megumi Kuwabara
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Patent number: 10218262Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Ismail Agirman
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Patent number: 10126332Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: LEM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SAInventors: Wolfram Teppan, Davide Azzoni
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Patent number: 9971371Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Hongbo Sun, Zhao Wang
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Patent number: 9923469Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuan Xiao, Zhongyuan Cheng, Lixiang Wei, Navid R. Zargari
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Patent number: 9840097Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shuhei Nohara, Ryohei Murabayashi
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Patent number: 9832724Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: RENESAS ELCTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Kijima, Wataru Naito