Abstract:
An energy storage system is provided. The system includes a plurality of energy storage modules connected in parallel. Each energy storage module has an energy storage source, a bidirectional current converter configured for supplying charge to the energy storage source from a power source and for discharging current for use by an electrical device, a monitoring module for monitoring the energy storage source and the current converter, and a controller configured to control the current converter based upon monitored characteristics of the storage source and the current converter to produce a respective output signal for each module. A communications module is in connection with each output signal of the energy storage modules and configured for communicating a combined output signal with one of the power source and the electrical device.
Abstract:
In the field of biological technology, a stem cell culture method is provided. The method includes preparing an amniotic epithelial cell feeder layer that is not treated to lose the division ability; and seeding the stem cells onto the amniotic epithelial cell feeder layer, and culturing in a culture medium. The stem cell culture method according to the present invention does not require the treatment of the feeder layer cells to lose the division ability, and is thus simple and safe, thereby effectively solving the problem of contamination caused by animal-derived ingredients in culture of human stem cells at present, greatly reducing the culture cost of the stem cells, and providing a safe, effective, and inexpensive stem cell culture method for the industrialization of the stem cells in the future.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device made of a lightly doped region of a first conductivity type has a well formed of a second conductivity type. The well extends to the surface of the device. First, second and third heavily doped regions of the first conductivity type are in the surface of the well. An electrode is fixed to the first heavily doped region of the first conductivity type. The third heavily doped region of the first conductivity type adjoins the lightly doped region of the first conductivity type. The first and second heavily doped regions of the first conductivity type are spaced apart from one another so that a portion of the well extends to the surface of the device therebetween. A first gate electrode is fixed via an insulating layer to a portion of the well extending between the first and second heavily doped regions. The first and third heavily doped regions of the first conductivity type are spaced apart from one another so that a portion of the well extends therebetween. A second gate electrode is fixed via an insulating layer to the portion of the well extending between the first and third heavily doped regions. Finally, a heavily doped region of the second conductivity type in the surface of the well is electrically connected to the second heavily doped region of the first conductivity type.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device which reduces the turn-off time and the accompanying switching loss in a switching semiconductor device in which conductivity modulation is used to provide a low ON-state voltage. The conductivity modulation is provided by injection of minority carriers. A minority carrier injection-control structure is provided in part of a semiconductor device to change the polarity of a voltage applied to a gate electrode to start or stop the injection of minority carriers. During the ON-state, minority carriers are injected to obtain a low ON-state voltage, while during the OFF-state, the injection of minority carriers are stopped and a channel for majority carriers is formed to eliminate the accumulation of excess carriers and to accelerate discharge, thereby reducing the turn-off time and thus the switching loss.
Abstract:
A golf practice tent having a ceiling, a floor and an open face for accepting golf balls that have been launched into the tent; a rigid frame structure at least partially external to the tent that provides structural support for the tent; and a planar net coupled to the ceiling of the tent and separated from a rear panel of the tent, such that the net hangs loosely from the ceiling and extends towards the floor, wherein the net is placed behind the open face such that golf balls that have been launched into the tent contact the net.
Abstract:
An alternating current-to-direct current (AC-DC) converter is provided. The converter may include a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side. A first bi-directional switch and a first inductor may be connected in series between a positive terminal of an AC source and a first terminal of the primary side of the transformer. A second bi-directional switch and a second inductor may be connected between the positive terminal of the AC source and a second terminal of the primary side of the transformer and connected in parallel with the first bi-directional switch.
Abstract:
This invention discloses a specific superjunction MOSFET structure and its fabrication process. Such structure includes: a drain, a substrate, an EPI, a source, a side-wall isolation structure, a gate, a gate isolation layer and source. There is an isolation layer inside the active area underneath the source. Along the side-wall of this isolation layer, a buffer layer with same doping type as body can be introduced & source can be extended down too to form field plate. Such buffer layer & field plate can make the EPI doping much higher than convention device which results in lower Rdson, better performance, shorter gate so that to reduce both gate charge Qg and gate-to-drain charge Qgd. The process to make such structure is simpler and more cost effective.
Abstract:
A method of balancing the voltage of DC links in a cascaded multi-level converter (CMC) semiconductor circuit, including the steps of providing a plurality of H-bridge converters per phase in the CMC circuit and utilizing a three phase duty cycle value from the main controller to determine a normalized duty cycle value, a ceiling duty cycle value and a floor duty cycle value. The normalized duty cycle value and an output current of the CMC is used to determine the direction and polarity of a capacitor current, and utilizing the capacitor current to determine a plurality of output capacitor voltages. A voltage summation result and direction is obtained from a ceiling index pointer and a floor index pointer and the voltage summation result, direction from the ceiling index pointer and a floor index pointer are used to create a combined switching table for the H-bridge converters. A pulse width modulator is utilized to balance the voltage of the DC links and thereby eliminate DC-capacitor voltage imbalance.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit power device includes a monolithic voltage regulator channel for providing low voltage high current output. The devices can be installed in parallel without a master control IC and without limitations on the number of channels to support CPU power, or can be used alone to support regular Point of Load. Novel and effective control scheme and analog circuits are provided to implement the device, including a distributed current sharing and adaptive voltage position scheme, an automatic interleaving scheme with self-adjusted carrier generator, and a novel current sensing scheme with an accurate transconductance amplifier.
Abstract:
A high-speed PWM control apparatus with adaptive voltage position and a driving signal generating method thereof is provided. The present invention automatically detects a change in the loading and adjusts the voltage position instantaneously for stabilizing the voltage and reducing the loading output power consumption. The present invention does not require a clock signal to generate a driving signal and does not require an error amplifier to control the modulation. Therefore, the present invention has a fast transient response that responds to the change of the loading instantaneously and has a stabilizing effect. When the apparatus is on a continuous conduction mode (CCM), the switching frequency of the controller is still fixed even though the input voltage Vin and the output voltage Vout are changed. The electrical-magnetic noise disturbance is improved.