Method and device for converting a voltage with soft switching of the switches

    公开(公告)号:US12126266B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17793594

    申请日:2021-01-07

    Applicant: Forsee Power

    Abstract: A method for converting an input voltage (Vin) of a converter (1) into an output voltage (Vout), the circuit comprising a first bridge arm consisting of two switches (A) and (B), a second bridge arm consisting of two switches (C) and (D), connected in parallel, a primary coil coupled to a secondary coil, and connected by a center point pole (PAB) of the first bridge arm, and by another center point pole (PCD) of the second bridge arm; the circuit further comprising a capacitor in parallel between the respective terminals of each of the switches (A, B, C, D); a third bridge arm formed by two switches (E) and (F), connected in series; each of the switches (A, B, C, D, E, F) being associated with a diode at the terminals of said switch; an injection inductance (Linj) connected to the center point (PAB) of the first bridge arm, and to the center point (PEF) of the third bridge arm; a monitoring-control unit configured to control the switches to turn them ON or OFF, according to a control cycle configured to ensure soft switching between ON and OFF.

    Battery and method for thermal regulation of a battery onboard an electric vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12015137B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US17439614

    申请日:2020-02-18

    Applicant: FORSEE POWER

    Inventor: Benoît Peron

    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery configured to electrically power at least one actuator or to receive electrical energy from at least one onboard actuator onboard an electrically autonomous vehicle, the battery including at least one battery element, the at least one battery element, being configured to store or restore electrical energy, the battery also comprising a thermoelectric device that is electrically connected to the at least one battery element, the thermoelectric device including: —a first heat-conducting portion placed in contact with the at least one battery element, —at least one thermoelectric cell, placed in contact with the heat-conducting portion, the at least one thermoelectric cell, being configured to produce a first positive or negative thermal power as a function of a first electrical current passing through the at least one thermoelectric cell, the first electrical current being provided by the at least one battery element—a second heat-conducting portion placed in contact with the at least one thermoelectric cell and configured to dissipate a second thermal power generated by the at least one battery element, —at least one first sensor configured to measure a temperature of the at least one battery element, —a regulation module, the at least one first sensor being coupled to the regulation module, the regulation module being configured to control the first electrical current as a function of the target temperature of the at least one battery element such that a variation between the temperature measured by the at least one first sensor and the target temperature remains below a predetermined threshold.

    Power converter with a resonant unit

    公开(公告)号:US11811322B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US16499062

    申请日:2018-04-03

    Applicant: FORSEE POWER

    Inventor: Benoît Peron

    CPC classification number: H02M3/1582 H02M1/0054 H02M1/0058

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bi-directional power converter (100) for converting an input voltage into an output voltage. The bi-directional power converter (100) may comprise a primary switching unit having a primary switching frequency and a secondary switching unit having a secondary switching frequency: the primary switching frequency being lower than the secondary switching frequency.

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