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公开(公告)号:US10809328B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-20
申请号:US16164137
申请日:2018-10-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Juan Antonio Sabate , Gary Dwayne Mandrusiak , Kevin Patrick Rooney , Karthik Kumar Bodla
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an inductor including at least one inductor coil, the at least one inductor coil including a plurality of outer longitudinal portions aligned around an outer periphery of the inductor, and a plurality of inner longitudinal portions aligned around an interior of the inductor. The plurality of outer longitudinal portions and the plurality of inner longitudinal portions collectively form two width-wise sides of the inductor and two length-wise sides of the inductor. The two width-wise sides and the two lengthwise sides define a substantially rectangular prism shape. The two width-wise sides and the two lengthwise sides define a hollow inductor core.
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公开(公告)号:US10585155B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US15634598
申请日:2017-06-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Xiaohu Liu , Han Peng , Fengfeng Tao , Juan Antonio Sabate
IPC: G01R33/385 , G01R33/36 , G01R33/422
Abstract: This disclosure regards a magnetic resonance imaging system including a scanner, and gradient drivers. The scanner is to be implemented within a scan room that is shielded from electromagnetic interference. Gradient coils are designed to create a linear gradient in the magnetic field generated in the scanner by a primary magnet. These coils are energized by gradient drivers. The gradient drivers use transformers and other electrical devices in a switching stage configured to generate pulse-width-modulated power. The transformers may have non-magnetic cores to facilitate implementing the gradient drivers within the scan room. The gradient drivers also use a filtering stage which uses inductors and other electrical devices to smooth the pulse-width-modulated power. The inductors within the filters may have non-magnetic cores to facilitate implementing the gradient driver within the scan room. Additionally, an inductor with a hollow wire may be used to circulate fluid to facilitate cooling the gradient driver.
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公开(公告)号:US10481207B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-19
申请号:US15471555
申请日:2017-03-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Juan Antonio Sabate , Louis Frigo , Pengcheng Zhu , Melissa Freeman , Margaret Wiza , Syedsaad Ali , Fei Xu , Xi Lu , Tao Wu , Ruxi Wang
IPC: G01R31/327 , G01K7/42 , G01R31/26 , H03F1/52 , H03F3/217 , G01R31/44 , G01R33/385
Abstract: A switching amplifier includes a power device and a processing device. The power device is configured for powering a load and is comprised of a plurality of switches. The processing device configured to calculate a switch junction temperature for a bonding wire in each switch based at least in part on a power loss of each switch; generate a first accumulated fatigue damage of the bonding wire in each switch based on the switch junction temperature; and generate an estimated remaining lifetime of the switching amplifier based on the first accumulated fatigue damages of the bonding wires in each switch.
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公开(公告)号:US10355669B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-16
申请号:US15241434
申请日:2016-08-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Satish Prabhakaran , Feng Chen , Di Zhang
Abstract: A filtering unit is presented. The filtering unit includes at least two operational amplifiers, where each of the at least two operational amplifiers includes an input end and an output end, where the input end of one operational amplifier is coupled across the corresponding input end of another operational amplifier of the at least two operational amplifiers. The filtering unit also includes a direct current link operatively coupled to the at least two operational amplifiers and at least one thermoelectric module, where each thermoelectric module includes a conducting layer, where the direct current link and at least one of the at least two operational amplifiers are operatively coupled to the at least one thermoelectric module. A filtering system is also presented.
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公开(公告)号:US10185141B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-22
申请号:US15632002
申请日:2017-06-23
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Douglas Link , Melissa Freeman , Fengfeng Tao , Juan Antonio Sabate , Eladio Clemente Delgado
Abstract: The present disclosure presents techniques to facilitate improving operation of an electrical system, which includes a bus structure that cascades multiple electrical devices. The bus structure includes a first outer conductive layer implemented as a positive layer; a second outer conductive layer implemented as a negative layer; a first intermediate conductive layer neighboring the first outer conductive layer; a second intermediate conductive layer neighboring the second outer conductive layer; and a third intermediate conductive layer neighboring the second intermediate conductive layer, in which the third intermediate conductive layer is implemented as an inter-device layer that facilitates electrically coupling at least two of the electrical devices in series. The first intermediate conductive layer is implemented as a negative layer and the second intermediate conductive layer is implemented as a positive layer to facilitate reducing stray inductance and/or increasing stray capacitance introduced in the electrical system during operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20180372819A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-27
申请号:US15634598
申请日:2017-06-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Xiaohu Liu , Han Peng , Fengfeng Tao , Juan Antonio Sabate
IPC: G01R33/385 , G01R33/36
CPC classification number: G01R33/3852 , G01R33/36 , G01R33/3856 , G01R33/422
Abstract: This disclosure regards a magnetic resonance imaging system including a scanner, and gradient drivers. The scanner is to be implemented within a scan room that is shielded from electromagnetic interference. Gradient coils are designed to create a linear gradient in the magnetic field generated in the scanner by a primary magnet. These coils are energized by gradient drivers. The gradient drivers use transformers and other electrical devices in a switching stage configured to generate pulse-width-modulated power. The transformers may have non-magnetic cores to facilitate implementing the gradient drivers within the scan room. The gradient drivers also use a filtering stage which uses inductors and other electrical devices to smooth the pulse-width-modulated power. The inductors within the filters may have non-magnetic cores to facilitate implementing the gradient driver within the scan room. Additionally, an inductor with a hollow wire may be used to circulate fluid to facilitate cooling the gradient driver.
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公开(公告)号:US09654102B2
公开(公告)日:2017-05-16
申请号:US14510575
申请日:2014-10-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , William James Premerlani , Antonio Caiafa , Yan Pan
CPC classification number: H03K17/92 , H01H9/541 , H01H9/542 , H01H2009/543
Abstract: A circuit breaking system includes a first branch including at least one solid-state snubber; a second branch coupled in parallel to the first branch and including a superconductor and a cryogenic contactor coupled in series; and a controller operatively coupled to the at least one solid-state snubber and the cryogenic contactor and programmed to, when a fault occurs in the load circuit, activate the at least one solid-state snubber for migrating flow of the electrical current from the second branch to the first branch, and, when the fault is cleared in the load circuit, activate the cryogenic contactor for migrating the flow of the electrical current from the first branch to the second branch.
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公开(公告)号:US10788551B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-29
申请号:US15993363
申请日:2018-05-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Yash Veer Singh , Ruxi Wang , Juan Antonio Sabate , Kanakasabai Viswanathan
IPC: G01R33/385 , G01R33/54
Abstract: In a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, synchronized control of the operation of a gradient amplifier subsystem, a power supply subsystem, and a power distribution unit subsystem is accomplished by providing a coil command reference signal as an input to respective control blocks of the gradient amplifier subsystem, the power supply subsystem, and the power distribution unit subsystem. The coil command reference signal corresponds to a predetermined gradient coil current for at least one gradient coil of a scanner of the MRI system.
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公开(公告)号:US20200124688A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-23
申请号:US16164137
申请日:2018-10-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Juan Antonio Sabate , Gary Dwayne Mandrusiak , Kevin Patrick Rooney , Karthik Kumar Bodla
IPC: G01R33/385 , H01F27/10 , H01F27/06 , H01F27/02 , H01F27/32
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an inductor including at least one inductor coil, the at least one inductor coil including a plurality of outer longitudinal portions aligned around an outer periphery of the inductor, and a plurality of inner longitudinal portions aligned around an interior of the inductor. The plurality of outer longitudinal portions and the plurality of inner longitudinal portions collectively form two width-wise sides of the inductor and two length-wise sides of the inductor. The two width-wise sides and the two lengthwise sides define a substantially rectangular prism shape. The two width-wise sides and the two lengthwise sides define a hollow inductor core.
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公开(公告)号:US20190011512A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-10
申请号:US16029324
申请日:2018-07-06
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Ruxi Wang , Juan Antonio Sabate , Fei Xu , Xiaohu Liu
IPC: G01R33/385 , H03K17/687 , H03K3/012
CPC classification number: G01R33/3852 , H02M3/07 , H02M7/5387 , H02M2001/0054 , H02M2001/0077 , H03K3/012 , H03K17/102 , H03K17/687 , H03K2217/0036
Abstract: A pulsed power system is disclosed, which comprises at least two H-bridges cascaded for providing pulsed current to a load. Each H-bridge comprises at least two legs, and each leg comprises at least two transistor switches connected in series. Each transistor switch comprises a transistor and a diode electrically coupled with the transistor in parallel. The pulsed power system also comprises a controller configured to determine if a slew rate of the load current is lower than a threshold, and to reduce switching loss in response to the slew rate being lower than the threshold.
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