SWITCHING MODULE
    2.
    发明公开
    SWITCHING MODULE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240223071A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18215273

    申请日:2023-06-28

    发明人: Kazuo HATTORI

    摘要: In a switching module, a determiner of a controller performs a first determination, in which a commander controls relays of first bidirectional switches to an opened state and controls relays of second bidirectional switches to a closed state by outputting an opening command signal to the relays of the first bidirectional switches and outputs a closing command signal to the relays of the second bidirectional switches, and the determiner determines that at least one of the relays of the first bidirectional switches controlled to the opened state has a short-circuit fault in a case where a difference voltage between a voltage measured by a voltmeter connected to the relay of one of the first bidirectional switches controlled to the opened state and a voltage measured by a voltmeter is within a preset voltage range.

    Integrated voltage regulator with integrated air-core inductor

    公开(公告)号:US11863081B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US16669909

    申请日:2019-10-31

    IPC分类号: H01F27/28 H02M5/293 H01F3/14

    摘要: A single/Multi-phase PMIC built on silicon substrate with coil layers processed on top of the PMIC layers' is provided. The integrated coil is in a spiral form, with a gap at the center of the coil, making additional metal routing not required. The integrated coil has connection pads located in the center gap of the spiral form, limiting the overall inductor resistance to the device only. The on-die inductor may have a magnetic core wrapping the windings. The spiral form may be implemented in a circular design, or a racetrack (elongated spiral) design. The coil layers may be implemented as multiple coil layers or as a single coil layer, connected in parallel (with the same I/O pads), reducing the resistance and maintaining the inductance.

    Switching power supply circuit
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11817795B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17477775

    申请日:2021-09-17

    IPC分类号: H02M7/219 H02M5/293

    CPC分类号: H02M7/219 H02M5/293

    摘要: A switching power supply circuit can include: an energy storage capacitor; a high-frequency switching network coupled to the energy storage capacitor, and being configured to receive a low-frequency AC input voltage, to charge the energy storage capacitor, to perform high-frequency chopping on the low-frequency AC input voltage and/or a voltage of the energy storage capacitor, and to generate a high-frequency AC signal; and a rectifier module coupled to the high-frequency switching network, and being configured to receive the high-frequency AC signal, to rectify the high-frequency AC signal, and to generate a DC signal.

    SWITCHING SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CURRENT STEERING FOR STACKED HALF BRIDGE CONVERTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230299660A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18322177

    申请日:2023-05-23

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H02M1/15 H02M5/293 H02M7/53

    摘要: A stacked half bridge converter may be configured to provide an AC output voltage from either a DC or an AC input voltage. The switching devices of the converter may be operated according to a plurality of switching sequences, each switching sequence including one or more switching patterns, each switching pattern including one or more switching states of the switching devices. The switching sequences, patterns, and states may be selected to improve operation of the converter, by regulating the voltage at a neutral point of the converter to reduce ripple, increase switching efficiency, protect the switching devices from overvoltages, and the like.

    Power converter and control circuit thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11728722B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17566307

    申请日:2021-12-30

    摘要: A control circuit for a power converter comprising switching transistors and an output inductor is disclosed. One terminal of the output inductor serves as an output node, and another terminal of the output inductor serves as a switching node. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for controlling switching transistors in the power converter. The control circuit includes: a RC oscillator network connected to two terminals of the output inductor, the RC oscillator network configured to generate an oscillation signal containing a feedback ramp slope compensation component in response to a change in a voltage across the terminals of the output inductor; a comparator; an on-time generation circuit; and a control signal generation circuit to generate the control signal for controlling the switching transistors in the power converter.

    Multilevel power converter with optimized topology

    公开(公告)号:US11689116B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17402207

    申请日:2021-08-13

    摘要: A substrate and a first circuit board each have an upper side and a lower side. The substrate lower side is connected to a cooling body. On the upper side of the substrate, first electronic switching elements connect an alternating current potential at a phase terminal to a high direct current potential at a first potential terminal and to a low direct current potential at a second potential terminal. Second electronic switching elements connect the alternating current potential to a middle direct current potential at a third potential terminal. The substrate is spaced from the first circuit board under the first circuit board lower side. The upper side of the substrate faces toward the first circuit board. The second switching elements are at least on the upper side of the first circuit board, possibly additionally also on the lower side of the first circuit board.

    MODULATION OF AC/AC MMC
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190199230A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:US16326038

    申请日:2016-08-18

    申请人: ABB SCHWEIZ AG

    IPC分类号: H02M5/293 H02M5/22 H02M5/297

    摘要: A method of decoupled modulation of a direct AC/AC MMC between a first AC network having a first waveform and a second AC network having a second waveform, the MMC having a double-star topology with a plurality of phase legs, each phase leg having a first branch and a second branch, each of the first and second branches comprising a plurality of series connected bipolar cells. The method includes performing a first modulation based on a reference signal of the first AC network, independently of a reference signal of the second AC network, to generate, for each phase leg, a first integer command signal corresponding to a first combination of cell states in the first and second branches of the phase leg needed for generating the first waveform. The method also comprises performing a second modulation based on the reference signal of the second AC network, independently of the reference signal of the first AC network to generate, for each phase leg, a second integer command signal corresponding to a second combination of cell states in the first and second branches of the phase leg needed for generating the second waveform. The method also includes, based on the first and second integer command signals, mapping to each branch a number of cell states to be used for concurrently generating both the first and second waveforms, generating branch-level command signals to a capacitor voltage balancing algorithm. The method also includes, based on the mapping and the balancing algorithm, sending firing signals to the plurality of cells of each branch.