| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 363045000 | Including means for reducing ripples from the output | 50 |
| 20080205098 | Coupled-Inductor Multi-Phase Buck Converters - In a multi-phase power converter, efficiency is increased and ripple reduced while maintaining transient response and dynamic performance improved by electrically coupling secondary windings of transformers or provided for inductors of respective phases such that current to a load is induced in each phase by current in another phase. Magnetic coupling can also be provided between phases using a multi-aperture core of a configuration which minimizes primary winding length and copper losses. Efficiency at light load is enhanced by controlling current in the series connection of secondary windings in either binary or analog fashion. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080304296 | DC-DC and DC-AC power conversion system - A galvanic isolated DC-DC and DC-AC power conversion system is coupled to a plurality of DC sources which are derived from a combination of a plurality of single-phase and three-phase AC-DC converters. The DC-DC and DC-AC power conversion system in one embodiment is configured to provide mixed type outputs (mixed frequency, e.g. DC with 50 or 60 Hz, with 400 Hz; mixed voltage levels). | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090046486 | MAGNETIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPHASE INTERLEAVED FLYBACK CONVERTER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The configurations of an interleaved flyback converter and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed two-phase interleaved flyback converter includes a transformer including a first primary winding having a first terminal, a first secondary winding having a first terminal, a second primary winding having a second terminal, a second secondary winding having a second terminal and a magnetic coupled core device, wherein the first primary, the first secondary, the second primary and the second secondary windings are wound therein, and the first terminal of the first primary winding has a polarity the same as that of any of the first terminal of the first secondary winding, the second terminal of the second primary winding and the second terminal of the second secondary winding so as to eliminate a ripple of a channel current of the converter. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090154203 | AC to DC power supply having zero low frequency harmonic contents in 3-phase power-factor-corrected output ripple - An AC-DC power supply circuit utilizing an output stage configuration designed to achieve no output ripple at the power line frequency. To eliminate the ripple formed, each separate processing output stage corresponding to a respective ac voltage source phase which provides a 120 Hz ripple, is stacked, in a series connection, and due to their respective ripple phase shifts of 120° degrees, achieves ripple cancellation at the output. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090201704 | CONSTANT VOLTAGE WELDER CAPACITOR RIPPLE CURRENT REDUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A power circuit, in certain embodiments, includes an inductor to limit current through a capacitor, wherein the capacitor is configured to smooth ripple for a constant voltage welding system. More specifically, the power circuit may include a rectifier configured to convert AC power to DC power. The rectifier may be coupled to a DC bus configured to transmit the DC power. A capacitive circuit having the capacitor may be coupled across the DC bus to smooth ripple in the DC power. The inductor, e.g., coupled between the DC bus and the capacitive circuit, limits the rate of current flow between the capacitive circuit and the DC bus during a welding operation, thereby reducing heating in the output capacitive circuit. A further inductor may be coupled to one side of the DC bus to stabilize the rate of current flow from the power circuit to a load. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090303760 | Resonant transformer systems and methods of use - Resonant transformer systems and methods of use are described. One aspect may include a primary winding, a secondary winding, and at least one output winding. In further aspects, a transformer may be coupled to the secondary winding. In one aspect, the output winding is coupled to rectifying circuitry, which may be coupled to one or more capacitors. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100014326 | MEANS OF ELIMINATING ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AS THE ENERGY STORAGE COMPONENT IN THE SINGLE PHASE AD/DC TWO-STAGE CONVERTER - A power factor correction (PFC) circuit includes an inductor, a diode, a storage capacitor, a switch and a control unit. The input power has a voltage fluctuation V | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100085784 | Ripple Voltage Suppression Method for DC/DC Converter and Apparatus Thereof - A ripple voltage suppression apparatus includes a DC/DC converter and a control circuit. The DC/DC converter has a power electronic switch. The control circuit has a voltage detector detecting a DC output voltage of the DC/DC converter, a ripple voltage suppression circuit receiving the detected DC output voltage to generate an AC control signal for controlling an AC component of a duty ratio of the power electronic switch, an output voltage regulation circuit receiving the detected DC output voltage to generate a DC control signal for controlling an DC component of a duty ratio, an adder adding the AC and DC control signals to form a combined control signal, and a PWM circuit converting the combined control signal into a PWM signal to control the power electronic switch. Only the DC output voltage of the DC/DC converter has to be detected for the control circuit. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110273915 | METHOD IN A CASCADED TWO-LEVEL CONVERTER, CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - A method for providing a switching order signal to a cell of a cascaded two-level converter is provided. The cell includes a capacitor parallel-connected with two series-connected semiconductor devices. The cascaded two-level converter includes two or more of the cells cascade connected and arranged in a phase, divided into two phase arms, between a first pole and a second pole of a direct voltage side. The method includes measuring voltages of the capacitor of the cell; calculating a compensated voltage reference based on a voltage reference and the measured voltages of the capacitors, wherein the voltage reference corresponds to a desired ac current to be output on an ac-side; using the compensated voltage reference to calculate a switching order signal, and providing the switching order signal to the cells. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120044725 | BOOST-BUCK POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - A power factor correction circuit responsive to an input power supply signal at an input supply voltage is described. The circuit includes rectifier circuitry for largely performing full-wave rectification on the input supply signal to produce a full-wave rectified supply signal at a full-wave rectified voltage and a full-wave rectified current susceptible of having at least one overtone of the fundamental supply frequency. The circuit also includes a regulator for regulating the full-wave rectified voltage to produce a regulated power supply voltage with reduced voltage ripple, the regulator operating in buck-boost mode, and control circuitry for measuring at least one such overtone in the full-wave rectified current. The control circuitry also provides the regulator with a primary control signal that causes at least one such overtone to be largely removed from the full-wave rectified current. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120099349 | THREE-LEVEL ACTIVE RECTIFICATION PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONTROL - An active rectification system includes a three-level active rectifier and a pulse with modulation (PWM) control portion. The three-level active rectifier includes at least three switches, the at least three switches are selectively switchable between an upper state, a center state, and a lower state. The PWM control portion is in communication with the at least three switches, the PWM control portion is configured and disposed to create an upper carrier signal and a lower carrier signal, and the PWM control portion is configured and disposed to selectively switch the at least three switches between the upper state, the center state, and the lower state in response to a phase disposition of the upper carrier signal and the lower carrier signal. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20130163296 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes an input terminal receiving alternating current, a first AC filtering circuit connected to the input terminal, a bridge rectifier circuit, a DC filtering circuit, a DPDT switch, and an output terminal. Two input ends of the bridge rectifier circuit are connected to the first AC filtering circuit. The DPDT switch includes a first pair of pins, a second pair of pins, and a pair of output pins. The first pair of pins is connected to the DC filtering circuit. The second pair of pins is connected to the input terminal. The DC filtering circuit is connected to the pair of output pins of the DPDT switch. The first pair of pins is switched on to enable the output terminal to output direct current, and the second pair of pins is switched on to enable the output terminal to output alternating current. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130308354 | POWER SUPPLY NOISE REDUCTION CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - To provide a power supply noise reduction circuit and a power supply noise reduction method that do not require circuit elements to be increased in size and do not cause voltage drop in a power supply voltage. A power supply noise reduction circuit | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314955 | CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR MULTI DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE - A conversion system includes a transformer, a rectifier element, a filter circuit, a voltage regulator circuit, and a divider circuit. The voltage regulator circuit includes a first option switch, a first regulator, and a second regulator. The transformer outputs an AC voltage, and the rectifier element converts the AC voltage to a pulsating DC voltage. The filter circuit converts the pulsating DC voltage to a ripple DC voltage. The divider circuit outputs a first DC voltage of a constant positive value when the first option switch connects to the first regulator, and the divider circuit connects to the first regulator to control value of the first DC voltage value. The divider circuit outputs a second DC voltage of a constant negative value when the first option switch connects the second regulator, and the divider circuit is connected to the second regulator to control value of the second DC voltage. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130322137 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a power factor correction circuit. The power factor correction circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrolyte capacitor and a film capacitor, where ripple burden of the electrolyte capacitor is lessened to reduce the capacity of the condenser and to lengthen the life. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140056039 | Method and Apparatus for AC-to-DC Power Conversion - In one aspect, the present invention reduces electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by a capacitive dropper power supply by synchronizing the openings and closings of a shunt switched used for regulation control of the DC output voltage generated by the power supply, to zero crossings of AC current from the current-limiting resistor disposed in series at the AC input of the power supply. In one or more other embodiments, the capacitive dropper power supply includes disconnect circuitry that senses a loss of the input AC voltage source and in response wholly or partly disconnects internal regulation control circuitry from the supply's output filter capacitor to reduce the current drawn from the filter capacitor, thereby reducing the decay rate of the DC output voltage from the filter capacitor. The contemplated power supply may also be implemented in a Bipolar, BiCMOS or CMOS process, for realization in a compact integrated circuit device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140098580 | POWER CONTROL CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A power control circuit for a power supply system including a control unit, a driving circuit and a power supply unit is disclosed. The power control circuit includes a current detection unit, a voltage detection unit and a power detection unit. The current detection unit is used for detecting a current signal. The voltage detection unit is used for detecting a voltage signal. The power detection unit is connected with the current detection unit, the voltage detection unit and the control unit for acquiring a power signal according to the current signal and voltage signal. By comparing an adjustable power reference signal with the power signal, the control unit issues a control signal to the driving circuit. In response to the control signal, the power supply unit is driven by the driving circuit to output an adjusted power to the load according to the adjustable power reference signal. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140119070 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - Disclosed herein is a power factor correction circuit, including: a boost converter circuit in which a plurality of boost circuits including a boost inductor, a rectifying diode, and a boost switch are connected with each other; and a snubber circuit including a snubber inductor and a snubber switch so as to snubber the boost converter circuit. The snubber inductor is controlled so as to be turned on before the boost inductor is turned on to apply zero voltage to the boost inductor. It is possible to reduce switching loss occurring when the boost switch is turned on and increase efficiency of an AC-DC power supply apparatus. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140369092 | METHOD OF REDUCING INPUT CURRENT DISTORTION IN A RECTIFIER - A method is disclosed for reducing input current harmonic distortion in a Vienna-type active rectifier that includes the steps of sensing voltage values from upper and lower halves of a DC bus associated with the rectifier, determining an average of the sensed voltage values, calculating upper and lower scale factors by dividing the sensed voltage values with the averaged sensed voltage value, rescaling a reference signal from a controller using the upper and lower calculated scale factors, and forward feeding the rescaled reference signal from the controller to a pulse width modulator to obtain a gate driver signal for power semiconductor switches of the rectifier. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150009728 | DC POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - In a DC power supply circuit, a first period and a second period are alternately repeated a plurality of times during each half cycle of AC supplied to the DC power supply circuit. The first period is a period during which current flows along a first current path extending from an output terminal at a high-potential side of a rectifier circuit to an output terminal at a low-potential side of the rectifier circuit, via an inductor and a switching element. The second period is a period during which current flows along a second current path extending from the output terminal at the high-potential side of the rectifier circuit to the output terminal at the low-potential side of the rectifier circuit, via the inductor, a charging current supply path, and a capacitor. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150016156 | COMPOSITE AC-TO-DC POWER CONVERTER WITH BOOSTING CAPABILITIES - A boosting AC-to-DC converter may include a main rectifier, first and second auxiliary rectifiers, and an autotransformer. The autotransformer may include a plurality of winding assemblies each having a primary terminal connected to an AC power source, a main secondary terminal connected to the main rectifier, a first auxiliary secondary terminal connected to the first auxiliary rectifier, and a second auxiliary secondary terminal connected to the second auxiliary rectifier. Impedance between the primary terminal of each of the winding assemblies and the main rectifier is less than impedance between the primary terminal of each of the winding assemblies and either the first auxiliary rectifier or the second auxiliary rectifier. Impedance between the primary terminal of each of the first winding assemblies and the first auxiliary rectifier is different from impedance between the primary terminal of each of the winding assemblies and the second auxiliary rectifier. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150357902 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER AND VOLTAGE CONVERTING METHOD - A voltage converter includes a voltage conversion circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generating module, a feedback controlling module, and a subtractor. The voltage conversion circuit is configured to convert an input voltage to an output voltage according to a PWM signal. The PWM signal generating module is configured to generate the PWM signal according to a control signal. The feedback controlling module is configured to generate the control signal according to a feedback signal. The subtractor is configured to subtract a first reference voltage by the output voltage, to generate the feedback signal. The phase of an AC component of the first reference voltage is substantially opposite to the phase of the input voltage. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150381028 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING RIPPLE OF CURRENT OUTPUT BY CURRENT SOURCE - Disclosed are a method and circuit for reducing a ripple of a current output by a current source. The circuit for reducing a ripple of a current output by a current source comprises a tube with adjustable impedance and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a direct current output by the current source to obtain a first signal which is in proportion to the direct current, and by comparing an instantaneous value of the first signal with an amplitude value of a set signal, controlling the increase of the impedance of the tube with adjustable impedance when the instantaneous value of the first signal is greater than the amplitude value of the set signal, so as to enable the amplitude value of the first signal to not exceed the amplitude value of the set signal and then enable the amplitude value of the current output by the current source to not exceed the amplitude value of the set current of the set signal, so that the purpose of reducing the ripple of the direct current output by the current source is finally achieved. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160013732 | Converter Station With Diode Rectifier | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160094147 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND A SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER PCB - A power supply device includes a main unit and a power switching module. The main unit includes a primary circuit board, a transformer including a primary and a secondary coil, a primary-side circuit and a secondary-side circuit. The power switching module includes a separate PCB formed with at least two connection pads and two conductive tracks, and at least one power switching element disposed on the PCB and having two terminals respectively connected to the two connection pads through the two conductive tracks . The power switching module is in the form of a separate PCB that is electrically connected to the primary- or secondary-side circuits through the two connection pads. | 03-31-2016 |
| 363046000 | With ripple responsive, automatic control | 11 |
| 20080212344 | Methods for Managing Electrical Power - Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system comprising a plurality of Active Front End units adapted to be electrically coupled to a direct current (DC) bus. Each of the plurality of Active Front End units can be adapted to be electrically coupled to a separate winding of a transformer of a plurality of transformers. Each of the plurality of Active Front End units can be adapted to convert alternating current (AC) voltage to a DC voltage. Each of the plurality of Active Front End units can be adapted to supply the DC voltage to the DC bus. The DC bus can be adapted to be electrically coupled to a plurality of inverters. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090244937 | DC BUS VOLTAGE HARMONICS REDUCTION - In one aspect, in general, the invention features a control system configured for use with a three-phase PWM converter. The control system receives an input signal from a three-phase power supply and provides an output signal at a DC link. A voltage-separating module generates on the basis of the input signal a positive sequence voltage component and a negative sequence voltage component in a rotating reference frame. A reference current computation module uses at least the positive sequence voltage component and the negative sequence voltage component to compute a first reference current and a second reference current. A current regulating module uses at least the first reference current and the second reference current to generate a command signal. The command signal is provided to a driving circuit of the three-phase PWM converter for generating a regulated DC bus voltage at the DC link. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100124082 | METHOD FOR SELECTING THE OPTIMUM NUMBER OF PHASES FOR CONVERTER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for selecting the optimum number of phases for a converter is provided, which selects a duty range using an input voltage and an output voltage, obtains ripple values for multiple phases in the duty range, and selects the optimum number of phases using the corresponding ripple values. The method for selecting the optimum number of phases for a converter includes a duty range selection step of selecting a duty range using an input voltage and an output voltage, a ripple value calculation step of obtaining ripple values for multiple phases within the selected duty range, a range ripple selection step of selecting one or more phases in the duty range, and a rated ripple selection step of selecting the phases having the minimum ripple value in a rated duty among the phases selected in the range ripple selection step. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100296320 | Device and method for generating a stable high voltage - A device is disclosed for generating a stable high voltage, namely a high-voltage DC generator for a particle beam apparatus. A method is also disclosed for generating a stable high voltage for a particle beam apparatus. The high-voltage DC generator has a controllable voltage source, which is connected to an amplifier. The high-voltage DC generator ensures that fluctuations of the smoothed high voltage are detected by a capacitive divider and supplied to the amplifier. The amplifier controls the controllable voltage source in counterphase. The voltage of the controllable voltage source is superimposed on the smoothed high voltage. The sum of the voltage of the controllable voltage source and the smoothed high voltage forms the generated and stable high voltage, which is supplied to a particle beam apparatus. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110235373 | ACTIVE SWITCHING RIPPLE FILTER - An active switching ripple filter system removes ripple currents from a power signal and has a main inverter and an active switching ripple filter inverter whose outputs are combined to form an output power signal. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110255314 | SWITCHED POWER CONVERTER WITH EXTENDED HOLD-UP TIME - A power supply module having a PFC stage has a hold-up capacitor ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20130250632 | SINGLE STAGE POWER CONVERSION UNIT WITH CIRCUIT TO SMOOTH AND HOLDUP DC OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A circuit arrangement includes a transformer, having primary windings and secondary windings, and a high voltage capacitor. A first switching circuit couples the high voltage capacitor to the primary windings. A first controller is operatively coupled to the switching circuit. A second switching circuit couples the secondary windings to an output port. A second controller is operatively coupled to the secondary windings. A high voltage generator is provided to charge the high voltage capacitor. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130286693 | METHOD FOR REDUCING A VOLTAGE RIPPLE DUE TO ROTATIONAL NONUNIFORMITY OF A GENERATOR DRIVEN BY AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for reducing a ripple, caused by rotational nonuniformity of an internal combustion engine, in the output voltage of a generator which is driven by the internal combustion engine is provided. The generator has a stator winding, a rotor winding, a field controller, associated with the rotor winding, for regulating the output voltage of the generator, and a downstream power converter having controllable switching elements. To reduce the voltage ripple, the output voltage of the generator is regulated on the stator side by appropriately controlling the switching elements of the power converter. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140085945 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED CURRENT RIPPLE SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A power supply system has a current source configured to provide an output current, a load supplied by the current source, and a current ripple suppression circuit. The current ripple suppression circuit has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the current ripple suppression circuit is coupled to the load, and the second end of the current ripple suppression circuit is coupled to a reference ground; wherein the current ripple suppression circuit is configured to suppress the current ripple in the output current and adaptively adjust the output current of the current source at a predetermined current level. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20150349625 | POWER SUPPLY AND POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT THEREOF - A power supply including: a first rectifying unit rectifying an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a power factor correction (PFC) circuit increasing a level of the DC voltage to improve a power factor; a first converter converting the DC voltage with the corrected power factor to generate an output DC voltage; and a power conversion circuit converting electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated in the first converter into a reproducing voltage is provided. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160126825 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER DETECTION CIRCUIT - A power supply apparatus includes a main power processing circuit and an alternating current power detection circuit. The alternating current power detection circuit is electrically connected to the main power processing circuit. The alternating current power detection circuit includes a rectifying unit and a frequency processing unit. The rectifying unit is electrically connected to the main power processing circuit. The frequency processing unit is electrically connected to the main power processing circuit and the rectifying unit. The rectifying unit rectifies an alternating current power to obtain a rectified power. When a frequency of the rectified power is greater than a predetermined frequency, the frequency processing unit informs the main power processing circuit, so that the main power processing circuit processes the alternating current power to obtain an output direct current power. | 05-05-2016 |
| 363047000 | With low pass L or LC filter | 14 |
| 20080273356 | Switching Power Converter with Efficient Switching Control Signal Period Generation - A power control system includes a switching power converter and a controller, and the controller responds to a time-varying voltage source signal by generating a switch control signal having a period that varies in accordance with at least one of the following: (i) the period of the switch control signal trends inversely to estimated power delivered to a load coupled to the switching power converter, (ii) the period of the switch control signal trends inversely to instantaneous voltage levels of the voltage source signal, and (iii) the period of the switch control signal trends directly with a line voltage level of the time-varying voltage source signal. In at least one embodiment, the controller achieves an efficient correlation between the switching period with associated switching losses and the instantaneous power transferred to the switching power converter while providing power factor correction (PFC). | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100226152 | INVERTER - The inverter includes an electrolytic capacitor which receives DC power, a series resonant circuit connected in parallel with the electrolytic capacitor, and a switching device group which converts the DC power into AC power by switching using pulse width modulation. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20130077360 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR RECTIFIER FILTERING FOR INPUT WAVEFORM SHAPING - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for filtering of a rectifier in a wireless power receiver. In one aspect a wireless power receiver apparatus is provided. The receiver apparatus includes a coil circuit configured to wirelessly receive power via a wireless field. The receiver apparatus further includes a rectifier circuit configured to provide direct-current (DC) based at least in part on the received power. The receiver apparatus further includes a first filter circuit electrically connected between the coil and the rectifier circuit and configured to reduce emissions from the rectifier circuit and configured to maintain a first impedance presented by the rectifier circuit substantially equal to a second impedance presented to the coil circuit. The receiver apparatus further includes a band-stop filter circuit configured to electrically isolate emissions from the rectifier circuit. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130235628 | DC-SIDE LEAKAGE CURRENT REDUCTION FOR SINGLE PHASE FULL-BRIDGE POWER CONVERTER/INVERTER - Leakage current through stray or parasitic capacitance (which is particularly large in devices such as photovoltaic cell arrays and which are damaged by such leakage currents) due to common mode switching noise in a full bridge single phase power converter is reduced at high frequencies by magnetically coupling the two phase legs on the AC side of the power converter and connecting mid points of the AC and DC sides of the power converter and is reduced at low frequencies by use of a feedback arrangement that modifies sinusoidal modulation of the switches of the full bridge converter to function as an active filter. The magnetic coupling for the two phase legs is designed in a simple manner to avoid saturation based on volt-second considerations. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140003102 | ADAPTIVE ONLINE FILTER FOR DC OFFSET ELIMINATION | 01-02-2014 |
| 363048000 | For semiconductor rectifier | 9 |
| 20120014144 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A power supplying apparatus includes a rectifier and a first electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter. The rectifier receives and rectifies an alternating current (AC) input power for generating a direct current (DC) power. The first EMI filter receives the DC power through a first power input terminal and a first reference input terminal thereof. The first EMI filter filters the DC power for generating a DC output power between a first power output terminal and a first reference output terminal thereof. The first EMI filter includes an inductor module, a first X capacitor, and a first Y capacitor. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120268972 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus capable of setting a ripple current to be not more than an acceptable value regardless of an input voltage is obtained. The apparatus calculates switching frequency by a current detected by a current detector so that the switching frequency is set to be low if the current is large and the switching frequency is set to be high if the current is small. The switching frequency is set to be high if the input voltage is high and switching frequency is set to be low if the input voltage is low depending on a voltage inputted to an input terminal; and a switching element is controlled by restricting the switching frequency so that the switching frequency to be set by the current detected by the current detector is not lower than the switching frequency to be set by the input voltage. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130077361 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR RECTIFIER FILTERING FOR INPUT WAVEFORM SHAPING - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for filtering of a rectifier in a wireless power receiver. In one aspect a wireless power receiver is provided. The wireless power receiver includes a rectifier circuit configured to provide direct-current (DC) based at least in part on a time-varying voltage generated via a wireless field provided from a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver further includes a band-stop filter circuit configured to filter an output of the rectifier circuit and electrically isolate a capacitor from the rectifier circuit at an operating frequency. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140104901 | EMI FILTERING FOR ACTIVE RECTIFIER POWER SYSTEMS - A system for filtering electromagnetic interference (EMI) includes a power source that provides alternating current (AC) power; a load; an active rectifier that converts AC power from the power source to direct current (DC) power for the load; and a filter connected between the power source and the active rectifier, wherein the filter comprises at least one notch filter that filters selected frequencies of EMI generated by the active rectifier. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140112034 | THREE-PHASE INTERLEAVE CONVERTER WITH THREE-STATE SWITCHING CELL - A three-phase interleave converter with a TSSC includes: a filter circuit, a PFC circuit, a star connection between the filter circuit and the PFC circuit, and a second capacitor | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140204634 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus capable of setting a ripple current to be not more than an acceptable value regardless of an input voltage is obtained. The apparatus calculates switching frequency by a current detected by a current detector so that the switching frequency is set to be low if the current is large and the switching frequency is set to be high if the current is small. The switching frequency is set to be high if the input voltage is high and switching frequency is set to be low if the input voltage is low depending on a voltage inputted to an input terminal; and a switching element is controlled by restricting the switching frequency so that the switching frequency to be set by the current detected by the current detector is not lower than the switching frequency to be set by the input voltage. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20150070949 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERING POWER FROM A FIRST CIRCUIT TO A SECOND CIRCUIT - A power transfer system for transferring power from a first circuit to a second circuit by a differential signal generated in the first circuit includes a first isolation element for transmitting a first component of the differential signal between the first and second circuits. The system also includes a second isolation element for transmitting a second component of the differential signal between the first and second circuits. A digital rectifier is coupled to the first and second isolation elements for generating a rectified voltage in response to the first and second components of the differential signal. The system includes circuitry for monitoring the rectified voltage and generating a signal representative of the rectified voltage. The system also includes a controller for changing the rectified voltage in response to the signal representative of the rectified voltage. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160056708 | RIPPLE FILTER CIRCUIT AND RIPPLE FILTER METHOD - A method of filtering a ripple can include: (i) generating, by a sampling circuit, a sense voltage signal that represents an output current flowing through a load; (ii) generating, by a filter circuit, a filter voltage signal by filtering the sense voltage signal, where the filter circuit includes a switch capacitor circuit and a filter capacitor; and (iii) generating, by an error amplifying circuit, an error compensation signal by amplifying a difference between the sense voltage signal and the filter voltage signal, where the error compensation signal is configured to compensate and regulate the output current flowing through the load by controlling a power switch that is coupled to the load and the sampling circuit. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160254759 | RECTIFYING CIRCUIT FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY | 09-01-2016 |
