02nd week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220014071 | Brushless Motor for a Power Tool - A brushless motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably received within the stator, the rotor including a rotor shaft, a rotor body mounted on the rotor shaft and including axial slots, permanent magnets disposed within the axial slots, and a rotor end cap provided at an end of the rotor body to axially retain the permanent magnets within the slots. The rotor end cap includes an outer planar portion that is in contact with the end of the rotor body, and ribs angularly extending from the outer planar portion towards a center portion forming openings therebetween to allow passage of air between adjacent openings in thermal contact with the end of the rotor body. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014072 | Superconducting Generator Driven by a Wind Turbine - A superconducting generator includes an annular armature connectable to rotate with a rotating component of a wind turbine. A stationary annular field winding is coaxial to the armature and separated by a gap from the armature. The field winding includes superconducting coils, and there is a non-rotating support for the field winding. The non-rotating support is a torque tube. The torque tube is a member formed of a composite material, or a member formed of a plurality of segmented sections, a space frame or strut torque carrying assembly. The torque tube is connected to a thermal shield casing or a field winding housing. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014073 | MOTOR APPARATUS, ELECTRIC POWER UNIT, AND WORKING MACHINE - The present invention provides a motor apparatus having a motor, comprising: a fan that is rotatably supported by a shaft member of the motor, and sends, in a centrifugal direction by rotation, gas taken from an axial direction of the shaft member; and a cover member that covers the fan so as to allow the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan to flow along an outer surface of the motor, wherein the cover member has a blowout port that blows out some of the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan in the centrifugal direction to cool an external mechanism of the motor apparatus. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014074 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014075 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014076 | MOTOR UNIT, MOTOR OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MOTOR OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A motor assembly includes a motor and a microcomputer attached to the motor. The microcomputer includes a storage to store motor operation data from a time of starting the motor, and a communicator to, upon receiving a request for the motor operation data, read the requested motor operation data from the storage and transmit the requested motor operation data. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014077 | MOTOR DRIVE UNIT - A motor assembly for driving a pump or rotary device features a power plane with a circular geometry to be mounted inside a space envelope having a similar circular geometry formed on an end-plate between an inner hub portion and a peripheral portion that extends circumferentially around the space envelope of the end-plate. The power plane is a multi-layer circuit board or assembly having: a power layer with higher temperature power modules for providing power to a motor, a control layer with lower temperature control electronics modules for controlling the power provided to the motor, and a thermal barrier and printed circuit board layer between the power layer and the control layer that provides electrical connection paths between the power modules of the power plane and the control electronics modules of the control layer, and also provides insulation between the power layer and the control layer. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014078 | WELDING MACHINE, PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELDING FREE ENDS OF BAR CONDUCTORS - A welding machine for welding free ends of bar conductors of a stator of an electrical machine, in particular an electric motor, includes a support structure for directly or indirectly fastening the stator. The support structure has a welding mask that can be opened and closed. The welding device is in particular a laser welding device. The welding device is arranged above the support structure. The support structure can be moved between a closed position and a loading position. A first side of the welding mask faces the welding device in the welding position and faces downward in the loading position. The welding machine allows free ends of bar conductors of a stator of an electrical machine to be welded while at the same time the stator is protected against contamination. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014079 | MAGNETIC GEARED MOTOR - A magnetic geared motor includes a stator, a first inner rotor that is disposed to an inner side of the stator and rotates by a magnetomotive force of the stator, a first center rotor disposed between the stator and the first inner rotor, a second center rotor disposed to an inner side of the first inner rotor, and a second inner rotor disposed to an inner side of the second center rotor. The stator, the first center rotor, the first inner rotor, the second center rotor, and the second inner rotor are disposed coaxial to each other, and the first inner rotor includes first outer magnetic pole pairs disposed in a circumferential direction and a plurality of first inner magnetic pole pairs disposed in the circumferential direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014080 | Parallel Magnetic Circuit Motor - A parallel magnetic circuit motor includes a rotor without magnets and a stator with magnets. The stator has stator poles with windings. The windings are energized on a first plurality of stator poles with current in a same first direction and the windings are energized on a second plurality of stator poles with current in a same second direction opposite the same first direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014081 | VIBRATION MOTOR AND TACTILE DEVICE - A vibration motor and a tactile device are provided. The vibration motor has: a stationary portion; a movable portion having a magnet and capable of vibrating with respect to the stationary portion along a central axis extending in an up-down direction; and an elastic member. The stationary portion has: a housing, disposed radially outside from the movable portion and having a cylindrical shape extending along the central axis; a top surface portion, disposed above the movable portion, fixed to the housing, and extended in a direction intersecting with the central axis; and a coil, capable of applying a driving force to the movable portion. The elastic member is disposed below the top surface portion and above the movable portion. The elastic member is fixed to both the top surface portion and the movable portion, and supports the movable portion so that the movable portion can vibrate along the central axis. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014082 | VIBRATION MOTOR - A vibration motor includes a stationary part, and a movable element which has a magnet and can vibrate in one direction. The stationary part includes a coil which applies a driving force to the magnet due to energization, a housing which houses the movable element and the coil therein, a first lid part which closes an end portion of the housing on one side in the one direction, and a first bearing part. The first bearing part is disposed inside the housing on the other side in the one direction from the first lid part. The first bearing part includes a bearing inner circumferential surface disposed with a gap therebetween with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the movable element on one side in the one direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014083 | IRONLESS LINEAR MOTOR - A coil assembly includes coil units connected to a coil base. Each coil unit includes top, intermediate and bottom coil modules, each of which has spaced-apart first and second interaction sides, and two non-interaction sides connected to the first and second interaction sides to form an accommodating space. The first interaction sides of the intermediate and bottom coil modules are juxtaposed with each other in the accommodating space of the top coil module. The second interaction sides of the top and intermediate coil modules are juxtaposed with each other in the accommodating space of the bottom coil module. An ironless motor includes a magnetic rail assembly and the aforesaid coil assembly. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014084 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM, MOVER, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A transport system includes: a mover including a force receiving part made of soft magnetic material; and a plurality of coils arranged along the first direction, wherein the mover is movable in the first direction along the plurality of coils by a force received by the force-receiving part from a magnetic field by the plurality of coils. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014085 | HYBRID SPHERICAL MOTOR, SYSTEM, AND AERIAL VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A hybrid spherical motor includes a first gear box, a second gear box, a yoke arm, a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor, a spherical stator, and a spherical armature. The split armature, in response to the spherical stator being energized, rotates about a first rotational axis, thereby causing the first gear box input connection and the second gear box input connection to rotate about the first rotational axis, and the yoke arm rotates about the first rotational axis in response to the first gear box input connection and the second gear box input connection being rotated about the first rotational axis, whereby the BLDC motor rotates about the first rotational axis. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014086 | CONVERSION CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY - The invention provides a conversion circuit for converting input voltage into output voltage, including: a full-wave rectifier circuit including first and second branches connected in parallel, and each including a secondary winding and a rectifier switch; a first switch branch connected to midpoint of the first branch, and including first to fourth switches connected in series; a first resonant unit connected between connection node of the first and second switches and midpoint of the second branch; a second resonant unit connected between connection node of the third and fourth switches and midpoint of the second branch; a first primary winding connected in series to the first resonant unit; and a capacitor connected between connection node of the second and third switches and midpoint of the second branch. The conversion circuit of the invention improves conversion efficiency while maintaining smaller voltage stress on switches. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014087 | SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE, AND SWITCHING CONTROL METHOD - A switching control circuit configured to control switching of a first switching device of a bridge circuit. The bridge circuit includes the first switching device on a power supply side thereof, and a second switching device on a ground side thereof and being coupled to the first switching device in series through a load. The switching control circuit includes an output circuit configured to delay a first drive signal inputted to the switching control circuit for turning off the first switching device for a predetermined period, and output a resultant signal, when a current flowing through the second switching device becomes an overcurrent and the second switching device is turned off, and a drive circuit configured to drive the first switching device in response to an output of the output circuit. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING HARMONICS IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS BY USING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FILTERING TECHNIQUES - Systems and methods of the present disclosure involve passive, hybrid, and active filtering configurations to mitigate current harmonics for various electrical loads. One hybrid filtering configuration is medium voltage (MV) active filtering using a DC-DC converter and a multi-level inverter, and low voltage (LV) passive filtering. Another hybrid filtering configuration is MV passive filtering and LV active filtering using a two-level inverter. An active filtering configuration includes both MV and LV active filtering. The present disclosure also features power distribution unit (PDU) transformers electrically coupled to respective power supplies on the LV side of an electrical system. Each PDU transformer includes primary coils in a delta configuration and secondary coils in a wye configuration. The secondary coils are in series with respective leakage inductance coils. The secondary coils and the leakage inductance coils are integrated together into a single unit or module. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014089 | INVERTER - An inverter includes at least one relay disposed in an interior of the inverter. The relay is configured to connect the inverter to a grid phase or to disconnect the inverter from the grid phase. A temperature sensor is configured to measure an interior temperature of the inverter. A control unit is configured to actuate the relay, to determine the interior temperature by using the temperature sensor, and to calculate a switching time for the relay in dependence on the interior temperature. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014090 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A power supply control device includes: a drive switch circuit formed by cascade-connecting a depletion type first transistor and an enhancement type second transistor, and configured to drive a transformer of an insulated switching power supply; a control circuit configured to control the second transistor; and a start-up circuit configured to charge a power supply voltage of the control circuit by using a source voltage of the first transistor. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014091 | Power Converter with Multi-Level Topology - A power converter including a multi-level topology is presented. The power converter includes a charge pump, a controller, an output load and an inductor. According to one aspect, the charge pump includes a multi-level topology. According to another aspect, the power converter includes a switch which is connected across the inductor. According to another aspect, the multi-level topology includes a plurality of series-connected switches that are controlled to close or open via the controller. The switches are arranged in a high-side or low-side switchable path of the multi-level topology. During operation in a first state, only one switch of the high-side is closed, during operation in a second state, at least one of the switches in the low-side is open, and during a transition from the first to the second state, all of the switches in the low-side are open. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014092 | CURRENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND POWER FACTOR CORRECTION APPARATUS - A current detection apparatus includes: a first induction circuit including a first auxiliary inductor that is coupled to the power inductor; a second induction circuit including a second auxiliary inductor that is coupled to the power inductor; a detection node between the first induction circuit and the second induction circuit, where the detection node outputs a detection signal; a first switching transistor that is connected in parallel to the first induction circuit; and a second switching transistor that is connected in parallel to the second induction circuit. When an alternating current power supply of a circuit in which the power inductor is located is positive, the first switching transistor is turned on, and the second switching transistor is turned off. When the alternating current power supply is negative, the second switching transistor is turned on, and the first switching transistor is turned off. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014093 | AC-DC POWER CONVERTER WITH POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - The present invention relates to an AC-DC power converter which comprises a resonant DC-DC converter and a charge pump circuit. The charge pump circuit is configured to perform power factor correction of the AC-DC power converter by drawing current pulses at a switching frequency of the converter from an AC line voltage such that electrical charges of the current pulses vary substantially proportionally with instantaneous amplitude of the AC line voltage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014094 | Variable Reference Voltage Source - To provide a variable reference voltage source for which a measuring instrument is unnecessary for calibration on the outside. A variable reference voltage source that generates a variable reference voltage corresponding to setting data set from outside includes a control unit including a calibration control unit that controls operation for calibrating an offset and a predetermined unit voltage inside the variable reference voltage source and an output control unit that controls operation for outputting the variable reference voltage, a reference voltage unit that outputs a reference voltage Vref, and an integrated-voltage generating unit that repeats, when the calibration control unit controls the operation, an integrating operation until an integrated voltage obtained by integrating the predetermined unit voltage becomes equal to the reference voltage Vref and outputs, when the output control unit controls the operation, the variable reference voltage corresponding to the setting data. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014095 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SWITCHED CAPACITOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE - Power management systems are described. In an embodiment, a power management system includes a voltage source, a circuit load located within a chip, and a switched capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR) coupled to voltage source and the circuit load to receive an input voltage from the voltage source and supply an output voltage to the circuit load. The SCVR may include circuitry located within the chip and a discrete integrated passive device (IPD) connected to the chip. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014096 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT - A power supply control circuit that is able to reliably discharge to the internal power supply, even when the external power supply is cut off instantaneously. The power supply control circuit includes a voltage detection unit, an internal power supply generation unit, and a control unit. The voltage detection unit detects the voltage of the external power supply. The internal power supply generation unit generates the internal power supply, according to the external power supply. The control unit controls the discharging to the internal power supply according to at least the second control signal among the first control signal and the second control signal, when the detected voltage of the external power supply drops below the predetermined value. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014097 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR AEROSOL INHALER - A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply; a first DC/DC converter; a second DC/DC converter; and a circuit board. As viewed from a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board on which the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter are mounted, at least a portion of the circuit board includes: a connection portion; a first portion extending from the connection portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second portion extending from the connection portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first DC/DC converter is mounted on the first portion, and the second DC/DC converter is mounted on the second portion. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014098 | SWITCHED-CAPACITOR DC-DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A switched-capacitor DC-DC voltage converter and a control method thereof. The switched-capacitor DC-DC voltage converter comprises at least one switch array, comprising a capacitor and at least one switch group, wherein the switch group comprises a plurality of power switches connected to one another in parallel, and one end of the capacitor is electrically connected to the switch group; and a control circuit, converting an input control signal into a control signal set, and outputting the control signal set to the switch group, and the control signal set comprises a plurality of control signals with phase delayed sequentially and the duty cycle reduced sequentially. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014099 | ISOLATED RESONANT CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a single- and multi-phase DC/DC converter and a control method thereof that can offer a wide range of voltage conversion ratio by substantially reducing the switching frequency range, thereby resulting in performance improvement. Reduction in the switching frequency range is achieved by controlling the output voltage or current with a combination of variable duty ratio, variable frequency, and delay-time control. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014100 | MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH MULTIPLE VOLTAGE SENSING LOCATIONS - A voltage regulator dynamically adjusts the voltage distribution on a voltage rail based on multiple feedback measurements. The voltage regulator provides electrical power to a voltage rail at multiple power supply locations along the voltage rail. The voltage regulator obtains voltage measurements from multiple voltage sensing locations on the voltage rail and detects a spatially unequal voltage deviation in the voltage rail. The voltage regulator adjusts the electrical power provided to the voltage rail at each of the power supply locations to compensate for the spatially unequal voltage deviation in the voltage rail. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014101 | CURRENT-BALANCE CONTROL - Embodiments herein relate to identifying, by phase current balancing (PCB) circuitry, an indication of whether a measured current of a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal of a plurality of PWM signals is greater than or less than an average current of the plurality of PWM signals. Embodiments further relate to adjusting, by the PCB circuitry, a bias-value of a non-modulated edge of a duty cycle of the PWM signal. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014102 | CURRENT ESTIMATION IN A POWER SUPPLY - An apparatus includes a current emulator and a controller. The emulator receives a reference output current value representing a measured average amount of output current delivered by the voltage converter to the load for a first portion of a power delivery cycle during which high side switch circuitry and low side switch circuitry in the voltage converter are activated at different times to produce the output current. The power delivery cycle includes a second portion during which the high side switch circuitry and the low side switch circuitry of the voltage converter are deactivated. Via trial and error, the emulator derives an average output current value delivered to the load for the power delivery cycle based on the reference output current value and repeated adjustments to the estimation of the average output current. The controller controls operation of the voltage converter based on the derived average output current value. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014103 | CONVERTER USING PLANAR TRANSFORMER - A converter using a planar transformer includes an input device that receives a first voltage, a transformer including a first planar transformer and a second planar transformer that reduce the first voltage, and an output device that outputs the first voltage as a second voltage, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage, and the input device provides a current to a primary winding coil of each of the first planar transformer and the second planar transformer through a first current path and a second current path in which current directions are different with each other, and includes a plurality of inductors connected in parallel with the primary winding coil of each of the first planar transformer and the second planar transformer. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014104 | CONVERTER WITH HALF-BRIDGE CIRCUIT - A converter with half-bridge circuit is disclosed. The converter includes a voltage source, a first switch, a second switch, a first resonant capacitor, a second resonant capacitor, a resonant inductor, a transformer and a control unit. The control unit is configured to generate a first control signal for turning on/off the first switch and a second control signal for turning on/off the second switch. When the half-bridge converter is turned on or reopened, a first duty rate of a first pulse being the first pulse of the first control signal for turning on the first switch is less than 50%, and a second duty rate of a second pulse being the first pulse of the second control signal for turning on the second switch after the end of the first pulse of the first control signal is greater than 50%. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014105 | Isolated DC/DC Converter with Secondary-Side Full Bridge Diode Rectifier and Asymmetrical Auxiliary Capacitor - A voltage converter for direct current includes a power converter circuit having a transformer, a switch converter bridge on a primary-side of the transformer, and a full-bridge rectifier on a secondary side of the transformer. The full-bridge rectifier has first and second rectifier branches. A capacitor is asymmetrically connected to the second rectifier branch. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014106 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL ACTIVE BRIDGE DC/DC CONVERTERS - Control system and method for controlling power flow in dual active bridge converters. The control system comprises a compensator, a feedback unit, and a modulator. An outer loop provides a reference signal. The output of the compensator are the control parameters for the modulator. The feedback unit samples the transformer current once every half switching cycle to thereby determine a power level. The power level is used to determine a modulation technique to apply. The modulation technique is one of phase-shift modulation (PSM), variable duty cycle modulation (VDM), or triangular current mode modulation (TCM). | 2022-01-13 |
20220014107 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A circuit includes a transformer having first and second transformer inputs and first and second transformer outputs. The first transformer output can be adapted to be coupled through a capacitor to a first input of an output stage. The second transformer output can be adapted to be coupled to a second input of the output stage. The circuit also includes a switching system having first and second inputs and first and second switching outputs. The first input can be configured to receive a switching signal. The second input can be configured to receive an input voltage. The first and second switching outputs respectively can be coupled to the first and second transformer inputs. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014108 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND CONTROL RELATED TO CHARGING - Controller and method for charging one or more loads. For example, the controller for charging one or more loads includes: a controller terminal configured to be biased at a first voltage related to a second voltage of a secondary winding of a power converter, the power converter further including a primary winding coupled to the secondary winding, the power converter being configured to, if the power converter is not unplugged from a voltage supply for an AC input voltage, receive the AC input voltage represented by the second voltage and output an output power to the one or more loads; and a voltage detector configured to: process information associated with the first voltage; and determine whether the AC input voltage is in a first voltage state or in a second voltage state based at least in part on the first voltage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014109 | CONVERSION CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY - The invention provides a conversion circuit for converting input voltage into output voltage, including: a full-bridge rectifier circuit including first and second bridge arms connected in parallel and electrically connected between first and second ends of the output voltage; a first switch branch electrically connected between the first end of the input voltage and the first end of the output voltage, and including first and second switches connected in series to form a first connection node; a first resonant unit electrically connected between the first connection point and midpoint of the first bridge arm; and a first transformer including a first primary winding connected in series with the first resonant unit; and a first secondary winding connected between midpoint of the first bridge arm and midpoint of the second bridge arm. The conversion circuit of the invention improves conversion efficiency while maintaining smaller voltage stress on switches. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014110 | CONVERSION CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY - The invention provides a conversion circuit for converting an input voltage into an output voltage, including: a first full-wave rectifier circuit including a first branch and a second branch connected in parallel, each including a winding and a rectifier switch connected in series to form a midpoint; a first switch branch including a first switch and a second switch connected in series to form a first connection node; and a first resonant unit connected between the first connection node and a midpoint of the second branch, wherein the first resonant unit is not connected in series to the windings of the transformer. The conversion circuit of the invention improves conversion efficiency while maintaining smaller voltage stress on switches. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014111 | Auto-Tuned Synchronous Rectifier Controller - An apparatus includes a high-pass filter circuit configured to receive a drain-source voltage from a drain node of a synchronous rectifier switch at a secondary-side of a power converter and to generate a filtered drain-source voltage using the received drain-source voltage. A current comparison circuit of the apparatus is configured to receive a current indicative of a current through the synchronous rectifier switch and to generate a current comparison signal using the received current. An auto-tuning controller of the apparatus is configured to turn the synchronous rectifier switch on upon determining a body diode conduction of the synchronous rectifier switch, commence an auto-tuned delay upon determining that the current through the synchronous rectifier switch has changed direction, turn the synchronous rectifier switch off upon expiration of the auto-tuned delay, and update, during a detection window of time, a duration of the auto-tuned delay based on the filtered drain-source voltage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014112 | 3-STAGE ACTIVE NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED (ANPC) HYBRID CONVERTER - An active neutral point clamped topology based converter includes a plurality of input terminals, an output terminal, a choke, a plurality of switching devices and a control unit. The control unit generates control signals for the switching devices of the converter in such that an SiC switch can be used with low reverse voltage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014113 | PRE-CHARGING A MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTER - A modular multilevel converter is for a high voltage testing source. The modular multilevel converter includes: an arm, the arm having a plurality of submodules coupled in series, wherein each of the submodules has a capacitor; and a control unit for controlling a pre-charging process of the capacitor of each of the submodules prior to a start of operation of the modular multilevel converter. The control unit is configured to: connect the arm to a constant voltage source for a first period of time; and, for a second period of time after the first period of time, feed a charging current to the arm and control the charging current at a predetermined constant reference current. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014114 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power converter includes an arm in which a plurality of converter cells are connected in series, each of the converter cells including at least two switching elements, a power storage element, and a pair of output terminals. A control device controls voltages of the plurality of converter cells by phase shift PWM control using a carrier signal for each converter cell. The converter cell includes a switch to have the converter cell bypassed. When the control device senses failure of the converter cell within the arm, it has a failed converter cell within the arm bypassed and rectifies uneven intervals among phases of carrier signals of a plurality of normal converter cells within the arm caused by failure of the converter cell. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014115 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - When an inverter and a converter are merely operated with their carrier waves synchronized with each other, current ripple of a smoothing capacitor connected therebetween might be increased. Accordingly, bipolar modulation PWM control is performed on the inverter, PWM control is performed on the converter, and the phase of the carrier wave for the inverter or the converter is shifted on the basis of AC output, whereby timings of currents flowing into the smoothing capacitor are made different from each other. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014116 | POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device includes: a power converter circuit which converts a direct-current power, output from a decentralized power supply, into an alternating-current power, and outputs the alternating-current power to a power distribution grid; a voltage target value generation unit which removes a high-frequency variation from a root mean square of a voltage detected by a voltage detection unit to generate a voltage target value; a correction unit which corrects the voltage target value when the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action; and a command unit which, if the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit deviates from a voltage control deadband referenced to the voltage target value, commands the power converter circuit to output a reactive power based on a magnitude of the deviated amount of voltage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014117 | ACTIVE VOLTAGE BUS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A voltage converter ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220014118 | Vibration-Driven Energy Harvesting Element - A vibration-driven energy harvesting element includes: a pair of fixed electrode portions that have a plurality of fixed comb teeth and are arranged such that the plurality of fixed comb teeth face each other; and a movable electrode portion that is arranged between the pair of fixed electrode portions and has a pair of a plurality of movable comb teeth being inserted between the fixed comb teeth of the respective fixed electrode portions, wherein: the vibration-driven energy harvesting element has a three-terminal structure in which the fixed comb teeth and/or the movable comb teeth are electretized; a gap dimension of a clearance region between the fixed comb teeth and the movable comb teeth is smaller than 20 μm; and an aspect ratio being a ratio of a dimension of the clearance region in a comb tooth height direction to the gap dimension of the clearance region, is 20 or more. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014119 | VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR INCLUDING MEMBER THAT RESTRAINS MOVEMENT OF VIBRATING BODY WITH RESPECT TO SUPPORTING MEMBER, AND APPARATUS THAT USES THE SAME - A vibration-type actuator which achieves high accuracy and durability. The vibration-type actuator includes a vibrating body, a contact body, a supporting member, and at least one positioning and holding member. The vibrating body includes an elastic body with grooves and projecting portions alternately formed in a direction of relative movement of the vibrating body and the contact body, and further includes an electromechanical transducer mounted on the elastic body. The at least one positioning and holding member restrains movement of the vibrating body with respect to the supporting member in the relative movement direction, and includes an interposing portion interposed between a plurality of the projecting portions and a mounting portion mounted on the supporting member. The supporting member includes a receiving portion onto which the mounting portion is mounted with a clearance formed between the mounting portion and the receiving portion in the relative movement direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014120 | Piezo-Elements for Wearable Devices - Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that scavenge mechanical energy to provide electrical energy to a wearable, where the mechanical energy is scavenged by a bending-strain-based transducer that includes a non-resonant energy harvester. By employing a non-resonant energy harvester that operates in bending mode, more electrical energy can be generated that possible with prior-art energy harvesters. In some embodiments the bending-strain-based transducer also includes a sensor and/or a haptic device. Some transducers in accordance with the present disclosure comprise a piezoelectric layer comprising a low-K piezoelectric material, such as aluminum nitride, which enables generation of higher voltage and power/energy output and/or a thinner transducer. As a result, transducers in accordance with the present disclosure can be included in wearables for which large transducer thickness would be problematic, such as shoe insoles, midsoles or outsoles, garments, bras, handbags, backpacks, and the like. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014121 | Multidimension-Controllable Switch Levitation System - A multidimension-controllable levitation switch comprising a switch levitating body having a magnet; a magnetic levitation support mechanism for supporting the switch body in a stably levitated state relative thereto; magnetic detector means for detecting magnetic field variation of the switch body relative thereto and outputting a correspondingly varied magnetic signal; and a switch control circuit receiving the varied magnetic signal output by the magnetic detector means, and generating a corresponding switch signal based on the varied magnetic signal received. The multidimension-controllable levitation switch or switch system of the present invention may be applied to various electrical appliances, wherein the switch-shift operation of the electric device can be achieved simply by applying a push or press action on the levitating body, and thus incorporates operational convenience as well as novelty. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014122 | SINGLE PHASE MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a single phase motor driving circuit which includes a stator winding, a control unit, a controllable bidirectional AC switch, and two power input terminals configured to connect an AC power source. The stator winding includes a first winding and a second winding. The parallel-connected first winding and second winding and the controllable bidirectional AC switch are connected in series between the two power input terminals. The control unit is connected to a control electrode of the controllable bidirectional AC switch, to control the controllable bidirectional AC switch to be switched on and off. The present disclosure further provides a driving method for the single phase motor driving circuit. The single phase motor driving circuit and the driving method thereof has better reliability while ensuring sufficient starting torque. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014123 | LINEAR RESONANT DEVICE, AND BRAKING METHOD FOR SAME - A linear resonant device and a braking method for the same. The linear resonant device comprises a linear resonant motor and a drive chip. The drive chip pre-stores a drive waveform and at least one first braking waveform therein. The method comprises: determining, in response to a braking instruction, whether vibration of the linear resonant motor meets a first condition while being driven by the drive waveform; and if so, controlling the drive chip to drive, by using the first braking waveform, the linear resonant motor and to conduct a first braking process for the linear resonant motor, wherein the first braking waveform comprises at least two pulse waveforms, and an amplitude value of each of the at least two pulse waveforms gradually decreases along a propagation direction of the first braking waveform. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014124 | ELECTRIC MOTOR SYSTEM - An electric motor system includes a drive shaft, a first electric motor, a second electric motor, a first inverter, a second inverter and a control unit. The drive shaft is rotatable around an axis. The first electric motor and the second electric motor rotate the drive shaft. The first inverter supplies power in order to generate a torque to the first electric motor. The second inverter supplies power in order to generate a torque to the second electric motor. The control unit controls the first inverter and the second inverter. The controller is configured to be able to change a ratio between an output torque of the first electric motor and an output torque of the second electric motor. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014125 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BRUSHLESS PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - A method of controlling a brushless permanent magnet motor includes determining a motor operating target. The method includes comparing the motor operating target to a set of pre-determined excitation timing parameter relationships. The method includes operating the motor in accordance with an excitation timing parameter relationship determined from the set of pre-determined excitation timing parameter relationships to provide a motor operating response close to the motor operating target. The method includes measuring a measured motor operating response, comparing the measured motor operating response to the motor operating target, and applying a correction factor to an excitation timing parameter of the motor when the measured motor operating response does not match the motor operating target, such that the measured motor operating response moves toward the motor operating target. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014126 | POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD - A position estimation device acquires detection values of a magnetic field strength at three or more locations of a rotor in accordance with a rotor angle in a range where the rotor angle is less than one rotation. A feature amount calculator is provided to calculate feature amounts of a waveform of the magnetic field strength based on the detection values of the magnetic field strength. An estimator is provided to determine, for each pole pair number of the rotor, whether or not a pattern of a magnitude relationship of the feature amounts learned in advance coincides with a pattern of a magnitude relationship of the feature amounts calculated, and to estimate, as a rotation position of the rotor, the pole pair number with which a pattern of the magnitude relationship coincides. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014127 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING A MAGNETIC DEVICE - A method for positioning a magnetic device providing an impulse ring forming a coder and at least three magnetic detection cells forming a magnetic sensor. The impulse ring being provided with a target having pairs of magnetic poles. The number of pair of magnetic poles being counted. The magnetic detection cells are positioned around the target of the impulse ring according to the number of pair of magnetic poles and according to the number of detection cells. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014128 | CONTROL METHOD OF IMPACT POWER TOOL - A control method of an impact power tool includes: control a motor to rotate; continuously obtain a rotation speed signal based on a detecting result of a rotation speed detecting device and obtain a current signal based on a detecting result of a current detecting device; obtain a rotating time of each of rotation angles of the motor based on a variation of pulse waves of rotation speed signal and obtain the motor current based on the current signal; determine a number of impact that the impact mechanism produces based on a variation of the rotating time and a variation of the motor current; control the motor to stop rotating when the number of impact reaches a predetermined number. In this way, an output torque outputted by the impact power tool could be accurately controlled. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014129 | POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD - A position estimation device acquires detection values of magnetic field strength at three or more locations of a rotor in a range where a rotor angle is less than one rotation. A section is selected based on a detection value of the magnetic field strength from predetermined sections for a pole pair number of the rotor. A feature amount calculator is provided to calculate feature amounts of a waveform of the magnetic field strength based on a combination of the detection values of the magnetic field strength according to the section selected. An estimator is provided to determine, for each segment associated with the section selected, whether or not a magnitude relationship of the feature amounts learned in advance coincides with a magnitude relationship of the feature amounts calculated, and estimating, as a rotation position of the rotor, the pole pair number associated with the segment having the same magnitude relationship. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014130 | SENSOR-LESS CIRCUITS AND RELATED METHODS FOR BACK EMF ZERO CROSSING DETECTION - A sensor-less detection circuit includes a first voltage adjustment circuit providing a first output voltage at a first node using one of three input voltages. A second voltage adjustment circuit provides a second output voltage at a second node using all three, or only two, of the three input voltages. The second voltage adjustment circuit acts as an internal virtual neutral point for detecting a zero crossing event of the motor. A differential amplifier is coupled with the first and second nodes and outputs a third output voltage at a third node. A reference buffer has a reference voltage input and provides a fourth output voltage at a fourth node. A comparator is coupled with the third and fourth nodes and outputs a fifth output voltage at a fifth node, the fifth voltage indicating a zero cross event. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014131 | TWO OUTPUT PIN PROTOCOL FOR SPEED, DIRECTION, AND DIAGNOSIS - A sensor device includes a first sensor element that generates a first sensor signal based on a varying magnetic field; a second sensor element that generates a second sensor signal based on the varying magnetic field; a signal processing circuit configured to generate a first pulsed signal based on the first sensor signal and generate a second pulsed signal based on the second sensor signal; a fault detector that detects a fault and generates an error signal indicating the fault; and an output generator that receives the error signal based on a first condition that the fault detector detects the fault, and simultaneously outputs a first output signal and a second output signal. In response to the first condition being satisfied, the output generator maintains the first output signal in a steady state and outputs the second pulsed signal as the second output signal. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014132 | VECTOR FLUX WEAKENING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR OF ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM - The present disclosure disclose a vector flux weakening control system for a permanent magnet synchronous motor of an electric drive system, which includes a current closed-loop regulation module, a modulation index deviation calculation module, a current characteristic point setting module, a current compensation vector angle calculation module, a current compensation vector amplitude calculation module, a current compensation vector calculation module and a current instruction correction module. In the present disclosure, the three-phase short-circuit current of the motor is taken as the end point of flux weakening regulation, and when voltage saturation occurs, the motor control system can exit saturation; since an inverter supplies power through a power battery bus at the terminal of the motor, the terminal voltage thereof will not be as low as zero, and there is a large margin to deal with abnormal factors; by introducing a dq current and correcting it at the same time, the pressure of resisting voltage saturation can be distributed to the dq current, thus avoiding excessive deviation of an output torque caused by excessive uniaxial current regulation. According to the present disclosure, the influence of the flux weakening control process on the output torque of the drive system is reduced as much as possible while ensuring the safety of the drive system. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014133 | METHOD OF CONTROL FOR POWER CONVERTER, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A method of controlling of a polyphase power converter driven by an algorithm of the pulse width modulation type, in which a control parameter comprising a drive setpoint value or a pulse duration associated with a value of drive setpoint of at least one phase, situated in a non-linearity zone of a chart, is modified by modifying the value of said parameter so that it is in a linearity zone of the chart. The control parameter of each of the phases is modified in the same manner. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014134 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method for controlling an electric vehicle having a field winding type synchronous motor for providing a driving force, the field winding type synchronous motor that has a rotor having a rotor winding and a stator having a stator winding, by controlling a stator current flowing in the stator winding and a rotor current flowing in the rotor winding is provided. The method includes: setting a basic torque command value based on a vehicle information; calculating a d-axis current command value and a first q-axis current command value for the stator current, and a f-axis current command value for the rotor current, based on the basic torque command value and the vehicle information; calculating a magnetic flux estimate value, which is an estimated value of a magnetic flux generated in the rotor, based on the d-axis current command value and the f-axis current command value; calculating a final torque command value, based on the first q-axis current command value and the magnetic flux estimate value; calculating a second q-axis current command value, based on the magnetic flux estimate value and the final torque command value. The method includes further includes controlling the stator current and the rotor current, based on the second q-axis current command value, the d-axis current command value and the f-axis current command value. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014135 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING INDIVIDUAL PHASE RESISTANCE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - The present invention relates to a method for estimating individual phase resistance of a motor by means of an adjustable speed drive (ASD) while the motor controlled by the ASD is running and/or is at standstill. The motor is an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor. The invention also relates to an adjustable speed drive for executing a corresponding method. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014136 | MOTOR AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A motor includes: coil groups of n phases (n is an integer of three or more); a first inverter connected to one ends of the coil groups of n phases; a second inverter connected to the other ends of the coil groups of n phases; a stator around which the coil groups of n phases are wound; and a rotor that can rotate relative to the stator. At least one coil group of the coil groups of n phases includes a first sub coil group including a first coil and a second coil connected in series, and a second sub coil group including a third coil and a fourth coil connected in series. The first sub coil group and the second sub coil group are connected in parallel. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014137 | BATTERY HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MOTOR DRIVING SYSTEM - A battery heating system and method using a motor driving system are provided. A temperature of a battery is increased by injecting an alternating current into the battery so that charging and discharging of the battery is repeated using the motor driving system including an inverter and a motor provided in a vehicle. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014138 | INVERTER CONTROL DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an inverter control device which estimates back electromotive force of an induction motor, and which uses a torque current and a flux current so as to calculate a slip frequency and compensate for same, thereby enabling the motor to operate at a constant speed. To this end, the present invention may comprise: a command voltage generating unit for outputting, to an inverter, a three phase PWM voltage with respect to a command frequency on the basis of a voltage/frequency operation; and a slip frequency determining unit for determining a slip frequency on the basis of a phase current and a phase voltage of a motor driven by the inverter. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014139 | INVERTER CONTROL DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an inverter control device for estimating the magnetic flux of a rotor, and calculating and compensating for a slip frequency on the basis of a torque current and a magnetic flux current, to control the speed of an electric motor. To this end, the present invention may comprise: a command voltage generation unit for outputting a three-phase PWM voltage with respect to a command frequency to an inverter on the basis of voltage/frequency operation; and a slip frequency determination unit for determining a slip frequency on the basis of the phase current and phase voltage of an electric motor driven by the inverter. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014140 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING REDUNDANT ELECTRIC CONTROL UNIT - A motor control system comprises: a motor; power sources; electric control units (ECUs) connected with the motor, each of ECUs comprising an inverter connected with a respective power source; and a controller monitoring whether an abnormality is detected in a voltage supplied to ECU(s). When the abnormality is detected in the voltage supplied to non-active ECU, the controller isolates current of active ECU to an inverter of active ECU to prevent high voltage spike caused by uncontrolled current flowing from active ECU to non-active ECU having the abnormality, and after the current of active ECU is isolated, electrically disconnects non-active ECU from active ECU and/or the motor. When the abnormality is detected in the voltage supplied to active ECU, the controller electrically disconnects active ECU from non-active ECU and/or the motor; and after active ECU having the abnormality is disconnected from non-active ECU and/or the motor, activates non-active ECU. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014141 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A FAILSAFE ROTATIONAL SPEED MONITORING PROCESS - A method for fail-safe rotational speed monitoring of a sensorless three-phase drive, in which the three-phase drive is controlled in three phases with the phases U, V, W by drive electronics comprising an inverter, with the voltage signals at the three phases U, V, W being present as pulse width modulated signals, in which an output frequency of the inverter applied to the drive is determined and an actual rotational speed of the drive is determined therefrom, in which the actual rotational speed is compared with a predeterminable desired rotational speed and in which, if the actual rotational speed exceeds the desired rotational speed, the drive is switched off, the pulse width of the pulse width modulated signals being used to determine the output frequency of the inverter. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014142 | PHOTOVOLTAIC BUILDING MATERIAL WITH ABILITY OF SAFE ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION - A photovoltaic building material, which can safely generate electric power with solar power energy is disclosed. The photovoltaic building material can be used as building material, and can be directly installed on the fixed part of the building, such as roof, wall or decoration materials on the surface of building. The photovoltaic building material is accord with the architectural requirements of waterproof, fireproof, load-carrying ability, durability and heat-insulation. When this invention is installed on the roof, the automatic spraying device can be set up on the height of ridge, which realizes the functions of roof cleaning and cooling down by the automatic water spraying. Also, with the auxiliary device, this invention can intensify the ability to withstand strong winds for roof, and can ensure safety in the typhoon/hurricane area. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014143 | WATER GUIDING ASSEMBLY AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A water guiding assembly configured to drain water or discharge other liquid or solid substances for a photovoltaic assembly is provided. The water guiding assembly includes a water guider and a mounting component. The water guider includes a water guiding portion, the water guiding portion has a fitting portion configured to abut against a frame of the photovoltaic assembly, to provide a gap between the water guiding portion and the frame to form a guiding channel. The mounting component includes a fixing portion and a connecting portion, an end of the connecting portion is detachably connected to the water guider, and another end of the connecting portion is connected to the fixing portion to form a clamping opening with the water guider and the fixing portion, which is configured to clamp the frame. The connecting portion is provided with a discharge channel butted with the guiding channel. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014144 | Photovoltaic Panel Having a Distributed Support Frame - A photovoltaic panel having a photovoltaic module supported by a distributed support frame is described. The distributed support frame may include a support member extending over a back surface of the photovoltaic module. For example, one or more support members may extend laterally from a support hub mounted on the back surface. The distributed support frame may reduce a span length of the photovoltaic module between support locations, and thus, may reduce a likelihood that a module laminate will crack under a design load. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014145 | WATER GUIDER AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A water guider and a photovoltaic module are provided. The water guider includes a water guiding portion and a water discharge portion. The water guiding portion is provided with a first position limiting portion configured to abut against a frame of the photovoltaic assembly, so that a first gap is formed between the water guiding portion and the frame, to form a water guiding channel. The water discharge portion is provided at an angle with respect to the water guiding portion, a second gap is provided between the water discharge portion and the frame, to form a water discharge channel. The water discharge channel is in communication with the water guiding channel. The water guider employs the capillary principle to effectively discharge water or dust accumulated on the glass layer located at an inner side of the frame out of the frame. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014146 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REPAIRING A SOLAR STATION - A method and system are provided for cost effectively and efficiently maintaining equipment in a solar station. In the method and system, data is acquired from different sources. The data sets are aligned with each other using time-stamps and location-stamps provided with each data set. The aligned data sets are then compared to identify conditions of the equipment in need of repair. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014147 | TERAHERTZ DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TERAHERTZ DEVICE - Terahertz device A | 2022-01-13 |
20220014148 | RF Frequency Multiplier Without Balun - Radio frequency (RF) mixer circuits having a complementary frequency multiplier module that requires no balun to multiply a lower frequency base oscillator signal to a higher frequency local oscillator (LO) signal, and which has a significantly reduced IC area compared to balun-based frequency multipliers. In one embodiment, the complementary frequency multiplier module includes a complementary pair of FETs controlled by an applied base oscillator signal. The complementary FETs are coupled to a common-gate FET amplifier and alternate becoming conductive in response to the base oscillator signal. The alternating switching of the complementary FETs in response to the opposing phases of the base oscillator signal cause the common-gate FET amplifier to output a higher frequency local oscillator (LO) signal. The LO signal is coupled to the LO input of a mixer or mixer core of a type suitable for use in conjunction with a frequency multiplier. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014149 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC REFERENCE VOLTAGE IN POWER CONSTRAINED DEVICES - A simplified electronics approach to allow cost, size, and power consumption to be reduced while maintaining state of the art accuracy and reliability, key features for wireless medical devices/systems and industrial sensors alike. Extreme accuracy is achieved by innovative noise shaping and filtering introduced to the electrochemical sensor, before sampling by the analog to digital converter. Introduction of the noise and bias to the electrochemical sensor provides very low power biasing which is necessary to achieve overall reliable and very accurate bias for the electrochemical reaction cell. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014150 | POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING A POWER AMPLIFIER - A method of operating a power amplifier supplying power to an antenna, supplying switched power to the power amplifier comprises in a first mode of operation via a driver circuit and one or more switches to switch the supply of power to the power amplifier on and off periodically; and calibrating the power amplifier in a second mode of operation. The calibrating comprises supplying voltage to the power amplifier via the same driver circuit and one or more switches for a calibration pulse duration longer than the on/off period. A power supply and an RF front end comprising the power supply are also disclosed. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014151 | HIGH QUIESCENT CURRENT CONTROL - A circuit is provided. In some examples, the circuit includes a first transistor having a gate and a drain coupled together and a current source coupled to the drain of the first transistor. A second transistor has a drain coupled to a source of the first transistor. A third transistor has a gate coupled to the gate of the first transistor. A fourth transistor has a drain coupled to a source of the third transistor and a gate of the fourth transistor is coupled to a gate of the second transistor. In some examples, the third transistor is configured to limit a first current between the third transistor and the fourth transistor based on an output voltage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014152 | POWER AMPLIFIERS WITH SUPPLY CAPACITOR SWITCHING - Power amplifiers with supply capacitor switching are provided herein. In certain configurations, a power amplifier system includes a power amplifier that provides amplification to a radio frequency (RF) signal, a power management circuit that controls a voltage level of a supply voltage of the power amplifier, a supply capacitor, and a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) switch in series with the supply capacitor between the supply voltage and the a reference voltage, such as ground. The power management circuit is operable in multiple supply control modes including, for example, an average power tracking (APT) mode and an envelope tracking (ET) mode. Additionally, the SOI switch is controlled based on the supply control mode of the power management circuit. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014153 | ENVELOPE TRACKING FOR DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIERS - Envelope tracking schemes for Doherty power amplifiers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a carrier amplifier that amplifies a first radio frequency signal, a peaking amplifier that amplifies a second radio frequency signal corresponding to a delayed version of the first radio frequency signal, an envelope tracker that generates a first power supply voltage that powers the carrier amplifier, and a delay circuit that delays the first power supply voltage to generate a second power supply voltage that powers the peaking amplifier. The envelope tracker controls a voltage level of the first power supply voltage to track an envelope of the first radio frequency signal. Thus, supply modulation is used to achieve gains in linearity, efficiency, and/or other performance metrics. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014154 | DYNAMIC SUPPRESSION OF POP AND CLICK NOISE IN AN AUDIO DRIVER - An output driver for an audio system includes a pre-charge circuit. The pre-charge circuit includes a charging amplifier and a feedback bias circuit. A charging amplifier includes an output node for coupling to a capacitive load, a first input node for receiving a reference voltage, a second input node for coupling to the output node of the charging amplifier, and a bias node for receiving a bias current. An output current of the charging amplifier varies with the bias current. The feedback bias circuit is coupled to the output node to sense an output voltage of the charging amplifier, and configured to provide the bias current that varies with the output voltage of the charging amplifier. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014155 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A SATURATION CONDITION OF A POWER AMPLIFIER - The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for detecting and preventing occurrence of a saturation state in a power amplifier. A power amplifier module can include a power amplifier including a cascode transistor pair. The cascode transistor pair can include a first transistor and a second transistor. The power amplifier module can include a current comparator configured to compare a first base current of the first transistor and a second base current of the second transistor to obtain a comparison value. The power amplifier module can include a saturation controller configured to supply a reference signal to an impedance matching network based on the comparison value. The impedance matching network can be configured to modify a load impedance of a load line in electrical communication with the power amplifier based at least in part on the reference signal. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014156 | DEVICE INCLUDING POWER TRANSISTOR AND DC FEED PATH AND METHOD - A device is provided including a power transistor at an output node, which is coupled to a load terminal of the power transistor. A DC feed path is also provided. One or more discrete capacitors are coupled between the DC feed path and a reference potential. A first capacitor of the one or more discrete capacitors which is closest to the output node is a trench capacitor device. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO POWER AMPLIFICATION AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL - Systems and methods related to power amplification and power supply control. A power amplification control system can include an interface configured to receive a transceiver control signal from a transceiver. The power amplification control system can include a power amplifier control component configured to generate a power amplifier control signal based on the transceiver control signal from the transceiver and a power supply control component configured to generate a power supply control signal based on the transceiver control signal from the transceiver and to generate the power supply control signal based on a local control signal from the power amplifier control component. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014158 | MILLIMETER-WAVELENGTH POWER AMPLIFIERS HAVING BOTH HIGH POWER GAIN AND HIGH OUTPUT POWER - A power amplifier (amp) is disclosed. This power amp can include a first transistor configured in the common source (CS) amplification mode, wherein the gate terminal of the first transistor is used as the input port of the power amp; and a second transistor configured in the common gate (CG) amplification mode, wherein the drain terminal of the second transistor is used as the output port of the power amp. The power amp also includes a first inductive component coupled between the drain terminal of the first transistor and the ground to increase the impedance between the drain terminal of the first transistor and the ground, thereby increasing an output power at the output port. The power amp additionally includes a second inductive component coupled between the drain terminal of the first transistor and the source terminal of the second transistor to increase the conductance in the output admittance at the output port, thereby further increasing the output power at the output port. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014159 | Push-pull Class E Amplifier - Example embodiments relate to push-pull class E amplifiers. One example push-pull class E amplifier includes an input configured for receiving a signal to be amplified. The push-pull class E amplifier also includes an output configured for outputting the signal after amplification. Additionally, the push-pull class E amplifier includes a printed circuit board having a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer. Further, the push-pull class E amplifier includes a first amplifying unit and a second amplifying unit. Yet further, the push-pull class E amplifier includes a balun, a capacitive unit, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment, and a fourth line segment. The first line segment and the second line segment are arranged on the first dielectric layer. A combined length of the third line segment and the fourth line segment corresponds to a quarter wavelength of an operational frequency of the amplifier. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014160 | LOWER-SKEW RECEIVER CIRCUIT WITH RF IMMUNITY FOR CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) - A circuit (e.g., implemented as part of a controller area network (CAN) bus receiver includes a pre-amplifier stage having first and second outputs. The circuit also includes a comparator having first and second inputs. The first input is coupled to the first output of the pre-amplifier stage, and the second input is coupled to the second output of the pre-amplifier stage. The comparator includes an input differential transistor pair, a second pair of transistors coupled to the input differential transistor pair in a cascode configuration, and a push-pull output stage coupled to the second pair of transistors. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014161 | METHOD FOR MAKING TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS WITH PIEZOELECTRIC DIAPHRAGM SUPPORTED BY PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATE - Methods of making acoustic resonators and filter devices. A method includes attaching a piezoelectric plate to a substrate, and forming a conductor pattern including an interdigital transducer (IDT) on a portion of the piezoelectric plate that forms a diaphragm spanning a cavity such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are on the diaphragm. The substrate and the piezoelectric plate are the same material. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014162 | Sensor with Resonator Supported on a Substrate - A sensor that includes a substrate with a first side having a cavity extending into the first side. A resonator is connected to the substrate and extends over the cavity with the resonator including first and second electrodes overlapping on opposing sides of the piezoelectric crystal. The substrate is connected to the resonator such that one or more physical parameters exerted on the substrate are transferred to the resonator. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014163 | High Power, Double-Sided Thin Film Filter - A high power thin film filter is disclosed includes a substrate having a substrate thickness in a Z-direction between a first surface and a second surface. A thin film capacitor may be formed over the first surface. A thin film inductor may be spaced apart from the thin film capacitor by at least the thickness of the substrate. A via may be formed in the substrate that electrically connects the thin film capacitor and the thin film inductor. The via may include a polymeric composition. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014164 | SYSTEM APPLIED IN SWITCH TUBE FOR CONDUCTED EMI SUPPRESSION AND DOMESTIC APPLIANCE | 2022-01-13 |
20220014165 | SELECTIVE FILTERING FOR CONTINUOUS 5 GHZ AND 6 GHZ OPERATION OF A NETWORK DEVICE - Examples described herein provide selective filtering by a network device for continuous 5 GHz and 6 GHz operation. Examples may include receiving, by the network device, a first signal in a 5 GHz band, and generating, by the network device, a second signal in a 6 GHz band. Examples may include selecting, by the network device, a first filter or a second filter to be applied the first signal in the 5 GHz band, wherein the first filter allows a lower frequency band to pass than the second filter in the 5 GHz band, selecting, by the network device, a third filter or a fourth filter to be applied to the second signal in the 6 GHz band, wherein the third filter allows a lower frequency band to pass than the fourth filter in the 6 GHz band, and simultaneously applying, by the network device, the selected first or second filter to the first signal and the selected third or fourth filter to the second signal. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014166 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE BY NEUTRAL STRESS PLANE ENGINEERING THROUGH DOUBLE SIDED SILICON SUBSTRATE INTEGRATION - The present disclosure relates to a Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) device with a substantially symmetrical structure in a vertical direction. The disclosed BAW device includes a main device region having a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, a bottom reflector section underneath the bottom electrode, a bottom substrate underneath the bottom reflector section, a top reflector section over the top electrode, and a top substrate over the bottom reflector section. Herein, the bottom reflector section, the bottom substrate, the top reflector section, and the top substrate are configured so that a neutral plane of the BAW device is positioned at a center of the piezoelectric layer. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014167 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric body including LiTaO | 2022-01-13 |
20220014168 | TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS WITH PIEZOELECTRIC DIAPHRAGM SUPPORTED BY PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATE - Acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate. A conductor pattern formed is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate, including an interdigital transducer (IDT) with interleaved fingers of the IDT on the diaphragm. The substrate and the piezoelectric plate are the same material. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014169 | LAMB WAVE RESONATOR AND OTHER TYPE OF ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR INCLUDED IN ONE OR MORE FILTERS - Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave filters that include a Lamb wave resonator and a second acoustic wave resonator that is a different type of acoustic wave resonator than the Lamb wave resonator. The different type of resonator can be a film bulk acoustic wave resonator for example. Some embodiments of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave filter that includes the Lamb wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator. Some embodiments of this disclosure related to different respective acoustic wave filters including the Lamb wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator, in which the Lamb wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are implemented on a common substrate. | 2022-01-13 |
20220014170 | LAMB WAVE LOOP CIRCUIT FOR ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER - Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave filter configured to filter a radio frequency signal and a loop circuit coupled to the acoustic wave filter. The loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. The loop circuit includes a Lamb wave element. Related radio frequency modules and wireless communication devices are disclosed. | 2022-01-13 |