101 |
Symmetrical Power Converter |
US14706847 |
2015-05-07 |
US20150326132A1 |
2015-11-12 |
Edward Herbert |
A switched-capacitor circuit has two capacitors and two MOSFETs that cross-couple the capacitors, connecting the anode of one to the cathode of the other, and vice-versa. When either MOSFET is on, the capacitors are in series; the order alternates as the MOSFETs alternate. A reversing cyclical voltage suitable as a primary drive for a transformer is generated. If the MOSFETs alternate with no dead-time, a square-wave excitation is generated. With off-time, a pwm excitation is generate. Charge is maintained on the switched-capacitors using a symmetrical common-mode inductor. A bifilar winding is center-tap as its input, and the ends of the bifilar winding are connected to the capacitors. The capacitors are effectively in parallel. Because the charging current flows and returns through each leg of the inductor equally, it cannot magnetize the inductor core or cause any flux change. Because any voltages induced in the windings are common-mode, flux change in the core does not affect the charging current. The ac voltage generated when the capacitors switch is across the full inductor. Not only does the inductance attenuate any noise, the center-tap is between equal and opposite negative and positive voltages, which cancel. There is very little noise at the input. The circuit is reciprocal, so it can be used to rectify a transformer output. Two can be used as a bi-directional transformer isolated power converter. Several modules using 1 to 1 transformers can be stacked for a power converter having a higher ratio of input to output voltage. |
102 |
Six-Phase Supplied Transformer Rectifier Unit |
US14202888 |
2014-03-10 |
US20150256099A1 |
2015-09-10 |
Jian Huang; Christopher Mark Severns; Alan Thomas Bernier |
A method and apparatus for forming a direct current power supply. An apparatus comprises a transformer and a rectifier. The transformer is figured to output a plurality of phase-shifted alternating currents in response to receiving a plurality of alternating currents. The plurality of alternating currents and the plurality of phase-shifted alternating currents form a plurality of input alternating currents that are offset relative to each other by one-twelfth of a cycle in phase. The rectifier is configured to form a direct current power supply having a common mode voltage reduced to zero within selected tolerances in response to receiving the plurality of input alternating currents. |
103 |
Modular electronic header assembly and methods of manufacture |
US13953645 |
2013-07-29 |
US08845367B2 |
2014-09-30 |
Aurelio J. Gutierrez; Russell L. Machado; Christopher P. Schaffer; Victor H. Renteria |
A device for electrically interconnecting and packaging electronic components. In one embodiment, a modular non-conducting base member having one or more component recesses and a plurality of lead channels formed therein is provided. At least one electronic component is disposed within the recess, and the wire leads of the component routed through the lead channels to a conductive lead terminal. A plurality of lead terminals, adapted to cooperate with the non-conducting base member, are received therein, and adapted to place the device in signal communication with an external printed circuit board. The modular non-conducting base members are assembled or stacked to form a unitary modular assembly. Methods for fabricating the device are also disclosed. |
104 |
MODULAR ELECTRONIC HEADER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE |
US13953645 |
2013-07-29 |
US20140036459A1 |
2014-02-06 |
Aurelio J. Gutierrez; Russell L. Machado; Christopher P. Schaffer; Victor H. Renteria |
A device for electrically interconnecting and packaging electronic components. In one embodiment, a modular non-conducting base member having one or more component recesses and a plurality of lead channels formed therein is provided. At least one electronic component is disposed within the recess, and the wire leads of the component routed through the lead channels to a conductive lead terminal. A plurality of lead terminals, adapted to cooperate with the non-conducting base member, are received therein, and adapted to place the device in signal communication with an external printed circuit board. The modular non-conducting base members are assembled or stacked to form a unitary modular assembly. Methods for fabricating the device are also disclosed. |
105 |
LINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE |
US13553267 |
2012-07-19 |
US20140022040A1 |
2014-01-23 |
JAMES L. PECK |
A linear electromagnetic device, such as an inductor, transformer or the similar device, may include a core in which a magnetic flux is generable. The device may also include an opening through the core. The device may additionally include a primary conductor received in the opening and extending through the core. The primary conductor may include a substantially square or rectangular cross-section. An electrical current flowing through the primary conductor generates a magnetic field about the primary conductor, wherein substantially the entire magnetic field is absorbed by the core to generate the magnetic flux in the core. |
106 |
HIGH VOLTAGE INDUCTOR FILTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF |
US13953648 |
2013-07-29 |
US20130308351A1 |
2013-11-21 |
Grant A. MacLennan |
The invention comprises a high frequency inductor filter apparatus coupled with an inverter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output. For example, an inductor/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies. A filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material and optional magnet wires, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies. |
107 |
NETWORK TRANSFORMER MODULE AND MAGNETIC ELEMENT THEREOF |
US13612862 |
2012-09-13 |
US20130229255A1 |
2013-09-05 |
Hua-Sheng SHIH; Yu-Sen LIN; Tong-Liang NI; Ying-Chian KANG; Yi-Sheng CHEN |
A network transformer module includes a first magnetic element, a second magnetic element, and a connection board. The first magnetic element includes a first winding set and a first core, and the first winding set is wound around the first core. The second magnetic element includes a second winding set and a second core, and the second winding set is wound around the second core. The first winding set of the first magnetic element is independent from the second winding set of the second magnetic element, and the first winding set is not wound around the second core. The connection board electrically couples the first winding set with the second winding set. A magnetic element is also disclosed herein. |
108 |
Insulated transformers, and power converting device |
US12081695 |
2008-04-18 |
US08269594B2 |
2012-09-18 |
Hiroyuki Yoshimura; Katsunori Ueno; Masaharu Edo |
An insulated transformer, which can suppress aging deterioration and can reduce the influence of noise caused by external magnetic flux, while improving reliability and environmental resistance, and can send and receive signals while electrically insulating a low-voltage side and a high-voltage side. A secondary coil is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a primary coil is formed on one face of a glass substrate. The primary coil fixes the glass substrate formed on one face onto the semiconductor substrate through the other face of the glass substrate by an adhesive layer. |
109 |
Coupled inductor with improved leakage inductance control |
US12830849 |
2010-07-06 |
US08237530B2 |
2012-08-07 |
Alexandr Ikriannikov |
An M-winding coupled inductor includes a first end magnetic element, a second end magnetic element, M connecting magnetic elements, and M windings. M is an integer greater than one. Each connecting magnetic element is disposed between and connects the first and second end magnetic elements. Each winding is wound at least partially around a respective one of the M connecting magnetic elements. The coupled inductor further includes at least one top magnetic element adjacent to and extending at least partially over at least two of the M connecting magnetic elements to provide a magnetic flux path between the first and second end magnetic elements. The inductor may be included in an M-phase power supply, and the power supply may at least partially power a computer processor. |
110 |
Method for powering a magnetic coupler and device for powering an electric dipole |
US12446035 |
2007-10-22 |
US08009003B2 |
2011-08-30 |
Eric Laboure; Thierry Antoine Meynard; François Forest |
A method for powering a magnetic coupler, in which: a) each winding of a first magnetic elementary cell is powered such as to produce a magnetizing flux in a bar of the first cell which is joined with a second cell, the fundamental component of which has an angular offset xi; and b) powering each winding of the second cell such as to produce a magnetizing flux in the bar of the second cell which is joined with the first cell, the fundamental component of which has an angular offset xj. The absolute value of the difference between the angular offsets xi and xj is greater than or equal to (I) rad. |
111 |
MULTI-TORROID TRANSFORMER |
US13056920 |
2009-07-29 |
US20110164441A1 |
2011-07-07 |
Robert Richardson |
A transformer comprises a secondary winding including a plurality of coaxially arranged toroidal closed magnetic circuits connected in series within an enclosure and a primary winding comprising a plurality of turns including electrically conducting members passing axially through the toroidal closed magnetic circuits, respective ones of the plurality of electrically conducting members being electrically connected by respective electrically conducting strip lines passing along walls of the enclosure to form the continuous primary winding. |
112 |
Power source for plasma device |
US12042889 |
2008-03-05 |
US07796005B2 |
2010-09-14 |
George D. Blankenship; Robert L. Dodge; Todd E. Kooken; Lifeng Luo |
A plasma device including a power source for creating an AC output signal with a matrix transformer between said power source and a series circuit comprising a first lead and a second lead. The matrix transformer including at least two modules with a first primary portion formed of first and second tubes connected at one end and a second primary portion formed of third and fourth tubes connected at one end, with said third and fourth tubes mounted in, and electrically isolated from, said first and second tubes, respectively, where said concentric tubes define generally parallel elongated passages through the module. A secondary winding is wrapped through the elongated passages of each module. There is a first series circuit from the power source to the matrix transformer for passing the first polarity of the AC output signal through the first primary sections of the modules, a second series circuit from the power source to the matrix transformer for passing the second polarity of the output signal through the second primary sections, a rectifier for each of the secondary windings of the modules and a third series circuit connecting the rectifiers in series with the first and second leads so a voltage of over about 500 volts is across these leads. |
113 |
COMBINED TRANSFORMER AND MULTI-LAMP DRIVING CIRCUIT |
US12485643 |
2009-06-16 |
US20100164674A1 |
2010-07-01 |
Ming Yen Wu; Ching Chang Hsieh |
The invention discloses a combined transformer. The combined transformer includes a first core, a second core, a first primary coil, a first secondary coil, a second primary coil, and a second secondary coil. The first core includes a first side pillar and a second side pillar. The second core includes a third side pillar and fourth side pillar. The first primary coil winds around the first side pillar. The first secondary coil winds around the third side pillar which corresponds to the first primary coil. The second primary coil winds around the second side pillar. The second secondary coil winds around the fourth side pillar which corresponds to the second primary coil. The first core and the second core form a first magnetic path and a second magnetic path. The first primary coil, the first secondary coil, and the first magnetic path form a first transformer. The second primary coil, the second secondary coil, and the second magnetic path form a second transformer. And, the first transformer and the second transformer are connected in series. |
114 |
Power source for plasma device |
US11019893 |
2004-12-23 |
US07573000B2 |
2009-08-11 |
George D. Blankenship; Robert L. Dodge; Todd E. Kooken; Lifeng Luo |
A plasma device including a power source for creating an AC output signal with a matrix transformer between said power source and a series circuit comprising a first lead and a second lead. The matrix transformer including at least two modules with a first primary portion formed of first and second tubes connected at one end and a second primary portion formed of third and fourth tubes connected at one end, with said third and fourth tubes mounted in, and electrically isolated from, said first and second tubes, respectively, where said concentric tubes define generally parallel elongated passages through the module. A secondary winding is wrapped through the elongated passages of each module. There is a first series circuit from the power source to the matrix transformer for passing the first polarity of the AC output signal through the first primary sections of the modules, a second series circuit from the power source to the matrix transformer for passing the second polarity of the output signal through the second primary sections, a rectifier for each of the secondary windings of the modules and a third series circuit connecting the rectifiers in series with the first and second leads so a voltage of over about 500 volts is across these leads. |
115 |
Jointless windings for transformers |
US11396425 |
2006-03-31 |
US07479863B2 |
2009-01-20 |
Checky Chow Chi Kit; Kelvin So Wing Chi; Francois Lai Chung Hang |
A transformer includes at least two windings. Each winding has at least one turn, and the windings are configured from a loop of electrically conductive material. |
116 |
Method of making slotted core inductors and transformers |
US11638146 |
2006-12-13 |
US07477124B2 |
2009-01-13 |
Philip A. Harding |
Slot core inductors and transformers and methods for manufacturing same including using large scale flex circuitry manufacturing methods and machinery for providing two mating halves of a transformer winding. One winding is inserted into the slot of a slot core and one winding is located proximate to the exterior wall of the slot core. These respective halves are joined together using solder pads or the like to form continues windings through the slot and around the slotted core. |
117 |
Coupled-Inductor Multi-Phase Buck Converters |
US11678356 |
2007-02-23 |
US20080205098A1 |
2008-08-28 |
Ming Xu; Fred C. Lee; Yucheng Ying |
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. |
118 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMER CONTROL |
US11460064 |
2006-07-26 |
US20080024114A1 |
2008-01-31 |
Haiqing Weng; Kunlun Chen; Rajib Datta; Allen Michael Ritter |
A method to balance transformer flux among a plurality of transformers is disclosed. The plurality of transformers is connected to a plurality of converters, each transformer having an associated converter. The method comprises determining a reference flux value, measuring an actual flux value for each transformer, and developing a plurality of voltage command signals in relation to a plurality of variance values between the reference flux value and each actual flux value. In response to the voltage command signals being received at a modulator in signal communication with the plurality of converters, the method proceeds by generating a plurality of switching signals to reduce each of the variance values by making available the plurality of switching signals to each of the associated plurality of converters. |
119 |
Power converter |
US11723340 |
2007-03-19 |
US20070297204A1 |
2007-12-27 |
Zeng-Yi Lu; Wei Chen |
A power converter includes a power generating unit, at least two switching units, at least two transformers and a power outputting unit. The power generating unit generates a power signal. The switching units are electrically connected to the power generating unit, and the switching units respectively generate at least one switching signal according to the power signal. The transformers are electrically connected to the switching units, respectively. Each transformer has a first coil and a second coil. The first coils respectively receive the switching signals, and the second coils are electrically connected to each other in series. The power outputting unit is electrically connected to the first coils of the transformers. |
120 |
Jointless windings for transformers |
US11396425 |
2006-03-31 |
US20070229206A1 |
2007-10-04 |
Checky Kit; Kelvin Chi; Francois Hang |
A transformer includes at least two windings. Each winding has at least one turn, and the windings are configured from a loop of electrically conductive material. |