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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7724550 | Organic rectifier The invention relates to an electronic device (5) in the form of a flexible multilayer film body, in particular an RFID transponder, and to a rectifier (52) for such an electronic device. The rectifier (52) has at least two organic diodes or org... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7412766 | Method of fabricating coil-embedded inductor A method of fabricating a coil-embedded inductor provides steps for obtaining uniform density of coil-embedded inductor. The cavity of a first die is filled with dust before being flipped, and then filled with dust a second time. The dust in the cavity is pressed on... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7382112 | Methods and devices for input waveform control in switching power supplies The invention recognizes that filter size can be reduced substantially as power factor is permitted to deviate below unity in systematic ways. Preferred methods of the invention provide specific, computable waveforms that permit use of a minimum filter size given a ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365998 | Unregulated isolated DC/DC converter with ripple control An unregulated isolated DC/DC converter is configured to receive an input signal and to provide an output signal. A ripple control circuit is coupled to the unregulated isolated DC/DC converter, wherein the ripple control circuit is configured to reduce an amount of... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358627 | Electronic control systems and methods An apparatus in an electronic control system allows two or three wire operation. A power supply can supply power to the enclosed circuitry in both two and three wire installations. Two separate zero cross detectors are used such that timing information can be collec... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352594 | Stage for rectifying a three-phase current The rectification stage (18) having: an autotransformer (40) for twelve-phase rectification; two rectifiers (50A, 50B) each of which is connected at the input to three separate phases of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342764 | Electronic control systems and methods An apparatus in an electronic control system allows two or three wire operation. A power supply can supply power to the enclosed circuitry in both two and three wire installations. Two separate zero cross detectors are used such that timing information can be collec... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7317624 | Power factor correction method and apparatus and power supply using the same A power factor compensation method and apparatus adapted for use in a power supply which provides direct-current (DC) power via a capacitive input type smoothing circuit, and an improved power supply using the same. The power factor compensation method can correct a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7280938 | Method for determining a negative sequence component The invention relates to a method for determining properties of a negative sequence component of a space vector quantity in an electrical network. The method according to the invention includes the steps of determining on the basis of the properties of an ellipse fo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277302 | 12-pulse converter including a filter choke incorporated in the rectifier The invention provides a 12-pulse converter comprising an autotransformer having a primary winding connected in a delta configuration and two secondary windings connected in star configurations, the two secondary windings being connected to two rectifier bridges tha... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276882 | Regulator control circuit and method Switching devices control the rectification and flow of alternating current power from a source such as an alternator to a load such as a battery in response to both the voltage of the battery and a minimum selected time period that is selected to eliminate or reduc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272025 | Method and apparatus to control either a regulated or an unregulated output of a switching power supply Techniques are disclosed to control output power from a switching power supply. For example, a switching regulator according to aspects of the present invention includes a switch to be coupled to an energy transfer element of a power supply. A controller is coupled ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266000 | Controlled inrush current limiter An improved inrush current limiting circuit provides continuous control of current delivered to a filter capacitor based on the charge state of the filter capacitor. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7239497 | Environmentally hardened Ethernet switch A device for hardening an Ethernet switch is disclosed. The device provides cooling for the switch, and, suppresses electrical transients and electromagnetic interference, which could affect the power supply, and data transmission of the Ethernet switch. Using this ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7209024 | Filter circuit and power supply unit The present invention provides a filter circuit realizing reduction in the number of magnetic cores on a circuit board and a space occupied by the magnetic cores, and a power supply unit using the filter circuit. A filter circuit includes a first filter part and a s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200017 | Controller and driving method for supplying energy to display device circuitry A controller for controlling at least two power circuits comprises a phase-shift selector for generating a reference signal according to variable input signals, the reference signal is programmed to indicate an amount of phase-delay according to a number of CCFL pow... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187229 | Active filter for reduction of common mode current An active filter for reducing the common mode current in a pulse width modulated drive circuit driving a load, said drive circuit comprising an a-c source, a rectifier connected to said a-c source and producing a rectified output voltage connected to a positive d-c ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184287 | Rectifier clamping circuit with reverse energy recovery An energy-feedback clamping circuit of a power converter is proposed. The converter includes a transformer coupled to a full-wave rectifier circuit. The clamping circuit includes: two clamping diodes having two anodes coupled to each other at a common-anode terminal... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7126647 | Power supply device of video display apparatus and method thereof A power supply device of a video display apparatus and a method thereof is capable of improving operation reliability of a video display apparatus, preventing erratic operation of the video display apparatus caused by higher harmonics and preventing erratic operatio... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112943 | Enabling circuit for avoiding negative voltage transients An enabling circuit for enabling a DC—DC converter having a capacitor coupled to an output terminal of the DC—DC converter to be controlled by a control signal. The enabling circuit may include a comparison circuit configured to compare a feedback signal represe... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113065 | Modular inductor for use in power electronic circuits A modular inductor arrangement is provided in which a footprint of an enclosure for single or multiple phase inductors provides enhanced thermal transfer. The inductor coil may be wound about an axis generally parallel to a mounting surface of the package, so as to ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106012 | Electronic control unit, electric power-assisted steering device and transmission ratio-variable steering unit An electronic control unit for producing a sufficiently boosted voltage even when a supply voltage becomes high includes an inverter that drives switching elements and converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage, and booster means which boosts a DC voltage that is inpu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095636 | Electromagnetic interference filter for an autotransformer A filter system for attenuating electromagnetic interference (EMI) of an autotransformer-based rectification system that utilizes the leakage inductance of the autotransformer and one or more capacitors connected on the secondary side and optionally one or more diff... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091799 | Hybrid bypass networks for low-loss cables and ripple filter chokes Losses are reduced in electrical conductors and filters, especially those made with superconducting cables or inductors, which carry currents having both direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) portions as in rectifier busses and power distribution systems.... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088596 | Switching power supply with novel common mode filter arrangement The present invention is to provide a switching power supply device for preventing the change of characteristic of the line filter due to filler such as resin which covers the circuits. A switching power supply device is disclosed which comprise a rectifier 1... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085662 | Power quality indicator There is provided a method and a power quality indicator coupled to an electrical circuit. The indicator comprises the summing device configured to received a sensed wave form from the electrical circuit, including at least one voltage wave form. A summing device is... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082041 | Power supply filtering A power supply is filtered while the amount of in-rush current required by the capacitive charging of the filter is limited. A resistor may be placed in parallel with a relay where the parallel combination is in series with the filtering capacitor. The relay is open... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075245 | Driving circuit for multiple cold cathode fluorescent lamps backlight applications The present invention provides a driving circuit for driving a light source. The driving circuit includes a serial-arranged transformers system having multiple primary windings and secondary windings; a first switch conducting current though a first path and a secon... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061743 | Multi-pulse HVDC system using auxiliary circuit The present invention relates to a multi-pulse HVDC system which is capable of minimizing the number of thyristors by providing a thyristor auxiliary circuit in a conventional 12-pulse thyristor HVDC(High Voltage Direct Current), not using an additional stack of a t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057611 | Integrated power supply for an LCD panel The present invention provides an integrated LCD panel power supply formed on a single printed circuit board. The integrated power supply includes at least one DC/AC control unit, at least one DC/DC buck converter unit and at least one DC/DC boost control unit. Each... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046523 | Core structure and interleaved DC—DC converter topology There is disclosed a core structure with a very low profile, high power density and lower losses. The disclosed design allows for a larger core area where the DC fluxes are added, thereby reducing the air-gap requirements in the cores derived from low saturation den... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026767 | High-efficiency power supply apparatus used with a display panel driving system and method thereof A high-efficiency power supply apparatus used with a driving system of a display panel and a method of designing the same to improve an electrical power efficiency by providing a non-isolated direct current (DC) power directly to a display panel driving circuit comp... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012417 | Voltage regulator with stress mode An electronic device incorporates a primary function circuit and a voltage regulator that provides a regulated voltage signal to the primary function circuit. The voltage regulator is responsive to a stress-enable signal indicative of whether or not an external volt... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005762 | Electronic control systems and methods An apparatus in an electronic control system allows two or three wire operation. A power supply can supply power to the enclosed circuitry in both two and three wire installations. Two separate zero cross detectors are used such that timing information can be collec... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002320 | Power factor correction circuit with a coil The switched-mode power supply according to the invention has a power factor correction circuit, which operates on the principle of a current pump and has a first coil for damping voltage spikes, as well as a second coil for power factor correction. The two inductan... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969959 | Electronic control systems and methods An apparatus in an electronic control system allows two or three wire operation. A power supply can supply power to the enclosed circuitry in both two and three wire installations. Two separate zero cross detectors are used such that timing information can be collec... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6949912 | Enabling circuit for avoiding negative voltage transients An enabling circuit including a comparison circuit, a switching circuit, and an output decision circuit. The comparison circuit compares a first comparison signal representative of a charge on a capacitor of a DC to DC converter with a second comparison signal repre... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950950 | Technique for conveying overload conditions from an AC adapter to a load powered by the adapter A constant voltage/constant power AC adapter converts AC voltage to DC voltage to provide power to a plurality of loads. The adapter's output characteristic is approximately a constant voltage as long as the output current draw by the loads is less than a threshold ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940251 | Decoupling of cross coupling for floating reference frame controllers for sensorless control of synchronous machines A synchronous motor controller and method of controlling a synchronous motor without using rotor position sensors are provided. In a floating synchronous reference frame controller, phase currents are measured and a current Park vector is determined. The error betwe... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936975 | Power supply for an LCD panel A power supply system is provided for a multiple lamp LCD panel. In one aspect, the power supply includes a plurality of transformers for driving a plurality of respective CCFLs. The primary sides of each transformer are coupled in series to thereby reduce the stres... | 08/30/2005 |
