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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099199 | Digital controller There is provided a digital controller which can generate no oscillation even if sensing a load side and enables control of supplying a desired voltage to the load. In an power amplifier which supplies an output voltage vo to the load connected via a load... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8078332 | Methods for managing high or low voltage conditions from selected areas of a power system of a utility company Methods are provided for managing high or low voltage conditions from selected areas of a power system of a utility company. Rubber-banding or lassoing is used to select geographic areas. Potential low or high voltage situations are identified in the selected geogra... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8050804 | Detection and prevention of hot spots in a solar panel An electronic module compares the output voltage of a solar panel to an expected value and controls the power demand from the solar panel such that the output voltage does not vary from the expected value by more than a predetermined value. The predetermined value m... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046111 | System and method for controlling multiple facts Disclosed are a system and method with a cooperative control algorithm that can appraise voltage stability of a power system in cooperation with a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)/emergency management system (EMS) for cooperative control on multiple ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7957847 | Voltage regulating systems responsive to feed-forward information from deterministic loads Voltage regulating systems are provided that adjust their output control signals in response to feed-forward information that is indicative of deterministic changes in the load current. A feed-forward circuit provides a feed-forward signal in response to an input si... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7877170 | Remanent voltage generator tachometer and control for induction machine In a power generating system the remanent voltage of an induction machine is measured. The frequency of the remanent voltage is compared to a predetermined threshold. When the frequency of the remanent voltage is greater than the predetermined threshold the inductio... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7769497 | Method of super super decoupled loadflow computation for electrical power system A method of performing loadflow calculations for controlling voltages and power flow in a power network by reading on-line data of given/specified/scheduled/set network variables/parameters and using control means, so that no component of the power network is overlo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7483768 | Adaptive power managing device and method An adaptive power managing device for an IC chip or a circuit system comprises a tunable voltage generator, a data generator, a data processing unit, a data checking unit and a control unit; the tunable voltage generator is used for providing the IC chip or the circ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7447568 | Electric power network A device for controlling at a fault condition. An apparatus is connected by a connection line to a grid point of a transmission net in an electric power network. A voltage raising apparatus includes a first branch connected to the grid point including a switching el... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443130 | Motor driving control device In a motor driving control device, a high-frequency alternating voltage or rotation voltage (having a frequency of ωh) is applied to a motor so that magnetic saturation occurs in the motor, thereby extracting, from a γ-axis current, a high-frequency sec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7372177 | Control system, method and product for uninterruptible power supply A control system for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for servicing a load is disclosed. The UPS includes a first feed path and a second feed path, where the first feed path is operable in parallel with the second feed path. The first feed path is engagable via... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368921 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7339346 | Motor and drive control device therefor The invention provides a motor for a brushless DC motor, which has small torque ripple even if a trapezoidal wave current is supplied and has a small size and reduced motor noise, and a drive control device for the motor as well as an electric power steering apparat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336003 | Transfer switch and power system including the same A transfer switch includes first terminals adapted to input power from a first power source, second terminals adapted to input power from a second power source, third terminals adapted to output power to a first load, and a transfer mechanism adapted to selectively ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327185 | Selectable application of offset to dynamically controlled voltage supply An electronic system comprises a plurality of circuit paths. Each path in the plurality of circuit paths is coupled to receive a system voltage from a voltage supply. The system further comprises a first circuit for providing a first value indicating a first potenti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319309 | Load tap change monitoring system and method A system and method for remotely monitoring load tap changes on utility-type equipment are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a sensor measures a voltage before a tap change and compares the measured voltage to a voltage after the tap change. From this informatio... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7307471 | Adaptive voltage control and body bias for performance and energy optimization A device for adaptively controlling a voltage supplied to circuitry in close proximity to the device, comprising a processing module and a first tracking element coupled to the processing module. The first tracking element produces a first value indicative of a firs... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296243 | Animating display motion Navigating on a display includes providing a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view. In response to operation of the navigation control, the display is animated to create an a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293181 | Use of one voltage regulator module to support two processors to improve power and thermal limitations Several processors have specifications setting forth that each processor be coupled to a separate specified voltage regulator circuit. Instead, a number of specified voltage regulator circuit(s) is coupled to the several processors. The number of voltage regulator c... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283351 | Gas discharge lamp power supply A gas discharge lamp power supply having a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending from the base, and opposed first and second end walls extending from the base between the opposed side walls. The first end wall has a sloped wall extending angularly between the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279861 | Servo control apparatus In a servo control apparatus constituted by a converter unit 3 for rectifying an AC power supply voltage to produce a DC power supply voltage, and a plurality of inverter units 5 for producing drive power supply voltages of motors from the DC power sup... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276917 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer including a detector and trace, a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274999 | Brownout detector system and method A circuit for detecting a brownout condition may include a temperature compensating circuit that provides a temperature compensated brownout reference voltage and an input signal to compare with the brownout reference voltage. Additionally, the detection circuit may... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7250939 | Display motion multiplier Navigating on a display includes tracking coordinate information of an input tool on a display and moving a visible portion of a page of information on the display a distance equal to a change in the coordinate information of the input tool multiplied by a multiplie... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249265 | Multi-featured power meter with feature key An intelligent electronic device (“IED”) includes at least one function module that performs a specified function or feature. The function module operates to perform a power management function in conjunction with IED. The IED operates with a one key code corres... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247955 | PWM power supplies using controlled feedback timing and methods of operating same A closed loop power converter circuit of a UPS or other power supply includes a pulse width modulator circuit in a forward path of the closed loop power circuit. A compensation circuit provides pulse width commands to the pulse width modulator at a first rate. A fee... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218998 | System and method for limiting power demand in an energy delivery system An intelligent demand controller protects the local customer premises supply transformer from overload and senses conditions on the transformer. The intelligent demand control system utilizes a communications network with a plurality of load control units having a u... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7193609 | Constraining display motion in display navigation Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177123 | Semiconductor integrated circuit An integrated circuit formed on a semiconductor chip includes voltage regulators for stepping down an externally-supplied power voltage to produce an internal power voltage, and internal circuits which operate based on the internal power voltage. The voltage regulat... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166931 | Uninterruptible power supply apparatus The uninterruptible power supply apparatus comprises an AC switch for turning on/off the AC power that is input from a commercial AC power source; a storage battery; a power conversion device; a load device connected to the output end of the AC switch; an output AC ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157811 | Method and apparatus for sensing voltage in an automatic transfer switch system An Automatic Transfer Switch System includes a control circuit in which high frequency transformers, designed to operate linearly in a frequency range above the operating frequency range of utility-level power, are employed for voltage sensing. An output signal from... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154253 | Digitally controlled modular power supply for automated test equipment A digitally controlled hybrid power module is controlled by a programmable controller. The hybrid power module includes a digitally controlled switching supply with an output coupled to an input of a digitally controlled linear voltage regulator. Independent control... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7126798 | On die voltage regulator According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The IC includes a package, a die mounted within the package, circuit components mounted on the die, and a voltage regulator mounted on the die to supply power to the circuit components. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117044 | Alternative energy system control method and apparatus A multivariable control system provides regulation for a plurality of control variables of interest based on selecting a particular one of the variables for regulation relative to a corresponding setpoint, while continuing to monitor the other variables and switchin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7102338 | Multi-sense voltage regulator A voltage regulator has an output path to couple to a load. A first sense point at a first sense location on the output path is to sense a first feedback signal for the voltage regulator. And, a second sense point at a second sense location on the output path is to ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096165 | Method for configuring an electrical installation and corresponding configuration device A network map is determined, either in the operating direction from the feed circuit to the load in the load circuit, or backward on the basis of the loads in the load circuit to the data for the feed circuit. The feed circuit and the load circuit are coupled to a v... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7076340 | Method of controlling speed of synchronous motor, and method of identifying constant of synchronous motor In sensorless vector control performed through use of a rotation speed of a synchronous motor 6 and the position of a rotor, a positive current is caused to flow to a γ axis on the assumption that a “d” axis serving as a true magnetic axis is out of phase with ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7049711 | Uninterruptible power system A boost circuit is connected to a rechargeable battery and a switch is connected between a rectification circuit and a power factor correction converter. In the power failure state, the switch is turned on to activate the boost circuit and energy of the rechargeable... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047471 | Voltage margin testing of bladed servers A voltage margin testing blade is adapted for use in a bladed server having at least one internal adjustable power supply. The testing blade is further adapted to provide a control signal to the power supply indicative of any desire to modify the output voltage of t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7023109 | Uninterruptible power source apparatus An uninterruptible power supply unit essentially includes: a DC power supply source 3, a parallel converter 4, and a series converter 6 that are individually connected in parallel to both ends of an electrolytic capacitor Cdc having a pair of ca... | 04/04/2006 |
