BARRIER-DISCHARGE-TYPE IGNITION APPARATUS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190186454A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-20

    申请号:US16309621

    申请日:2017-02-28

    CPC classification number: F02P3/01 F02P5/15 F02P9/005 F02P9/007

    Abstract: A barrier-discharge-type ignition apparatus that can accurately determine the application voltage, of a barrier ignition plug, that causes a non-ignition discharge to occur. In the barrier-discharge-type ignition apparatus, in a combustion assist control, the voltage difference between the one-period-prior application voltage and the present-period application voltage in the AC period is calculated based on an application voltage detected by a voltage detection circuit; then, it is determined whether or not a discharge exists in the barrier ignition plug, based on the comparison between the voltage difference and a preliminarily set discharge determination threshold value.

    IGNITION DEVICE
    2.
    发明申请
    IGNITION DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200271084A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16646151

    申请日:2018-05-24

    Abstract: An ignition device according to the present invention includes: an ignition plug, which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric body arranged between the electrodes; an AC power supply configured to generate an AC voltage to be applied between the electrodes; a thermal plasma detection portion configured to output a thermal plasma occurrence signal when thermal plasma has occurred between the electrodes; and an application time period determination portion configured to determine an application time period for the AC voltage during one cycle of the internal combustion engine in advance before the application, and when the thermal plasma occurrence signal is received while the AC voltage is being applied based on the application time period, change the application time period so as to shorten the application time period.

    Life Estimation Circuit and Semiconductor Device Made Using the Same
    3.
    发明申请
    Life Estimation Circuit and Semiconductor Device Made Using the Same 审中-公开
    寿命估算电路和使用其的半导体器件

    公开(公告)号:US20170074921A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-16

    申请号:US15180383

    申请日:2016-06-13

    Abstract: A life estimation circuit includes a temperature detector configured to detect temperature of a power element unit, an inflection point detection unit configured to detect an inflection point of temperature variation in the power element unit based on an output signal from the temperature detector, an operation unit configured to determine an absolute value of a difference between the temperature of the power element unit at an inflection point detected this time and the temperature of the power element unit at an inflection point detected last time, a count circuit configured to count the number of times that the absolute value of the difference in temperature has reached a threshold temperature, and a signal generation unit configured to output, when a count value from the count circuit reaches a threshold number of times, an alarm signal indicating that the power element is about to reach the end of its life.

    Abstract translation: 寿命估计电路包括:温度检测器,被配置为检测功率元件单元的温度;拐点检测单元,被配置为基于来自温度检测器的输出信号检测功率元件单元中的温度变化的拐点;操作单元 被配置为确定在此时检测的拐点处的功率元件单元的温度与上次检测到的拐点处的功率单元的温度之间的差的绝对值,配置为计数次数的计数电路 温度差的绝对值达到阈值温度,并且信号生成单元被配置为当来自计数电路的计数值达到阈值次数时,输出表示功率元件即将到达的报警信号 到达终身。

    POWER CONVERSION DEVICE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200274440A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16616777

    申请日:2018-04-02

    Abstract: In order to provide a power conversion device capable of estimating a load voltage with high accuracy without directly detecting the load voltage to be applied to a load, a control circuit is provided, which includes a means for estimating the load voltage to be applied to the load based on an electric current of a resonant circuit, an AC frequency of an inverter and an electrostatic capacitance of the load, or a means for estimating the load voltage based on the electric current of the resonant circuit, the AC frequency of the inverter, an inductance of a resonant coil and a correction coefficient previously set from a relationship between a voltage of the resonant coil and the load voltage, and which controls an output to a target load voltage based on the estimated load voltage.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200083882A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16415643

    申请日:2019-05-17

    Abstract: First and second switching regions include first and second gate electrodes respectively. Channel currents of the first and second switching regions are controlled according to electric charge amounts supplied by control signals input to the first and second gate electrodes respectively. The second switching region is connected in parallel with the first switching region. A control section outputs a first control signal for turning-on the first switching region to the first gate electrode and a second control signal for turning-on the second switching region to the second gate electrode. The control section stops outputting the second control signal after a first predetermined period elapses from a start of outputting the first and second control signals, and outputs the second control signal after a second predetermined period elapses from a stop of outputting the second control signal.

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