Digital Average Input Current Control in Power Converter

    公开(公告)号:US20230163689A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18158914

    申请日:2023-01-24

    IPC分类号: H02M3/158 H02M3/157

    摘要: A digital average-input current-mode control loop for a DC/DC power converter. The power converter may be, for example, a buck converter, boost converter, or cascaded buck-boost converter. The purpose of the proposed control loop is to set the average converter input current to the requested current. Controlling the average input current can be relevant for various applications such as power factor correction (PFC), photovoltaic converters, and more. The method is based on predicting the inductor current base on measuring the input voltage, the output voltage, and the inductor current. A fast cycle-by-cycle control loop may be implemented. The conversion method is described for three different modes. For each mode a different control loop is used to control the average input current, ans the control loop for each of the different modes is described. Finally, the algorithm for switching between the modes is disclosed.

    Method and Apparatus for Storing and Depleting Energy

    公开(公告)号:US20220393471A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17885177

    申请日:2022-08-10

    发明人: Meir Gazit

    摘要: A method to control storage into and depletion from multiple energy storage devices. The method enables an operative connection between the energy storage devices and respective power converters. The energy storage devices are connectible across respective first terminals of the power converters. At the second terminals of the power converter, a common reference is set which may be a current reference or a voltage reference. An energy storage fraction is determined respectively for the energy storage devices. A voltage conversion ratio is maintained individually based on the energy storage fraction. The energy storage devices are stored individually with multiple variable rates of energy storage through the first terminals. The energy storage is complete for the energy storage devices substantially at a common end time responsive to the common reference.

    Direct Current Power Combiner
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220376496A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17872391

    申请日:2022-07-25

    IPC分类号: H02J1/08 H02J1/10 H02J1/12

    摘要: A circuit for combining direct current (DC) power including multiple direct current (DC) voltage inputs; multiple inductive elements. The inductive elements are adapted for operatively connecting respectively to the DC voltage inputs. Multiple switches connect respectively with the inductive elements. A controller is configured to switch the switches periodically at a frequency sufficiently high so that direct currents flowing through the inductive elements are substantially zero. A direct current voltage output is connected across one of the DC voltage inputs and a common reference to both the inputs and the output.

    Arc Detection and Prevention in a Power Generation System

    公开(公告)号:US20220263462A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17732772

    申请日:2022-04-29

    摘要: A method for arc detection in a system including a photovoltaic panel and a load connectible to the photovoltaic panel with a DC power line. The method measures power delivered to the load thereby producing a first measurement result of the power delivered to the load. Power produced by the photovoltaic panel is also measured, thereby producing a second measurement result of power produced by the photovoltaic panel. The first measurement result is compared with the second measurement result thereby producing a differential power measurement result. Upon the differential power measurement result being more than a threshold value, an alarm condition may also be set. The second measurement result may be modulated and transmitted over the DC power line.

    Arc detection and prevention in a power generation system

    公开(公告)号:US11349432B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US17154150

    申请日:2021-01-21

    摘要: A method for arc detection in a system including a photovoltaic panel and a load connectible to the photovoltaic panel with a DC power line. The method measures power delivered to the load thereby producing a first measurement result of the power delivered to the load. Power produced by the photovoltaic panel is also measured, thereby producing a second measurement result of power produced by the photovoltaic panel. The first measurement result is compared with the second measurement result thereby producing a differential power measurement result. Upon the differential power measurement result being more than a threshold value, an alarm condition may also be set. The second measurement result may be modulated and transmitted over the DC power line.