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1. 发明授权

US11322916B2 Solid-state circuit breaker with galvanic isolation 有权
公开(公告)号：US11322916B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-03
申请号：US16898538
申请日：2020-06-11
申请人： Atom Power, Inc.
发明人： Frederick Miller , Taylor Santore , Denis Kouroussis , Ryan Kennedy
IPC分类号： H02B1/04 , H02B1/56 , H05K7/20 , H05K5/00 , H02H1/00 , H02H3/08 , H03K17/56
摘要： A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) with galvanic isolation capability includes an electrical bus with line-side and load-side terminals and a solid-state device connected in series with a closeable air gap between the line-side and load-side terminals. During normal operating conditions, the solid-state device is switched ON and the SSCB forces movable contacts inside the SSCB to close the air gap, so that an electrical current path is maintained between the line-side and load-side terminals and electrical current is allowed to flow through the SSCB and an attached load. Upon a short circuit or overload of unacceptably long duration occurring in the load circuit, the SSCB switches the solid-state device OFF to prevent current from flowing through the load, and releases the movable contacts to open the air gap and thereby establish galvanic isolation between the line-side and load side terminals.

2. 发明授权

US10541530B2 Hybrid air-gap / solid-state circuit breaker 有权
公开(公告)号：US10541530B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-21
申请号：US15443736
申请日：2017-02-27
申请人： Atom Power, Inc.
发明人： Ryan Kennedy , Denis Kouroussis
IPC分类号： H01H7/08 , H02H7/08 , H02H3/20 , H02H7/22 , H02H3/38 , H02H3/08 , H02H3/42 , H01H71/12 , H01H9/54 , H02H7/085 , H02P1/26 , H01H71/10
摘要： A hybrid air-gap/solid-state device protection device (PD) for use in an electrical power distribution system includes an air-gap disconnect unit connected in series with a solid-state device, a sense and drive circuit, and a microcontroller. Upon the sense and drive circuit detecting an impending fault or exceedingly high and unacceptable overvoltage condition in the PD's load circuit, the sense and drive circuit generates a gating signal that quickly switches the solid-state device OFF. Meanwhile, the microcontroller generates a disconnect pulse for the air-gap disconnect unit, which responds by forming an air gap in the load circuit. Together, the switched-OFF solid-state device and air gap protect the load and associated load circuit from being damaged. They also serve to electrically and physically isolate the source of the fault or overload condition from the remainder of the electrical power distribution system.

3. 发明授权

US09806678B2 Bootstrap class-D wideband RF power amplifier 有权
公开(公告)号：US09806678B2
公开(公告)日：2017-10-31
申请号：US14754656
申请日：2015-06-29
申请人： Eridan Communications, Inc.
发明人： Quentin Diduck
IPC分类号： H03F3/217 , H03F1/42 , H03F1/02 , H03F3/193
CPC分类号： H03F1/42 , H03F1/0205 , H03F1/0233 , H03F3/193 , H03F3/2173 , H03F2200/351 , H03F2200/36 , H03F2200/451
摘要： A high-power, high-frequency radio frequency power amplifier includes an output stage and a single-phase driver. The output stage is arranged in a Class-D amplifier configuration and includes a first depletion mode field effect transistor (FET), a second depletion mode FET, and a bootstrap path that couples the output of the output stage to the gate of the second FET. The first and second depletion mode FETs are switched out-of-phase and between fully-ON and fully-OFF states, under the direction of the single-phase driver. The single-phase driver directly controls the ON/OFF state of the first depletion mode FET and provides a discharge path through which the input gate capacitor of the second depletion mode FET in the output stage can discharge to turn OFF the second depletion mode FET. The bootstrap path provides a current path through which the input gate capacitor of the second depletion mode FET can charge to turn the second depletion mode FET ON.

4. 发明授权

US09397621B2 Limiting driver for switch-mode power amplifier 有权
标题翻译：开关模式功率放大器限制驱动器
公开(公告)号：US09397621B2
公开(公告)日：2016-07-19
申请号：US14447452
申请日：2014-07-30
申请人： Eridan Communications, Inc.
发明人： Earl W McCune, Jr.
IPC分类号： H03F3/217 , H03F3/193 , H03F1/30 , H03F1/32 , H03F3/45 , H03F1/02
CPC分类号： H03F3/2171 , H03F1/0283 , H03F1/301 , H03F1/3205 , H03F3/193 , H03F3/195 , H03F3/45179 , H03F3/45183 , H03F3/45381 , H03F2200/451 , H03F2203/45112 , H03G1/0029
摘要： A switch-mode RFPA driver includes first and second field-effect transistors (FETs) arranged in a totem-pole-like configuration. The switch-mode RFPA driver operates to generate a switch-mode RFPA drive signal having a generally square-wave-like waveform from an input RF signal having a generally sinusoidal-like waveform. To maximize high-frequency operation and avoid distorting the switch-mode RFPA drive signal, the switch-mode RFPA driver is designed so that its output can be connected directly to the input of the switch-mode RFPA to be driven, i.e., without using or requiring the use of an AC coupling capacitor. The first and second FETs of the switch-mode RFPA driver are designed and configured to limit and control the upper and lower magnitude levels of the switch-mode RFPA drive signal to levels suitable for switching the switch-mode RFPA directly, obviating any need for DC biasing at the input of the switch-mode RFPA.
摘要翻译：开关模式RFPA驱动器包括以图腾柱状配置布置的第一和第二场效应晶体管（FET）。开关模式RFPA驱动器用于从具有大致正弦波状波形的输入RF信号产生具有大致方波形波形的开关模式RFPA驱动信号。为了最大化高频操作并避免开关模式RFPA驱动信号失真，开关模式RFPA驱动器被设计成使得其输出可以直接连接到要驱动的开关模式RFPA的输入端，即不使用或需要使用交流耦合电容器。开关模式RFPA驱动器的第一和第二FET被设计和配置为将开关模式RFPA驱动信号的上限和下限幅度电平限制和控制到适合于直接切换开关模式RFPA的电平，从而避免了直流偏置在开关模式RFPA的输入端。

5. 发明授权

US09265105B2 Power conversion and control systems and methods for solid-state lighting 有权
标题翻译：电源转换和控制系统和固态照明方法
公开(公告)号：US09265105B2
公开(公告)日：2016-02-16
申请号：US13859869
申请日：2013-04-10
申请人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
发明人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
IPC分类号： H05B37/02 , H05B33/08
CPC分类号： H05B33/0815 , H05B37/02
摘要： A power conversion and control system suitable for use with solid-state lighting and conventional TRIAC dimmer switching includes an alternating current to direct current (AC-DC) converter configured to convert AC power from the AC mains to DC power and a controller configured to control dimming of a light-emitting load depending on the magnitude of a distorted AC voltage from an external TRIAC dimmer switch relative to the magnitude of the DC voltage Vdc produced by the AC-DC converter. To prevent the TRIAC in the external TRIAC dimmer switch from turning off in situations where the AC-DC converter is disconnected from the AC mains or not drawing any current from the AC mains, the power conversion and control system may further include circuitry that maintains the current through the TRIAC above its minimum holding current.
摘要翻译：适用于固态照明和常规TRIAC调光器切换的电力转换和控制系统包括交流电流至直流（AC-DC）转换器，其被配置为将来自AC电源的AC电力转换为DC电力，并且控制器被配置为控制取决于来自外部TRIAC调光器开关的失真的交流电压的大小相对于由AC-DC转换器产生的DC电压Vdc的大小来调光发光负载。为了防止在AC-DC转换器与交流电源断开或未从交流电源断开任何电流的情况下外部TRIAC调光开关中的TRIAC关闭，电源转换和控制系统还可以包括电路，通过TRIAC的电流超过其最小保持电流。

6. 发明授权

US09179508B2 Solid-state lighting dimming 有权
标题翻译：固态照明调光
公开(公告)号：US09179508B2
公开(公告)日：2015-11-03
申请号：US14152089
申请日：2014-01-10
申请人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
发明人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
IPC分类号： H05B33/08
CPC分类号： H05B33/0809 , H05B33/0845
摘要： A solid-state lighting (SSL) system having dimming capability includes an SSL driver having a current control circuit configured to control current flow and, consequently, the brightness of light emitted by a light-emitting load. The magnitude of current flowing through the light-emitting load is set and controlled depending on a dim control signal, which is generated based on the value of a scaled alternating current (AC) power signal. The scaled AC power signal is generated by an AC scaling unit, which scales an input AC power signal provided by an AC power source. The extent to which the input AC power signal is scaled determines the value of the dim control signal and, consequently, the magnitude of current flow and resultant dimming of the light-emitting load. Pulse-width modulation of the light-emitting load current may be optionally combined with the current-control-based dimming to widen the overall dimming range.
摘要翻译：具有调光能力的固态照明（SSL）系统包括具有电流控制电路的SSL驱动器，该电流控制电路被配置为控制电流流动，并且因此控制由发光负载发射的光的亮度。流过发光负载的电流的大小根据根据缩放的交流（AC）功率信号的值产生的调光控制信号来设定和控制。缩放的AC电力信号由AC缩放单元生成，AC缩放单元缩放由AC电源提供的输入AC电力信号。输入AC电力信号被缩放的程度确定了调光控制信号的值，并因此确定了发光负载的电流流动的大小和最终的调光。发光负载电流的脉冲宽度调制可以可选地与基于电流控制的调光组合以扩大整体调光范围。

7. 发明授权

US08760078B2 Power conversion and control systems and methods for solid-state lighting 有权
标题翻译：电源转换和控制系统和固态照明方法
公开(公告)号：US08760078B2
公开(公告)日：2014-06-24
申请号：US12897066
申请日：2010-10-04
申请人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
发明人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
IPC分类号： H05B37/02
CPC分类号： H05B33/0815 , Y02B20/348
摘要： A solid-state lighting system comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices (e.g., light-emitting diodes) and an alternating current to direct current (AC-DC) converter that converts AC power to DC power for powering the plurality of light-emitting devices. The AC-DC converter is configured to perform AC-DC conversion directly, without the need for or use of a bridge rectifier or step-down transformer. According to one aspect of the invention, the light-emitting devices of the solid-state lighting system are autonomous and individually powered by a plurality of DC power supplies generated from the DC power produced by the AC-DC converter. According to another aspect, a plurality of phase-offset dimmer control signals are generated based on waveform distortions in a dimming signal produced by a conventional dimmer switch. The phase-offset dimmer control signals are used to individually control the dimming of the light-emitting devices.
摘要翻译：固态照明系统包括多个发光装置（例如发光二极管）和交流电直流（AC-DC）转换器，其将交流电转换成直流电，以为多个发光设备。 AC-DC转换器被配置为直接执行AC-DC转换，而不需要或使用桥式整流器或降压变压器。根据本发明的一个方面，固态照明系统的发光装置是由AC-DC转换器产生的直流电力产生的多个直流电源自主地分别供电的。根据另一方面，基于由常规调光开关产生的调光信号中的波形失真产生多个相位偏移调光控制信号。相位偏移调光控制信号用于分别控制发光装置的调光。

8. 发明授权

US08508309B2 Wideband phase modulation methods and apparatus 有权
公开(公告)号：US08508309B2
公开(公告)日：2013-08-13
申请号：US13231874
申请日：2011-09-13
申请人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
发明人： Earl W. McCune, Jr.
IPC分类号： H03K5/15
CPC分类号： H04L27/20 , H03C1/20 , H03C1/60 , H03C3/02 , H03C5/00
摘要： A wideband phase modulator comprises a multiphase generator, a phase selector, and a phase adjuster. The wideband phase modulator is configured to receive an N-bit digital phase-modulating signal comprising a timed sequence of N-bit phase-modulating words, where N is a positive integer representing the bit resolution of the N-bit digital phase-modulating signal. The multiphase generator generates a plurality of coarse carrier phases, all having the same carrier frequency but each offset in phase relative to the other. The M most significant bits of the N-bit phase-modulating words are used to form M-bit phase select words that control the output phase of the phase selector. The phase adjuster performs a precision rotation operation, whereby a selected coarse carrier phase is adjusted so that the phase of the resulting final precision phase-modulated signal more closely aligns with a desired precision phase.

9. 发明授权

US11539329B2 Wideband envelope control in polar modulators 有权
公开(公告)号：US11539329B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-27
申请号：US17319433
申请日：2021-05-13
申请人： Eridan Communications, Inc.
发明人： Waclaw Godycki
IPC分类号： H03F1/30 , H03F1/02 , H03F3/217 , H02M3/158 , H03F3/45
摘要： A wideband envelope modulator comprises a direct current (DC)-to-DC switching converter connected in series with a linear amplitude modulator (LAM). The DC-DC switching converter includes a pulse-width modulator that generates a PWM signal with modulated pulse widths representing a time varying magnitude of an input envelope signal or a pulse-density modulator that generates a PDM signal with a modulated pulse density representing the time varying magnitude of the input envelope signal, a field-effect transistor (FET) driver stage that generates a differential PWM or PDM drive signal, a high-power output switching stage that is driven by the PWM or PDM drive signal, and an output energy storage network including a low-pass filter (LPF) of order greater than two that filters a switching voltage produced at an output switching node of the high-power output switching stage.

10. 发明授权

US11309690B2 Distribution panel for intelligently controlled solid-state circuit breakers 有权
公开(公告)号：US11309690B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-19
申请号：US16898569
申请日：2020-06-11
申请人： Atom Power, Inc.
发明人： Taylor Santore , Frederick Miller , Denis Kouroussis , Ryan Kennedy
IPC分类号： H02B1/56 , H02B1/04 , H05K7/20 , H05K5/00 , H02H1/00 , H02H3/08 , H03K17/56
摘要： An electrical distribution panel for controlling the distribution of electrical power to a plurality of loads includes a plurality of solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs), each including a thermally conductive heatspreader and one or more power semiconductor devices that control whether electrical current is able to flow to an attached load; a distribution panel heatsink configured in thermal contact with the SSCB heatspreaders; one or more cooling fans that blow air onto the distribution panel heatsink; a stacked bus bar with quick-fit pin-mount receptacles for receiving mating/matching press-fit connection pins located on line-side terminals of the SSCBs; a communications and control (comm/control) bus communicatively coupled to the plurality of SSCBs; and a head-end interface and gateway to which an external computer can connect, to, among other things, set and alter trip settings of the plurality of SSCBs via the comm/control bus.

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