Patents
Literature
Patsnap Eureka AI that helps you search prior art, draft patents, and assess FTO risks, powered by patent and scientific literature data.

471 results about "Voltage sensing" patented technology

A voltage sensing circuit is a circuit intended to carry minimal to no current so there is minimal voltage drop in this measurement circuit. The voltage sensing circuit should really be considered a voltage correction circuit or a voltage drop compensation circuit.

Intelligent charging and discharging strategy optimization method for ship battery

The invention discloses an intelligent charging and discharging strategy optimization method for a ship battery, and particularly relates to the technical field of battery management. Propulsion power data, auxiliary equipment power data and environment disturbance parameters generated in the ship operation process are collected, a high-frequency time sequence working condition input sequence is built, a load nonlinear evolution model is built through a multi-scale dynamic modeling algorithm, and a disturbance perception prediction sequence is generated; a heterogeneous state characteristic matrix is constructed by combining historical charging and discharging state records of a target battery and current sensing data, voltage sensing data and temperature sensing data, and then the state of charge and the state of health of the battery are evaluated; generating a multi-dimensional strategy candidate set by constructing an energy scheduling constraint map according to the evaluation results of the state of charge and the state of health of the battery; and selecting an optimal strategy path from the multi-dimensional strategy candidate set, outputting a target charging and discharging control instruction, and realizing comprehensive optimization control of dynamic sensing, state driving and strategy self-adaption of the ship battery.
Owner:GUANGZDONG YUEXIN OCEAN ENG +1

Method for measuring intensity of high-voltage direct-current electric field and related device

The invention belongs to the field of data processing, and particularly relates to a high-voltage direct-current electric field intensity measuring method and a related device. In the device, an optical fiber direct-current electric field sensor at least comprises a signal processing unit, an optical fiber voltage sensing head, a fixed electrode and a rotating electrode. The method comprises the following steps: deploying a measuring device in a space to be measured; the rotating electrode is controlled to rotate at a constant speed, so that the center distance between the fixed electrode and the rotating electrode is periodically changed along with the rotating track; collecting an alternating current signal voltage generated by an alternating potential difference between the fixed electrode and the rotating electrode in a constant-speed rotating process through an optical fiber voltage sensing head; and performing numerical processing on the alternating current signal voltage through a signal processing unit to obtain a measured value of the high-voltage direct current electric field intensity, and optimizing the measured value in combination with a physical compensation model and a data driving compensation model. The method can realize the measurement of the high-voltage direct-current space electric field intensity, improve the measurement accuracy and expand the measurement range.
Owner:XIAN GUHE ELECTRICAL ENG CO LTD

Scan driver

A scan driver includes a plurality of stages. A n-th stage among the plurality of stages includes a first input unit controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a previous carry signal, a scan output unit outputting a current scan signal corresponding to a scan clock signal in response to the voltage of the first node, a first switching unit controlling a voltage of a second node in response to the previous carry signal, a sensing output unit outputting a current sensing signal corresponding to a sensing clock signal in response to the voltage of the second node, a carry output unit outputting a current carry signal corresponding to a carry clock signal in response to the voltage of the second node, and a second switching unit controlling the voltage of the second node in response to the sensing clock signal or the carry clock signal.
Owner:SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD

Pixel driving circuit, pixel driving method and display apparatus

A pixel driving circuit is provided to include: a driving transistor; a data writing circuit configured to write a display data voltage from the data line to a first node in a display driving process, and sequentially write a sensing data voltage and a reset data voltage from the data line to the first node in a threshold voltage sensing process; a threshold compensation circuit configured to write a reference voltage from a reference voltage supply terminal to the first node and write a first compensation voltage to a second node in the display driving process, and write a second compensation voltage to the second node when a voltage at the first node changes from the reference voltage to the display data voltage; a sensing circuit configured to write an initialization voltage from the sensing line to the second node in the threshold voltage sensing process; a light emitting element.
Owner:BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD

Battery diagnosis apparatus, battery diagnosis method, battery pack, and vehicle

A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosis of a cell group including a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes a voltage sensing circuit configured to periodically generate a voltage signal indicating a cell voltage of each battery cell, and a control circuit configured to generate time series data indicating a change in cell voltage of each battery cell over time based on the voltage signal. The control circuit is configured to (i) determine a first average cell voltage and a second average cell voltage of each battery cell based on the time series data, wherein the first average cell voltage is a short term moving average, and the second average cell voltage is a long term moving average, and (ii) detect an abnormal voltage of each battery cell based on a difference between the first average cell voltage and the second average cell voltage.
Owner:LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD

Welding power supplies having dynamic current responses

Welding power supplies having dynamic current responses are disclosed. Example welding power supplies include: power conversion circuitry configured to convert supply power to welding current; a voltage sense circuit configured to measure an output voltage of the power conversion circuitry; and control circuitry configured to: in response to detecting that the output voltage has decreased below a lower voltage limit: control an increasing ramp rate of the welding current output by the power conversion circuitry; and in response to detecting that the output voltage has increased above the lower voltage limit, control a decreasing ramp rate of the welding current output by the power conversion circuitry.
Owner:ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC

Voltage and current integrated intelligent sensing device and method based on insulator

The invention discloses an insulator-based voltage and current integrated intelligent sensing device and method.The insulator-based voltage and current integrated intelligent sensing device comprises a voltage sensing unit, a current sensing unit and an insulation fixing box, firstly, line voltage and current are detected on the basis that the insulation performance and mechanical strength of an insulator are kept sufficient; then, the voltage sensing unit realizes uniformization of an induced electric field, determination of a transfer function and relative minimization of partial discharge, and the voltage sensing unit is implanted into the insulator, so that the insulation performance of the voltage sensing unit is good; and finally, the current sensing unit improves the magnetic field measurement sensitivity by utilizing the magnetic gathering capability of the open type magnetic ring air gap and the optimization design of the magnetic ring structure parameters, and enhances the magnetic interference resistance by utilizing the optimization design of the magnetic ring structure parameters and the magnetic ring series.
Owner:KUNMING UNIV OF SCI & TECH

High-integration intelligent ignition device and automobile safety communication power supply system thereof

The invention discloses a high-integration intelligent ignition head device and an automobile safety communication power supply system thereof. The device comprises an input unit, a power management module, a communication module, a communication judgment module, an MCU, a voltage sensing module, a current sensing module, an ignition control module, an ignition element and a substrate, and an environment self-adaption unit, a dual-mode wireless energy supply unit and an optical fiber diagnosis channel can be additionally arranged. The system adopts the device, communicates with a central control unit through a redundant optical fiber bus and a double-wire bus, and further comprises the central control unit, a dynamic topology reconstruction unit and a pre-ignition energy distribution unit. Through digital signal control, multi-dimensional sensing module integration and a double-wire bus topological structure, ignition threshold multi-stage protection, state real-time monitoring and feedback, multi-ignition-head parallel independent control and miniaturized function integration are achieved, and the reliability, the intelligent degree and the driving efficiency of an automobile safety system are improved.
Owner:BEIJING QIXU DEEP TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Busbar diagnosis device, battery pack, energy storage system, and busbar diagnosis method

A busbar diagnosis apparatus includes a plurality of voltage sensing pins, a battery monitoring circuit, a voltage sensing channel, a bypass unit and a control circuit to diagnose s busbar. A voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells of a first battery module and a plurality of battery cells of a second battery module is detected using a potential difference of every two adjacent voltage sensing pins, and the busbar is diagnosed based on a voltage history of each of the plurality of battery cells.
Owner:LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD

Hysteric control for resonant converters

An apparatus includes a resonant converter controller having a converter voltage sensing terminal, a reference voltage terminal, a converter current sensing terminal, first and second converter capacitor terminals, and first and second control outputs. The resonant converter controller is configured to: receive a current sensing signal at the converter current sensing terminal; generate a first signal based on the current sensing signal; generate a second signal representing a difference between a first voltage at the converter voltage sensing terminal and a reference voltage at the reference voltage terminal; and generate first and second switching signals at, respectively, the first and second control outputs responsive to the first signal, the second signal, and a capacitor voltage between the first and second converter capacitor terminals to regulate the first voltage based on the reference voltage.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

Load-side voltage sensing in a power meter

A load-side voltage detection module for a metrology device includes a plurality of first resistors electrically coupled to a first load-side terminal, the first resistors being in series, a plurality of second resistors electrically coupled to a second load-side terminal, the second resistors being in series, a voltage divider electrically coupled between a first line-side terminal and a second line-side terminal, the voltage divider creating a reference voltage for the load-side voltage detection module, and a pulse generator to generate a pulse based on detection of voltage, the pulse indicating a voltage on at least one of the first load-side terminal or the second load-side terminal, above at least one threshold.
Owner:ITRON INC

Current and voltage sensing based voltage-standing-wave-ratio impedance and power detector and method

A broadband-capable current / voltage sensing-based VSWR resilient true power / impedance detector and method are disclosed that can be used for single-ended interfaces of individual phased array elements of a phased array antenna, e.g., large-scaled integrated phased-arrays. The true power and impedance detectors, as Built-in-Self-Test (BiST or BIST) circuitries, may each employ an in situ load invariant power and impedance sensor to provide true measurements of power and impedance that can be used to detect and / or monitor for VSWR variations and / or variations in the antenna driving impedance due to antenna element coupling and / or other effects. The measured power and impedance output(s) of each BIST circuitry can then be used to adjust or drive respective passive or active tuning circuitry, e.g., in the power amplifier or other front-end circuitries of the phased array antenna, for performance recovery (or optimization) of a respective array element.
Owner:GEORGIA TECH RES CORP

System and method for zero voltage switching in a power converter

Disclosed is a system for zero voltage switching in a power converter with a first half-bridge and a second half-bridge. The first half-bridge has a first set of transistors and output inductor. The second half-bridge has a second set of transistors and auxiliary inductor. A current sensing means measures, at switching cycle scale, average and maximum current values of output inductor and average, minimum and maximum current values of auxiliary inductor. A voltage sensing means measures input and output voltages of first and second half-bridge. A controller is configured to compute dead times of pulse width modulation control signal of second half-bridge, generate pulse width modulation control signal of second half-bridge and to adapt dead times of first half-bridge.
Owner:VENSUM POWER OY

Sensored insulation plug with detection contact

Sensored insulation plug for a medium voltage or high-voltage separable connector in a national grid, and operable to insulate a connection element of the separable connector on an elevated voltage and to simultaneously detect and sense the elevated voltage. The sensored insulation plug comprises a) a plug body formed by a solidified insulating material, b) an externally accessible detection contact, c) a primary capacitor, operable as a high-voltage capacitor in a sensing voltage divider for sensing the elevated voltage, the primary capacitor having i) a high-voltage electrode; ii) a sensing electrode embedded in the plug body; iii) a dielectric formed by a first portion of the insulating material, and d) a testpoint capacitor, operable as a high-voltage capacitor in a detection voltage divider for detecting the elevated voltage and comprising i) the high-voltage electrode, ii) a testpoint electrode, embedded in the plug body and electrically connected to the detection contact, and iii) a dielectric formed by a second portion of the insulating material.
Owner:3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO

Lamp driver with voltage sensing

A lamp driver has a transformer, a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit. The primary side circuit comprises a half bridge circuit and a sensor circuit for measuring a conduction time or switching frequency of one of the transistors of the half bridge circuit. An estimate is provided of the output voltage from the measured conduction time.
Owner:SIGNIFY HOLDING BV

Method for suppressing DC bus volatge resonance caused by film capacitor of permanent magnet synchronous motor

A method for reducing DC bus voltage fluctuations caused by a film capacitor in a permanent magnet synchronous motor, including: sampling, using a voltage sensing circuit, a total DC bus voltage (Udc) from an inverter in real-time; passing the total DC bus voltage (Udc) through a low-pass filter to extract a DC component (Udc0) of the total DC bus voltage; obtaining an AC component (Te=P0·ψf×iq - - - (1)) of the total DC bus voltage (Udc) by subtracting the DC component (Udc0) from the total DC bus voltage (Udc): ũdc=Udc−Udc0; obtaining a reference DC bus voltage (u*dc) by subtracting the AC component (Te=P0·ψf×iq - - - (1)) from the DC component (Udc0): u*dc=Udc0−Te=P0·ψf×iq- - - (1); and passing the reference DC bus voltage (u*dc) to a space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) module, thereby performing calculations that generate precise switching signals for the inverter.
Owner:BROAD OCEAN MOTOR (WUHAN) RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO LTD

Voltage sensor with in-range check for safety-critical applications

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to voltage sensing for safety-critical applications. In accordance with one aspect, the disclosure includes a multi-phase ring oscillator (RO) configured to operate in a first voltage domain; a frequency counter coupled to the multi-phase RO, the frequency counter configured to accumulate a plurality of phase cycles from the multi-phase RO over a time duration to generate a digital count word; an alarm processor coupled to the frequency counter, the alarm processor configured to receive an alarm state signal from the frequency counter; and a heartbeat detector coupled to the multi-phase RO, the heartbeat detector configured to operate in a second voltage domain and configured to detect a periodic recurrence of a heartbeat pulse to determine an integrity of the sensor function as a whole and alarm state signal in particular.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC

On-line monitoring system and method for complex wide-frequency-domain overvoltage of high-voltage power equipment

The invention relates to the technical field of overvoltage monitoring, in particular to a wide-frequency-domain overvoltage online monitoring system and method for electric power high-voltage equipment. Comprising an electric field sensor array, an acquisition unit, a calculation unit and an output unit, the electric field sensor array comprises a plurality of sensors which are radially distributed on the same circumferential plane and have different measuring ranges and sensitivities, and sensors which are axially distributed; the electric field sensor comprises a sensing unit and a fiber bragg grating temperature measuring unit; the fiber bragg grating temperature measuring unit is suitable for measuring the temperature of the sensing unit; the acquisition unit is suitable for synchronously acquiring the emergent light intensity of the sensing unit and the temperature data of the fiber grating temperature measurement unit. The multi-range sensors distributed in the radial direction achieve wide-range and high-sensitivity voltage sensing through differential design, the intrusion direction of overvoltage can be determined through cooperation of the axial sensors and the radial sensors, and the problem that the range and sensitivity of a single electric field sensor are mutually restricted is solved.
Owner:CHINA THREE GORGES CORPORATION

A pressure signal fitting method and apparatus

The application provides a pressure signal fitting method and device, the method comprises: applying pressure to each sensing point in a pressure sensor, measuring the relationship between pressure and resistance of each sensing point, and integrating to obtain the pressure-resistance relationship; the pressure-resistance relationship is corrected through a numerical filtering algorithm, and the corrected pressure-resistance relationship is fitted to obtain an optimized pressure-resistance relationship; the switching of the voltage sensing circuit sensing points is carried out through an integrated analog electronic switch, the voltage of the stressed multiple array sensing points is measured; the resistance of the multiple array sensing points is calculated according to the measured voltage combined with the acquisition circuit; and the pressure of the multiple array sensing points is calculated through the optimized pressure-resistance relationship; based on the area of the stress area and the non-stress area of the multiple array sensing points, the actual stress of the multiple array sensing points is calculated through the relationship between force and pressure.
Owner:KINGFAR INTERNATIONAL INC

Trolley device for electricity testing and grounding of remote control switch cabinet and control method of trolley device

The invention discloses a trolley device for electricity testing and grounding of a remote control type switch cabinet and a control method of the trolley device. The trolley device comprises an electric trolley and a remote control operation assembly arranged on the electric trolley. The electric trolley is provided with a grounding execution assembly and a voltage sensing assembly with dual redundancy configuration, the voltage sensing assembly is used for realizing electricity testing dual confirmation, the grounding execution assembly is used for executing grounding operation, and the remote control operation assembly can control and execute electricity testing and grounding actions; the remote control operation assembly comprises a controller and a remote controller which are in wireless communication, the remote controller remotely operates the controller to execute electric trolley electricity testing and grounding actions and receives and displays state information of the electric trolley, and the controller judges whether grounding operation is carried out or not through comprehensive electricity testing double confirmation. Electricity testing and grounding operation of the switch cabinet are completed through remote control operation, the live-line state of the bus of the switch cabinet can be accurately judged through double-confirmation electricity testing, the maintenance efficiency of the switch cabinet of the transformer substation is improved, and the safety of operation and maintenance personnel is guaranteed.
Owner:POWER RES INST OF STATE GRID SHAANXI ELECTRIC POWER CO LTD +1

High accuracy power conversion system having multiplex pin and control circuit and method thereof

A power conversion system includes: a rectifier for rectifying an AC input voltage to generate a rectified voltage; a power stage circuit coupled to the rectifier; a sensing circuit coupled between a multiplex pin and either the AC input voltage or the rectified voltage and configured to generate a multiplexed sensing signal; and a control circuit for performing operations for over-temperature protection and brown-out protection during respective over-temperature and brown-out protection periods based on the status of the multiplexed sensing signal. The control circuit includes: the multiplex pin; and a current source and a bias switch, serially coupled to the multiplex pin. During the over-temperature protection period, the bias switch is conductive to provide a bias current to the sensing circuit to generate a temperature sensing signal. Outside the over-temperature protection period, the bias switch is non-conductive to stop providing the bias current, thereby generating an input voltage sensing signal.
Owner:RICHTEK TECH

All-digital PVT sensor based on ring oscillator

The invention discloses an all-digital PVT sensor based on a ring oscillator, and relates to the field of PVT sensors, the all-digital PVT sensor comprises a process sensing circuit, a voltage sensing circuit and a temperature sensing circuit, the process sensing circuit comprises a process detection ring oscillator, the voltage sensing circuit comprises a voltage detection ring oscillator, and the temperature sensing circuit comprises a temperature detection ring oscillator. The temperature sensing circuit comprises a temperature sensitive ring oscillator; under the control of an enable signal, the process detection ring oscillator, the voltage detection ring oscillator and the temperature-sensitive ring oscillator start oscillation, and the process corner, the temperature and the power supply voltage of the detected chip are determined based on the oscillation frequencies of the process detection ring oscillator, the voltage detection ring oscillator and the temperature-sensitive ring oscillator. The PVT sensor is completely realized based on a digital circuit, an additional analog module does not need to be introduced, the area overhead is greatly reduced, and the PVT sensor has remarkable area advantage and structural simplicity while the high-precision detection capability is maintained.
Owner:QUANLI MICROELECTRONICS (WUXI) CO LTD +1

SOA protection of a power transistor

A power circuit includes a power transistor coupled between input and output nodes and receiving a control signal. A current sensing current senses a power current provided by the power transistor to the output node and generates a sense voltage. A voltage sensing circuit senses a drain-to-source voltage of the power transistor and generates a VDS sense current. A safe operating area (SOA) shaping circuit has a gain set by an adjustable resistance that is dynamically adjusted based upon the VDS sense current, the SOA shaping circuit applying the gain to the sense voltage to produce an adjusted sense voltage. A timing circuit generates an intermediate voltage by comparing the adjusted sense voltage and a first reference. An output comparator asserts a flag in response to the intermediate voltage becoming at least equal to a second reference. The control signal is modified in response to assertion of the flag.
Owner:STMICROELECTRONICS INT NV

Ambient light detection circuit and detection method, display device

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display, and provides an ambient light detection circuit and method, and a display device. The ambient light detection circuit is used for ambient light detection of a display panel. The detection circuit comprises: a plurality of sensing modules, which are used for collecting ambient light and outputting current sensing signals based on the ambient light; a plurality of current conversion modules, which are arranged correspondingly to the plurality of sensing modules, and are used for converting the current sensing signals output by the sensing modules connected thereto into voltage sensing signals; a plurality of storage modules, which are arranged correspondingly to the plurality of current conversion modules, and are used for storing the voltage sensing signals output by the current conversion modules connected thereto in response to a sampling control signal; and a control module, which is connected to the storage modules respectively, and is used for synchronously outputting the sampling control signal to each of the storage modules.
Owner:BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD

Renter friendly standard to smart switch conversion using voltage sensing

According to certain embodiments, a switch cover comprises a panel with a hole, wherein the hole is configured to receive a rocker, wherein the rocker selectively controls an electrical connection between a first line and a second line; a voltage sensor disposed on the panel and configured to induce a current from an electrical field generated by electrical power transmitted over the electrical connection between the first line and the second line; and an antenna disposed on the panel and configured to transmit a radio signal in response to induction of the current in the voltage sensor.
Owner:SIGNIFY HOLDING BV

Power supply and closed-loop feedback instant voltage leveling power line

The utility model discloses a power supply and closed loop feedback instant voltage leveling power line, comprising a commercial power AC / DC transformer, the power supply end of the commercial power AC / DC transformer is plugged with a two-core power supply line and a two-core feedback line, and the connection part of the end parts of the two-core power supply line and the two-core feedback line is provided with a DC adapter plate. The DC connector is connected with a power utilization end of sound box equipment, an instant voltage value during power utilization is acquired at a part close to power utilization equipment of the power utilization end through a built-in voltage sensing assembly of the DC adapter plate, the instant voltage value is transmitted back to a special commercial power AC-DC transformer to serve as an output voltage adjustment reference value, and the voltage value after feedback adjustment is stable. The stable-voltage power supply of terminal electric equipment is ensured, the purpose of stable voltage output is finally achieved, and the influence of voltage change on the stability of tone quality output of audio equipment is reduced.
Owner:SHANGDE LIANSHENG TECH (ZHUHAI) CO LTD

Thermostat with integrated submetering and control

A thermostat with voltage and current sensing capability is coupled directly to an HVAC unit and provides low latency failure detection and control using an on-board CPU. The thermostat can be configured to detect failure modes using current and voltage sensing and to make autonomous decisions to control the HVAC in response to such measurements.
Owner:GRIDPOINT INC

System for a vehicle, component, and method for detecting the connection state of a switching device of a charging circuit

A system (12) for a vehicle, an assembly (10), and a method for detecting a connection state of a switching device (62) of a charging circuit (56) are provided. The system (12) comprises at least one stator coil (30) of an electric machine (18), an inverter (16), and a charging circuit (56). The inverter (16) is configured to be coupled to a battery (14) of the vehicle. The charging circuit (56) is configured to be coupled to a charging device external to the vehicle. The charging circuit (56) is further configured for adapting a charging program of the battery (14) of the vehicle. The charging circuit (56) comprises at least a capacitor (64) and the switching device (62). The switching device (62) is arranged between the capacitor (64) and the stator coil (30). A single voltage sensing element (66) is arranged between the switching device (62) of the charging circuit (56) and a star point (60) of the electric machine (18). A control circuit (36) is configured to detect the connection state of the switching device (62) of the charging circuit (56) based on a voltage magnitude measured by the voltage sensing element (66).
Owner:VALEO NEW ENERGY VEHICLES GERMANY GMBH

Display device and driving method thereof

Embodiments relate to a display device and driving method thereof. A display device includes a display panel including a pixel arranged thereon, a gate driving circuit configured to supply a scan signal to the pixel, a power control unit configured to output a gate driving voltage to the gate driving circuit, a sensing unit configured to sense an input electric signal and output sensing data, and a timing controller configured to control operations of the gate driving circuit.
Owner:LG DISPLAY CO LTD

Current detection device

A current sensing device is provided, including: a laminate having a plurality of insulating layers laminated therein; a current sensing element provided in an inner layer of the laminate; a current wire configured to flow current to the current sensing element, the current wire being provided above an interlayer insulating layer with respect to the current sensing element; a plurality of current vias configured to connect the current sensing element and the current wire in such a manner as to penetrate the interlayer insulating layer; and a voltage sensing via configured to obtain a voltage drop in the current sensing element, the voltage sensing via being electrically connected to the current sensing element.
Owner:KOA CORP