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7633185 Apparatus for interfacing a three phase power supply to a load  
An apparatus monitors and controls application of three phases of alternating voltage to a load by detecting the sequence of the three phases. A switch module is operated, in response to the...
7623157 Polarity correction circuit and system incorporating same  
A video system including a circuit for automatically correcting reversed polarity in a polarity sensitive system. The system includes a video camera, a camera controller for controlling the video...
7592781 Charger control circuit with automatic polarity selection  
An exemplary charger control circuit includes an input port having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, an electrode control circuit, and an output port having a positive terminal and a...
7589438 Source phase sensitive transfer method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for transferring AC electrical power to a load from a first power source to a second power source provides for a time delay in the transfer to avoid problems associated with...
7560834 Generator switch  
In a device for disconnecting and/or connecting m phases (u, v, and w) of an alternating voltage providing source ( 1 ) from n phases (n 1 , n 2 , n 3 ) of a load ( 3 ), each of the m phases (u, v,...
7531918 Hot insertion and extraction of power supply module  
Disclosed is a power supply module for use in an electronic system having redundant power supply modules connected to a power bus. The power supply module includes an output filter. The output...
7521825 Interface switch for distributed energy resources  
A method and apparatus for an interface switch having an external terminal electrically connected to an AC voltage Ē at a frequency ω 0 (for example a utility supply), and an internal terminal...
7482712 DC power supply with input voltage polarity indication  
A multi-mode electromagnetic radiation emitting device comprising at least one source of electromagnetic radiation which emits radiation according to predefined or programmable user selectable...
7463468 Reverse circulation protection circuit  
A circuit for protection against reverse circulation of current through the body diode of an FET power switching device switching a load, the power switching device having gate, source and drain...
7459804 Static transfer switch device and method  
Devices and methods for improved voltage source transfer switching. First and second voltage sources (primary and alternate) are connectable to a load via corresponding first and second switches,...
7427815 Method, memory media and apparatus for detection of grid disconnect  
A phase shift procedure for detecting a disconnect of a power grid from a feeder that is connected to a load and a distributed generator. The phase shift procedure compares a current phase shift of...
7411768 Low-loss rectifier with shoot-through current protection  
A transistor active bridge circuit ( 400 ) rectifies domestic AC mains (for example, 120V, 60 Hz) and/or foreign AC mains (for example, 230V, 50 Hz) with low power loss. The circuit includes first...
7294983 Motor drive circuit  
Two systems consisting of an on-off control section corresponding to the saturation drive system and a constant voltage control section corresponding to the constant voltage drive system are...
7288856 Reverse battery protection circuit for power switch  
A circuit for protecting a power switch in the event of a reverse battery connection, wherein the power switch comprises a MOSFET having a body diode and the MOSFET is connected in series with a...
7285876 Regenerative gate drive circuit for power MOSFET  
A regenerative drive circuit for driving the gate of a power MOSFET of a switched mode power converter includes a pair of MOSFETS connected in series with a pair of coupled inductors L 1 , L 2 and...
7285875 Resonant converter with outputs of different polarities  
A secondary side series resonant circuit formed by at least one secondary winding and a secondary side series resonant capacitor is provided together with a secondary side series resonant circuit...
7282816 Manual switch remote controller  
A manual switch remote controller is adapted for use with a power switch machine to electrically and selectively move switch points of a track switch between a normal position and a reverse...
7245230 Dual magnetic field sensor unit  
The present inventions relate to a method and apparatus for adding Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) capabilities to utility meters that generate a magnetic field comprising magnetic flux that varies...
RE39446 Power filter circuit responsive to supply system fault conditions  
A power filter circuit for protecting electronic equipment from electromagnetic interference introduced by a supply system circuit includes a fault/condition sensing circuit capable of detecting...
7145268 Fault-tolerant three-level inverter  
A method for driving a neutral point clamped three-level inverter is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, DC current is received at a neutral point-clamped three-level inverter. The inverter has...
7145267 System and method for brownout protection of a FET based battery switch  
A switching circuit operative to switch between a first and second power source to an output is disclosed. The circuit comprises a MOSFET switch electrically connected to the first and second power...
7126801 Polarity protection implemented with a MOSFET  
A polarity protection circuit contains a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (FET) that pets its control voltage via an electrical connection from supply voltage lines and a...
7095138 Controller for plural supplies driving single load  
A controller is disclosed for determining that the currents from the two AC power sources are correctly phased. Required circuitry can be disposed within a housing from which extend power cables...
7065662 Information handling system featuring a power-based current limiting circuit  
A method of implementing a power-based current limiting circuit in an information handling system includes providing a power supply having an output voltage operating range that can vary between a...
7038329 Quality power from induction generator feeding variable speed motors  
A prime mover ( 28 ) in a heat recovery system drives an induction generator ( 8 ) which feeds power to a utility grid ( 9 ) through a breaker ( 10 ) but also powers a load including auxiliary...
6998735 Controlled rectifier bridge, control system, and method for controlling rectifier bridge by disabling gate control signals  
A controlled rectifier bridge includes a plurality of segments each having an element responsive to a control signal, and an output having a voltage, a first current and a second current. Sensors...
6995605 Resonance suppression circuit  
A resonance suppression circuit is provided to suppress resonance on a power grid of a chip or die. The resonance suppression circuit may include a band-pass filter portion, a comparator portion,...
6952092 Watt power device  
An energy savings circuit comprising a means for receiving an ac voltage source; a first voltage storage device in series with the ac voltage source; a second voltage storage device electrically...
6930409 Electromechanical switching device  
An electromechanical switching device ensures automatic selected polarity interconnection between terminals of two power sources. A double pole double throw (DPDT) switch has three pairs of...
6919650 Hybrid synchronization phase angle generation method  
A hybrid use of a phase-locked-loop controller and a microprocessor-based controller to synchronize the phase angles of a three-phase AC power source, such as a static power converter, with those...
6909585 Protection circuit protecting against voltage irregularities  
Protection circuits ( 1 ) to be located between power supplies ( 2 ) and further circuitries ( 20,30 ) for protecting further circuitries ( 20,30 ) against voltage irregularities and comprising...
6906579 Optimal inductor management  
In a packaged integrated circuit, the package inductance limits the rate at which off-chip current may be varied in response to a change in on-chip current demand of the integrated circuit. The...
6853098 Communications interface and floating devices including such an interface  
A communication device is provided which transmits and responds to differential currents. Thereby allowing communication between devices that may be floating with respect to each other.
6825577 Dual power polarity protector/indicator  
A diode-configured power supply interface circuit prevents inadvertent miswiring of power supply leads to wrong polarity voltages of either primary or auxiliary DC supply voltages from triggering...
6815845 Method and apparatus for reversing polarity of a high voltage power source  
The present invention is directed to a circuit for reversing the polarity of a high voltage power supply. Circuits according to embodiments of the invention may include four switches, one or more...
6804097 Protective circuit for electronic modules, especially driver modules  
The invention relates to a protective circuit for electronic modules, especially driver modules, for protecting against polarity reversal and against rupturing of the neutral conductor. A first...
6800802 Circuit device for solar energy application  
A circuit device for solar energy application includes a solar panel as power supply and a rechargeable cell pack for receiving the power transferred from the solar panel. The circuit device uses a...
6727605 Duty cycle phase number control of polyphase interleaved converters  
Interleaved converter and method for controlling such inverter are provided. The converter includes a plurality of phasing stages. The converter further includes a calculator configured to...
6687102 Battery-operated power supply unit  
The battery-operated power supply unit, which comprises a switching transistor whose current terminals are connected in series with a battery, in the current path of the power supply unit,...
6661122 Polarity independent power supply control methods and systems using the same  
A method of controlling a power supply having an output activated in response to a first logic level of a control signal and deactivated in response to a second logic level of the control signal. A...
6657836 Polarity reversal tolerant electrical circuit for ESD protection  
An ESD protection circuit is provided which offers full protection for sub micron CMOS technology integrated circuits that does not have a latchup problem as in silicon controller rectifier...
6650520 Power supply reverse bias protection circuit for protecting both analog and digital devices coupled thereto  
All integrated circuits (ICs) require a power supply having a potential difference for use in powering internal integrated circuit components to ensure their operation. In some cases it is possible...
6639413 System and method for calibration of data in an electric power monitoring system  
The error compensating system and method is used in electric power monitoring systems, e.g. protective relays, and includes a test unit for applying a test signal to the front end of a data...
6611410 Positive supply lead reverse polarity protection circuit  
A protection circuit for use in a power electronic circuit has a positive supply input, a negative supply input, and a snubber. The protection circuit includes a snubber bias lead, a positive...
6538346 System for driving a reactive load  
A circuit to control the supply of a reactive load, for supplying variable quantities of energy to the load in a predetermined manner is included in a system. The system also includes reactive...
6529356 Power polarity reversal protecting circuit for an integrated circuit  
A power polarity reversal protecting circuit for an integrated circuit includes a protecting transistor, PMOS components and NMOS components, wherein the protecting transistor is a protecting PMOS...
6519126 Anti-reverse connection circuit for power supply  
An anti-reverse connection circuit for a power supply comprises an input terminal connected to a positive polarity of an external power supply, an input terminal connected to a negative polarity of...
6472837 Multipolar electromagnetic switching module  
The present invention relates to a multipolar electromagnetic switching module designed to be connected by line connections (t 1 , t 2 , t 3 ) to a main electromagnetic switching device (AP) and by...
6466627 Pulse signal transmitting circuit and subscriber's line terminal apparatus using the pulse signal transmitting circuit  
A pulse signal transmitting circuit generates a pulse signal having an enhanced high-frequency component with a reduced power loss. A pulse signal is transmitted to a load circuit through a...
6429550 Polarity reversal protection circuit for a final electronic power stage  
A polarity reversal protective circuit for an electronic power output stage that can be driven via a drive circuit is described. In the case of an incorrect polarization of a supply voltage, power...
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