Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power converter communications
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Application No.: US14570540Application Date: 2014-12-15
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Publication No.: US10381836B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Tudor Lipan , James Benson Bacque , Raymond Kenneth Orr
- Applicant: Solantro Semiconductor Corp.
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa
- Assignee: SOLANTRO SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
- Current Assignee: SOLANTRO SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: H02J3/38
- IPC: H02J3/38 ; H02J13/00 ; H04B3/54 ; H02J1/00 ; H02M1/14 ; H02M3/158

Abstract:
Power converter communications, including power converter communication methods and power converters that can communicate information, are disclosed. A control variable of a power converter is modulated, to modulate an output of the power converter for communicating information. Modulation of voltage or current on a circuit path to which the power converter is coupled could be detected, by another power converter, for example. Such modulation could be detected by sensors that are also used in controlling the power converter. Either or both of transmission and reception could therefore be provided without requiring any additional hardware at a power converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160172860A1 POWER CONVERTER COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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