Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Asml Netherlands B.v.

Driv Automotive Inc.

Trumpf Photonic Components Gmbh

Hendrik Huisman

Nicolaas Ten Kate

Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre

Bernd Ackermann

Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina

Peter Luerkens

Yogesh Pramod Karade

Siegfried Alexander Tromp

Elisabeth Corinne Rodenburg

Jacobus Josephus Leijssen

Albert Garcia Tormo

Maurice Wilhelmus Leonardus Hendricus Feijts

Carsten Deppe

Gero Heusler

Ralf Gordon Conrads

Alexander Christiaan De Rijck

Rui Wang

Xi Gu

Raymond Lafarre

Alexander C De Rijck

Maurice Feijts

An apparatus includes an electric motor including a stator and a translator; a three-phase inverter electrically coupled to the electric motor; a power source electrically coupled to the three-phase inverter; and a controller communicatively coupled to the three-phase inverter. The controller is programmed to determine at least three measurements at different times of flux linkage from the electric motor, represent the measurements in Clarke coordinates, determine Clarke coordinates of a center of a circle defined by the Clarke coordinates of the measurements, and determine a position of the translator relative to the stator based on the Clarke coordinates of the center of the circle.

Sensorless position detection for electric motor

The present invention relates to a device () for controlling a power converter (), the device () comprising: a sensor module (), which is configured to measure an inductor current (i_L) through an inductor of the power converter (); a compensation module (), which is configured to generate a compensation waveform (i_c); and an operating module (), which is configured to provide a continuous conduction mode current signal (i_CCM) based on the compensation waveform (i_c) and of the inductor current (i_L) and which is configured to control the power converter () based on the provided continuous conduction mode current signal (i_CCM).

Device and method for processing an inductor current

The present invention relates to a device () for estimating an average value of an inductor current for switched-mode power converters (), the device () comprising: a sensor (), which is configured to measure an inductor voltage (v_L) and an inductor current (i_L); a ripple-suppressor (), which is configured to provide an estimated inductor current ripple (EIR) based on the measured inductor voltage (v_L); and a current-corrector (), which is configured to provide a corrected inductor current (i_Lc) based on the estimated inductor current ripple (EIR) and the measured inductor current (i_L).

Estimating an average value of an inductor current for switched-mode power converters

The invention describes a printed circuit board with a top side and a bottom side, the printed circuit board comprising at least two electrically conductive layers () for transmitting electrical current and at least one electrically insulating layer () comprising electrically insulating material, wherein the electrically conductive layers () and the electrically insulating layer () are arranged in an alternating assembly such that the two electrically conductive layers () are electrically insulated with respect to each other by means of the electrically insulating layer (), wherein each of the electrically conductive layers () is adapted to be coupled to a bond wire () independently from the other electrically conductive layer () at a side surface of the printed circuit board being inclined to the top side and the bottom side of the printed circuit board. The invention further describes a corresponding method of fabricating the printed circuit board. The invention further describes a printed circuit board arrangement comprising the printed circuit board and a corresponding method of fabricating the printed circuit board arrangement.

Printed circuit board and printed circuit board arrangement

A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a planarization layer provided on a surface thereof. The planarization layer provides a smooth surface for the formation of a thin film stack forming an electronic component. The thin film stack comprises an (optional) isolation layer, a metal layer forming an electrode, a sensor, a heater, a transistor or a logic device, and a top isolation layer.

Substrate holder, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and method of manufacturing a substrate holder

The present invention relates to a switched-mode power supply apparatus and a corresponding method. For an effective compensation of non-linearities caused by dead-time and voltage drops in the switching power amplifier of the apparatus, an apparatus is proposed comprising a switching power amplifier () for amplifying a signal supplied by an external signal source () and for supplying a load voltage and/or load current to a load (), and a control unit () for controlling the switching of said switching power amplifier based on a timing setting, said control unit being adapted for simulating the behavior of the switching power amplifier by predicting the average load voltage and/or load current for at least two, in particular a plurality of, timing settings for a desired load voltage and/or load current based on state information about the present state of the switching power amplifier.

Switched-mode power supply apparatus and method

A power supply adapted for supplying electrical power to a load (), the power supply comprising: at least one powered full bridge circuit (), wherein the powered full bridge circuit is adapted for being powered by a direct current voltage supply (), wherein the full bridge circuit () comprises a first output connection (), and a first switching means (-) for controlling the application of electrical power to the output connection, at least one floating full bridge circuit (), wherein each floating full bridge circuit comprises a capacitor () adapted for powering the floating full bridge circuit (), wherein each floating full bridge circuit comprises a second output connection (), a second switching means (-) for controlling the application of electrical power to the output connection, a stack of bridge circuits () comprising the at least one powered full bridge circuit and the at least one floating full bridge circuit, wherein the second output convection () and first output connection () are connected in series, wherein the stack has a third output connection (), a passive filter () for averaging the voltage across the third output connection () and connected to the third output connection, a load connector () adapted for connecting the passive filter () to the load (), a modulator () adapted for modulating the first switching means and the second switching means such that the charging or discharging of the capacitor () is controlled while electrical power is being supplied to or extracted from the load ().

Power supply, method, and computer program product for supplying electrical power to a load

The invention relates to a power semiconductor device () cooling assembly for cooling a power semiconductor device (), wherein the assembly comprises an actively cooled heat sink () and a controller (), wherein the controller () is adapted for adjusting the cooling efficiency of the heat sink () depending on the temperature of the high current carrying semiconductor junction comprised in the power semiconductor device ().

Power semiconductor device adaptive cooling assembly

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