Rivian IP Holdings, LLC

Zahra Mohajerani

Lixiang Wei

Shenli Zou

Yanjun Shi

Maziar Mobarrez

Mohammad Nanda Rahmana Marwali

Vishnu Mohan

Mohammad Nanda R Marwali

Systems and methods for controlling a dual active bridge converter or other type of DC-DC converter are disclosed herein. An output voltage of the dual active bridge converter is detected. Based at least in part on the output voltage, a first target duty ratio of a primary bridge of the dual active bridge converter and a second target duty ratio of a secondary bridge of the dual active bridge converter are retrieved from a table. Based on the output voltage, a target phase shift between the primary bridge and the secondary bridge is determined. Based on the first target duty ratio, the second target duty ratio, and the target phase shift, a plurality of switch control signals is caused to be provided to respective switches of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge, to switch according to a time-based switching sequence.

Hybrid optimized control for dc-dc converter

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for controlling a dual active bridge converter to distribute switching losses are disclosed herein. A plurality of switch control signals are provided to a plurality of switches, respectively, of at least one bridge of a dual active bridge converter. The plurality of switches comprises top switches and bottom switches. Control circuitry causes the plurality of switch control signals to switch according to a switching sequence comprising a plurality of stages. During at least one of the plurality of stages, the top switches are enabled concurrently with one another or the bottom switches are enabled concurrently with one another.

Dual active bridge converter control with select inactive states for loss distribution

Current sensor compensation is provided. A system can include a charger for an electric vehicle having one or more controllers. A controller can amplify an input signal at a selected frequency to generate a first signal. A controller can amplify a direct current component of the input signal to generate a second signal. A component of the charger can generate a reference signal for input into a current sensor of the charger. The reference signal can be based on a combination of the first signal and the second signal.

Current sensor compensation

Systems and methods for controlling a dual active bridge converter are disclosed herein. A bus voltage of a dual active bridge (DAB) converter is detected and a first duty ratio of a primary bridge and a second duty ratio of a secondary bridge are determined, at least one of the first duty ratio and the second duty ratio are modified by adjusting at least one of a differential mode (DM) adjustment variable and a common mode (CM) adjustment variable based on the detected bus voltage. A plurality of switch control signals, which are provided to respective switches of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge, are caused to switch according to a time-based switching sequence based on the first duty ratio and the second duty ratio.

Modulation to extend zero-voltage switching margin for dual-active bridge converter

Systems and methods for controlling a dual active bridge converter are disclosed herein. A probability of losing zero voltage switching (ZVS) of a dual active bridge (DAB) converter comprising is determined. At least one control variable of a plurality of control variables of the DAB converter is modified to change ZVS margin to achieve ZVS based on a determined probability of losing ZVS. A plurality of switch control signals, which are provided to respective switches of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge of the DAB, are caused to switch according to a time-based switching sequence based on the plurality of control variables.

Modulation to extend dual-active bridge converter zero-voltage switching margin under parameter variation

Systems and methods for controlling a dual active bridge converter are disclosed herein. Switch control signals are provided to respective switches of at least one bridge of a dual active bridge converter. Control circuitry causes the switch control signals to switch according to a first switching sequence. After causing the switch control signals to switch according to the first switching sequence, the control circuitry causes the switch control signals to switch according to a second switching sequence, distinct from the first switching sequence, to distribute switching losses among the switches.

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