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Patent No.:

US 10381836 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2014

Power converter communications

Applicant:

Solantro Semiconductor Corp., Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Tudor Lipan, Ottawa, CA;

James Benson Bacque, Ottawa, CA;

Raymond Kenneth Orr, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

SOLANTRO SEMICONDUCTOR CORP., Ottawa, CA;

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jared Fureman

Assistant Examiner:

Aqeel H Bukhari

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/14 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02J 13/0006 (2013.01); H04B 3/542 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 13/0062 (2013.01); H02J 13/0075 (2013.01); H02M 1/14 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H04B 2203/547 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5445 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2638 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2653 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2692 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y02E 40/72 (2013.01); Y04S 10/123 (2013.01); Y04S 40/124 (2013.01); Y04S 40/126 (2013.01); Y04S 40/146 (2013.01);
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.

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