A power supply device includes a storage battery; a capacitor unit having first and second capacitor; a three phase power converter, connected in parallel with the storage battery, each phase having first to fourth switching elements in series; three connection terminals electrically connectable to a three-phase AC charger; and a control unit, in a case where the three connection terminals and the three-phase AC charger are electrically connected between the first switching elements and the second switching elements for the respective three phases in the three-level inverter, before the storage battery is charged by means of the three-phase AC charger, charging the first capacitor with use of the storage battery and setting voltage of the second capacitor to 0 V.

A power electronics assembly for a mobile application includes a first power electronics component selectively coupled to a high source on a first side and coupled to a high voltage battery on a second side, a second power electronics component selectively coupled to one of a low load or a low voltage battery on a first side and coupled to the high voltage battery on a second side; and a controller, including an operating mode circuit structured to determine a discharge operating mode for the mobile application, a power electronics configuration circuit structured to provide a switch state value for the first power electronics component and the second power electronics component in response to the discharge operating mode, and wherein the first power electronics component and the second power electronics component are responsive to the switch state value to coupled selected ones of the high source, low load, and low voltage battery to the high voltage battery.

An electric vehicle fast charger and methods thereof are described, adapted for re-use of magnetic components of an electric vehicle having traction converters when the electric vehicle is stationary and connected to a power grid. A switching stage provided by one or more sets of switches is controlled complementarily with the switches of the traction converters to (i) provide inversion of a grid voltage and (ii) shape current of the grid current between the electric vehicle and the power grid to track a waveshape of the grid voltage. A single switching stage and a dual switching stage circuit are contemplated, along with switch controller circuits, and instruction sets for switch control. Variants provide for energy transfer to accommodate for energy imbalances between storage devices.

A battery regenerative breaking control method applied in an electric vehicle is provided. The battery regenerative breaking control method includes: determining whether a battery pack is at a protection status when the electric vehicle is detected to be at a regenerative breaking status; recording a current battery error time point and obtaining a time threshold according to a current speed of the electric vehicle if it is determined that the battery pack is at the protection status; determining whether a current time is smaller than the time threshold; entering a first stage to adjust a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycle if the current time is smaller than the time threshold; and entering a second stage to adjust a PWM frequency if the current time is larger than the time threshold.

A multi-input charging system and method use a motor driving device. The system includes: a motor having a plurality of windings; a first inverter including first switching elements and having one end connected to a power input terminal and an opposite end connected to a first terminal of each of the plurality of windings; a second inverter including second switching elements and having one end connected to a battery and an opposite end connected to a second terminal of each of the plurality of windings, the battery connected to the power input terminal or the one end of the second inverter; and a controller configured to charge the battery directly via the power input terminal or with a voltage of the charging power that is stepped down.

A multi-input charging system and method using a motor driving device: the system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, a battery connected to a charging power input terminal or one end of the second inverter through a charging switch, and a controller configured to directly charge the battery through the charging power input terminal by selectively connecting the charging switch when a battery charging mode is started, and when connection of the charging switch is impossible, control the first switching elements and the second switching elements such that the charging power input terminal and the battery are connected through the first inverter, a motor, and the second inverter in a bypass manner.

A brushless DC motor system control method provided is based on a hybrid energy storage unit. The HESU topology is designed, and the output of the designed HESU is connected to the input of three-phase inverter, and the output of three-phase inverter is connected with the three-phase windings of the BLDCM. In braking operation, two kinds of braking vectors are constructed according to the HESU and three-phase inverter. Moreover, through the combined action of the two vectors, the braking torque control is achieved and meanwhile the braking energy is fed back to the supercapacitor. In electric operation, four kinds of electric vectors are constructed according to the HESU and three-phase inverter. Moreover, the power sharing control between battery and supercapacitor is realized by different vectors action during motor acceleration mode, and the torque ripple in commutation period is suppressed by different vectors action during motor constant speed mode.

A brushless DC motor system control method provided is based on a hybrid energy storage unit. The HESU topology is designed, and the output of the designed HESU is connected to the input of three-phase inverter, and the output of three-phase inverter is connected with the three-phase windings of the BLDCM. In braking operation, two kinds of braking vectors are constructed according to the HESU and three-phase inverter. Moreover, through the combined action of the two vectors, the braking torque control is achieved and meanwhile the braking energy is fed back to the supercapacitor. In electric operation, four kinds of electric vectors are constructed according to the HESU and three-phase inverter. Moreover, the power sharing control between battery and supercapacitor is realized by different vectors action during motor acceleration mode, and the torque ripple in commutation period is suppressed by different vectors action during motor constant speed mode.

A charging device for charging an electric vehicle includes a power plug, a charging gun, a control box, a temperature detecting circuit and an over-temperature protection circuit. The charging gun is detachably connected with the electric vehicle and includes a connection confirmation terminal and a connection confirmation circuit. The connection confirmation circuit outputs a connection confirmation signal to the connection confirmation terminal. The temperature detecting circuit detects the temperature of the power plug or the control box and outputs a temperature signal to a second control unit of the control box when the temperature of the power plug or the control box exceeds a threshold temperature level. The over-temperature protection circuit is electrically connected between the second control unit and the connection confirmation terminal. The second control unit controls the over-temperature protection circuit to adjust the voltage level of the connection confirmation terminal according to the temperature signal.

An apparatus for actively discharging at least one DC link capacitor, comprising at least one half-bridge circuit having a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor, wherein the half-bridge circuit is arranged in parallel with the DC link capacitor, wherein a voltage divider comprising at least two resistors is arranged in parallel with the DC link capacitor, wherein a tap of the voltage divider is connected to at least one differentiator, wherein at least one driver module for generating gate driver signals is assigned to the half-bridge circuit, and at least one control unit, wherein the control unit is designed in such a way that, in an active discharge mode, at least one transistor of the half-bridge circuit is controlled as a function of an output signal of the differentiator, as well as to an associated method.