Provided is a highly reliable electronic control unit capable of improving responsiveness of an output current of a switching power supply to load current variation and suppressing power supply voltage variation accompanying the load current variation at low cost and with high power efficiency. Provided are: a calculation unit that performs signal processing; a first power supply circuit that supplies a first power supply voltage to the calculation unit; and a second power supply circuit that supplies a second power supply voltage to the first power supply circuit. The calculation unit has a function of outputting a control signal when a change in a consumed current of the calculation unit exceeds a predetermined threshold, and changes any one or both of a control scheme of the first power supply circuit and the second power supply voltage according to the control signal.

To provide a fuel cell system configured to charge a battery with maintaining the independence and redundancy of a fuel cell and a battery as power sources. A fuel cell system for air vehicles, wherein the fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a battery, a motor and a controller; wherein the fuel cell and the battery are connected to the motor as independent power sources, and the motor includes a double three-phase winding that uses a double inverter; and wherein, when normal output is requested from the motor, the controller operates the motor by a predetermined first output from the fuel cell, and the controller charges the battery by a torque generated in the motor.

A motor controller and a vehicle having the same are disclosed in the present disclosure. The motor controller includes a box, a low-voltage control unit, a driver unit, and a power unit. A low-voltage control layer, a driver layer and a power layer sequentially laminated are defined in the box. The low-voltage control unit is arranged in the low-voltage control layer. The driver unit is arranged in the driver layer. The power unit is arranged in the power layer. A part of the box located between the low-voltage control layer and the driver layer is an electromagnetic shield.

A system for providing both driving and charging functionality by using a plurality of traction inverters and a plurality of energy storage devices coupled to one another across the electric motor; an AC/DC converter front-end circuit interfacing the first/second traction inverters and the power source; a controller circuit configured to control operating characteristics of the AC/DC converter front-end circuit, wherein the first/second traction inverters are provided gating signals to one or more switching gates of the first/second traction inverters to shape power characteristics of power delivered to the first/second energy storage devices, from the power source.

A bi-directional DC voltage converter includes a controller, controlled switches, inductors, and capacitors to accomplish DC voltage conversion with minimal input current ripple and high efficiency. The controller is operable in a boost mode in which the switches are independently controlled to convert low-voltage DC power to high-voltage DC power. The controller is operable in a buck mode in which the switches are independently controlled to convert high-voltage DC power to low-voltage DC power.

In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a converter system for a three level boost converter. In embodiments, the system includes a voltage input configured to connect to a voltage source, a switching module operatively connected to the voltage input to output quasi-square wave, a voltage output configured to supply voltage to a load, and a logic module. In embodiments, the logic module can be configured to control the switching module to modulate voltage from the voltage source to the voltage output to maintain a zero-voltage switching condition for at least a specified interval, using a method.

An apparatus is provided for adjusting an electrical configuration of a plurality of components of an electrical network associated with a vehicle in order to tune electrical characteristics of the electrical network to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle.

An exemplary electrified vehicle assembly includes a cable connected to an electrified vehicle battery. The cable has a coiled portion providing an inductor.

A direct-current (DC) power generation system for a vehicle, a boosting shunt regulator, and a method of regulating the output of an AC generator with the boosting shunt regulator are provided. The boosting shunt regulator includes gated power switches electrically coupled between AC generator contacts and output contacts. A shunt operates the power switches at duty cycles selected to boost the AC voltages output by the AC generator.

A drive device for an electrically drivable vehicle includes a housing body with a first fastening device, a cover which, after release of a second fastening device interacting with the first fastening device for fastening the cover to the housing body, is movable from a first position, in which the cover covers live components of the drive device during operation of the drive device, into a second position, in which the components are exposed, and a first connection device, to which a second connection device is connectable for establishing an electrically conductive connection and/or a data connection. The first fastening device and the first connection device are arranged such that in the first position access to the second fastening means in its position fastening the cover is only possible after the second connection device has been released from the first connection device.