# US 10,122,289 B2 · Conveter for converting code-modulated power with conversion code, power transmission system, and controller > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,289 B2 - Document ID: US10122289B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/366,119 - Filed: 2016-12-01 - Published: 2017-08-10 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-09 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Masahiro Yamaoka; Junichi Kanou; Akira Minegishi; Atsushi Yamamoto; Kohei Masuda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122289B2 ## CPC - H02M 5/297: for conversion of frequency - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power. The conversion code is based on the modulation code. A frequency of the second alternating-current power is higher than a frequency of the first alternating-current power. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A converter comprising: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code, the first alternating-current power having a first frequency; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power, the conversion code being based on the modulation code, the second alternating-current power having a second frequency higher than the first frequency, wherein a code sequence of the conversion code includes a plurality of first partial sequences in each of which bit values of the conversion code take values that are the same as corresponding bit values of the modulation code, and a plurality of second partial sequences in each of which bit values of the conversion code take values obtained by inverting corresponding bit values of the modulation code. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The converter according to claim 1, wherein each cycle of the first partial sequences and the second partial sequences is half or less of a cycle of the second alternating-current power. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The converter according to claim 1, wherein each of the first partial sequences and the second partial sequences is an orthogonal code sequence. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The converter according to claim 1, wherein the circuit comprises a plurality of switches. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The converter according to claim 4, further comprising: a control circuit that generates control signals for turning on and off the switches, wherein the circuit converts the code-modulated power in accordance with the control signals. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The converter according to claim 5, further comprising: a communication circuit that receives, from a controller, an instruction signal that includes timing information indicating a timing at which the code-modulated power is to be converted and code information regarding the conversion code, and the control circuit generates the control signals in accordance with the instruction signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The converter according to claim 1, wherein the circuit comprises an H-bridge circuit in which four bidirectional switch circuits are connected in a full-bridge configuration. ### Claim 8 A converter comprising: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current, power has been code-modulated with a modulation code, the first alternating-current power having a first frequency; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power, the conversion code being based on the modulation code, the second alternating-current power having a second frequency higher than the first frequency, wherein the second frequency of the second alternating-current power is N times of the first frequency of the first alternating-current power, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A system comprising: the converter according to claim 8; and a code modulator that code-modulates the first alternating-current power with the modulation code to generate the code-modulated power. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The converter according to claim 8, wherein the circuit comprises a plurality of switches. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The converter according to claim 10, further comprising: a control circuit that generates control signals for turning on and off the switches, wherein the circuit converts the code-modulated power in accordance with the control signals. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The converter according to claim 11, further comprising: a communication circuit that receives, from a controller, an instruction signal that includes timing information indicating a timing at which the code-modulated power is to be converted and code information regarding the conversion code, and the control circuit generates the control signals in accordance with the instruction signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The converter according to claim 8, wherein the circuit comprises an H-bridge circuit in which four bidirectional switch circuits are connected in a full-bridge configuration. ### Claim 14 A controller comprising: a processor; and a communication circuit, wherein the processor: generates a first instruction signal for code-modulating first alternating-current power with a modulation code to generate code-modulated power, the first alternating-current power having a first frequency; transmits the first instruction signal to a code modulator via the communication circuit; generates a second instruction signal for converting the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power, the conversion code being based on the modulation code, the second alternating-current power having a second frequency higher than the first frequency; and transmits the second instruction signal to a converter via the communication circuit, and the code modulator and the converter are connected to each other through a transmission path. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The controller according to claim 14, wherein a code sequence of the conversion code includes a plurality of first partial sequences in each of which bit values of the conversion code take values that are the same as corresponding bit values of the modulation code, and a plurality of second partial sequences in each of which bit values of the conversion code take values obtained by inverting corresponding bit values of the modulation code. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The controller according to claim 15, wherein each cycle of the first partial sequences and the second partial sequences is half or less of a cycle of the second alternating-current power. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The controller according to claim 15, wherein each of the first partial sequences and the second partial sequences is an orthogonal code sequence. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The controller according to claim 14, wherein the second frequency of the second alternating-current power is N times of the first frequency of the first alternating-current power, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The controller according to claim 14, wherein the first instruction signal includes first timing information indicating a timing at which the code modulator is to code-modulate the first alternating-current power and first code information regarding the modulation code; and the second instruction signal includes second timing information indicating a timing at which the converter is to convert the code-modulated power and second code information regarding the conversion code. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The controller according to claim 14, wherein the processor further obtains, via the communication circuit, information about an amount and the first frequency of the first alternating-current power input to the code modulator and information about an amount and the second frequency of the second alternating-current power to be output by the converter, and generates the first instruction signal and the second instruction signal in accordance with the obtained information.