Inventor · Whitefish Bay, WI, US

Lixiang Wei

100Patents
11h-index
74Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 20, 2003 → Nov 9, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7190143B2 Pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier with variable switching frequency Electricity 72 Expired
US6995992B2 Dual bridge matrix converter Electricity 33 Expired
US7356441B2 Junction temperature prediction method and apparatus for use in a power conversion module Electricity 27 Expired
US9389263B2 Filter capacitor degradation identification using measured and expected voltage Physics 17 Active
US9318976B1 Adjustable PWM method to increase low speed starting torque and inverter voltage measurement accuracy Electricity 16 Active
US8432052B2 Wind power converter system with grid side reactive power control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8188693B2 DC bus boost method and system for regenerative brake Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9236828B1 Methods and power conversion system control apparatus to control IGBT junction temperature at low speed Electricity 14 Active
US7830036B2 Power electronic module pre-charge system and method Electricity 13 Active
US10158299B1 Common voltage reduction for active front end drives Electricity 12 Active
US8816631B2 Apparatus and method for energy efficient motor drive standby operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8841917B2 Ground scheme identification method Electricity 11 Active
US7535738B2 Method and apparatus including multi-drive configurations for medium voltage loads Electricity 11 Active
US7825621B2 Junction temperature reduction for three phase inverters modules Electricity 10 Active
US9092030B2 Method to implement drive diagnostics and prognostics automatically Electricity 10 Active
US8570003B2 Double fed induction generator converter and method for suppressing transient in deactivation of crowbar circuit for grid fault ridethrough Electricity 10 Active
US9042146B2 DC pre-charge circuit Electricity 9 Active
US8643383B2 Drive failure protection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9041234B2 Double fed induction generator (DFIG) converter and method for improved grid fault ridethrough Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7826985B2 Power module life estimation fatigue function Electricity 8 Active
US7602622B2 Compensator with filter for use with a three-phase drive powering a one-phase load Electricity 7 Active
US9837924B1 Precharge apparatus for power conversion system Electricity 7 Active
US8148929B2 Power electronic module IGBT protection method and system Electricity 7 Active
US7502238B2 Rectifier for reducing current harmonics from unbalanced source Electricity 7 Active
US7518891B2 Auxiliary circuit for use with three-phase drive with current source inverter powering a single-phase load Electricity 7 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.