Inventor · Troutville, VA, US

Sidney Allen Barker

27Patents
8h-index
29Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 27, 2001 → Oct 14, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7855906B2 DC bus voltage control for two stage solar converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Active
US7629705B2 Method and apparatus for operating electrical machines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active
US7944068B2 Optimizing converter protection for wind turbine generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US8664788B1 Method and systems for operating a wind turbine using dynamic braking in response to a grid event Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US8046109B2 Method and systems for operating a wind turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8310074B2 Method and apparatus for generating power in a wind turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US8022565B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a wind turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9450415B2 System and method for controlling a dual-fed induction generator in response to high-voltage grid events Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8085564B2 DC bus voltage control for two stage solar converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US10107260B2 Wind turbine auxiliary circuit control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9577421B2 System and method for isolating ground faults in a wind turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8693220B2 System for improved wind turbine generator performance Electricity 6 Active
US8509958B2 Power limiter system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9458830B2 System and method for improving reactive current response time in a wind turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8676386B2 Fault detection system for a generator Physics 4 Active
US9548690B2 System and method for adjusting current regulator gains applied within a power generation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6633144B2 System and method for measuring parameters of a DC motor field Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US9520819B2 System and method for controlling a power generation system based on a detected islanding event Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9605653B2 System and method for de-rating power of a wind turbine as a function of temperature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9371821B2 Voltage control for wind turbine generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10396694B2 System and method for minimizing reactive current to limit rotor modulation index on a power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9863400B2 System and method for controlling a wind turbine system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9641113B2 System and method for controlling a power generation system based on PLL errors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10180128B2 System and method for categorizing trip faults of a wind turbine power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10340829B2 Electrical power circuit and method of operating same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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