US 12,316,240 B2
Multi-phase module-based energy system frameworks and methods related thereto
Mikhail Slepchenkov, Lake Forest, CA (US); and Roozbeh Naderi, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to TAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/410,818.
Application 18/410,818 is a continuation of application No. 17/952,975, filed on Sep. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,894,781.
Application 17/952,975 is a continuation of application No. 17/486,607, filed on Sep. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,923,782.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,110, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0023483 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 7/003 (2013.01) [H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A framework for a multi-phase energy system, comprising:
a plurality of modules arranges in a plurality of cabinets, wherein each module of the plurality of modules comprises an energy source configured to output a DC voltage having a value A, wherein A is a non-zero real number, a converter coupled with the energy source, and a local control device configured to control the converter to output a module voltage of +A volts, zero volts, or −A volts,
wherein the plurality of modules are connected as a plurality of arrays, each array of the plurality of arrays comprising multiple modules of the plurality of modules, and each array of the plurality of arrays being configured to output an AC signal having a different phase angle, wherein the plurality of modules are stacked along an axis orthogonal to a reference plane such that modules of at least one same level are aligned along the axis, and
wherein, for at least two adjacent levels of the plurality of arrays, modules are stacked in arrays such that modules within a same array are aligned substantially parallel in a horizontal direction relative to the reference plane,
wherein the plurality of cabinets comprises a first subset of cabinets arranged in a first row and a second subset of cabinets arranged in a second row, the second subset of cabinets different from the first subset of cabinets.