DC power supply for varying output voltage according to load current variation

1. A direct current (DC) power supply comprising:

an alternating current (AC)/DC conversion unit for converting AC power into DC power;

a DC/DC conversion unit for converting the DC power into output power; and

a control unit for controlling conversion of the AC/DC conversion unit and conversion of the DC/DC conversion unit, according to a variation in a load current of the output power from the DC/DC conversion unit,

wherein the DC/DC conversion unit is configured to convert the DC power into the output power by inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) resonance, which occurs at a preset optimum resonance point, and

wherein the control unit is configured to maintain the preset optimum resonance point of the DC/DC conversion unit by increasing a voltage level of the DC power from the AC/DC conversion unit, when increasing the load current and a voltage level of the output power.

2. The DC power supply of claim 1 , wherein the AC/DC conversion unit comprises:

a filter for removing electro-magnetic interference (EMI) of the AC power;

a rectifier for rectifying and smoothing the AC power from the filter; and

a power factor corrector for performing power factor correction on the rectified power from the rectifier and outputting the DC power.

3. The DC power supply of claim 2 , wherein the control unit comprises:

a current detector for detecting the variation in the load current of the output power;

a variable controller for outputting a first control signal and a second control signal if the load current from the current detector is higher than a preset current level;

a first controller for controlling switching of the DC/DC conversion unit according to the first control signal from the variable controller; and

a second controller for controlling switching of the AC/DC conversion unit according to the second control signal from the variable controller.

4. The DC power supply of claim 3 , wherein the variable controller comprises:

an operation determining block for determining a control operation if the load current from the current detector is higher than the preset current level;

a first variation-rate determining block for determining a variation rate of the voltage level of the output power according to the operation determined in the operation determining block;

a first voltage setting block for setting the voltage level of the output power according to the variation rate determined in the first variation-rate determining block;

a first coupler for coupling the voltage level from the first voltage setting block with the voltage level of the output power, and sending the first control signal based on a coupling result of the first coupler to the DC/DC conversion unit;

a second variation-rate determining block for determining a variation rate of a voltage level of the DC power according to the operation determined in the operation determining block;

a second voltage setting block for setting the voltage level of the DC power according to the variation rate determined in the second variation-rate determining block; and

a second coupler for coupling the voltage level from the second voltage setting block with the voltage level of the DC power, and sending the second control signal based on a coupling result of the second coupler to the AC/DC conversion unit.

5. The DC power supply of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to vary the voltage level of the output power from the DC/DC conversion unit according to the variation of the load current.