Power supply device
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a power supply device. The power supply device includes a conversion unit converting an applied voltage into a predetermined level, a switching unit performing an opening operation or a closing operation to control a current flowing in the conversion unit, a sensing unit sensing an occurrence of overcurrent when a voltage applied to the switching unit is equal to or larger than a reference voltage set in advance, and a control unit performing a protection operation when the overcurrent is sensed again within a protection time set in advance after a predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed, so that malfunction due to noise is prevented.
1. A power supply device, comprising:
a conversion unit converting an applied voltage into a predetermined level;
a switching unit performing an opening operation or a closing operation to control a current flowing in the conversion unit;
a sensing unit sensing an occurrence of overcurrent when a voltage applied to the switching unit is equal to or larger than a reference voltage set in advance; and
a control unit performing a protection operation when the overcurrent is sensed again within a protection time set in advance after a predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed,
wherein the control unit comprises a time delay device that detects the time delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed to thereby allow the control unit to determine whether the predetermined time is delayed, and determines whether the overcurrent is sensed again within the protection time,
wherein the time delay device comprises a counter that counts the number of times for each fixed time from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed to thereby determine whether the predetermined time is delayed,
wherein the counter sequentially outputs a plurality of count signals at a high level to a plurality of output terminals by counting the number of times for each fixed time from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed, and
wherein the time delay device further comprises a first AND gate that performs an AND operation on the plurality of count signals output from the plurality of output terminals to output a first gate signal.
2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit determines whether the predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed, and opens the switching unit to perform the protection operation when the overcurrent is sensed again within the protection time after the predetermined time is delayed.
3. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the overcurrent is not sensed again within the protection time after the predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed, the control unit normally operates the switching unit.
4. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the number of times counted by the counter reaches a reference number of times set in advance, the control unit determines that the predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed.
5. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit further includes a protector that determines, using the time delay device, whether the predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed, and performs the protection operation when the overcurrent is sensed again within the protection time after the predetermined time is delayed.
6. The power supply device according to claim 5 , wherein the sensing unit includes a comparator that compares the voltage applied to the switching unit and the reference voltage, and outputs an overcurrent signal when the voltage applied to the switching unit is equal to or larger than the reference voltage.
7. The power supply device according to claim 6 , wherein the protector includes an RS flip flop that inputs, to the counter, an output signal output from the output terminal when a signal output from the comparator is input to a first input terminal, and a clock signal is input to a second input terminal.
8. The power supply device according to claim 7 , wherein the protector further includes a second AND gate that performs an AND operation on the signal output from the comparator, and the first gate signal output from the first AND gate.
9. The power supply device according to claim 8 , wherein, when the overcurrent signal is input from the comparator, and the first gate signal at the high level is input from the first AND gate, the second AND gate performs an AND operation on the input overcurrent signal and first gate signal to thereby output a protection signal at a high level for performing the protection operation.
10. The power supply device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit further includes a control signal generator that outputs a control signal for opening or closing the switching unit in accordance with the protection signal output from the protector.
11. The power supply device according to claim 6 , wherein the sensing unit further includes a sensing resistor that senses the voltage applied to the switching unit.
12. The power supply device according to claim 11 , wherein the voltage applied to the switching unit is a voltage output from a source terminal of the switching unit.
13. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion unit is an inductor that boosts the applied voltage to a predetermined level.
14. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion unit is a transformer that includes a primary winding and a secondary winding in which electric power is induced from the primary winding.