IP Library Granted Patent US 9,901,006
Granted Patent B2
US 9,901,006 · App. 14/804,864 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Control circuit for fan

Inventors: Jiing-Shyang Jang (New Taipei, TW); Meng-Liang Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
H05K7/20209G05B15/02H05K7/20836
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Patent No.
US 9,901,006
App. No.
14/804,864
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control circuit for a fan includes a temperature sensor, a fan controller, a first power supply unit, a second power supply unit, and a control unit. The second power supply unit supplies power to the fan, controlled by the control unit, when an electronic device is powered on. The first power supply unit supplies power to the fan controlled by the control unit, when the electronic device is in a standby mode.

Claims (14)

1. A control circuit for a fan positioned of an electronic device, the control circuit comprising:

a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the electronic device and output a temperature signal;

a fan controller coupled to the temperature sensor and the fan, and configured to control a speed of the fan according to the temperature signal received;

a first power supply unit coupled to a power pin of the fan, the first power supply unit configured to supply power to the fan;

a second power supply unit coupled to the power pin of the fan, the second power supply unit configured to supply power to the fan; and

a control unit coupled to the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit, the control unit configured to cause the second power supply unit to operate in event the electronic device is in an active mode, and further configured to cause the first power supply unit to operate in event the electronic device is in a standby mode;

wherein the control unit comprises a first electronic switch, a second electronic switch, first to fourth resistors, and first to third capacitors, a control terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to a system power supply through the first resistor, a control terminal of the first electronic switch is also coupled to ground through the first capacitor and the second resistor in parallel, a first terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to a standby power supply through the third resistor, a second terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to ground, the first terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to the second power supply unit, the first terminal of the first electronic switch is also coupled to ground through the second capacitor, a control terminal of the second electronic switch is coupled to the first terminal of the first electronic switch, a first terminal of the second electronic switch is coupled to the standby power supply through the fourth resistor, a second terminal of the second electronic switch is coupled to ground, the first terminal of the second electronic switch is coupled to the first power supply unit, the first terminal of the second electronic switch is also coupled to ground through the third capacitor.

2. The control circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first power supply unit comprises a resistor and an electronic switch, a control terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to the control unit through the resistor, a first terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to a standby power supply, a second terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to the power pin of the fan.

3. The control circuit of claim 2 , further comprising a fuse, wherein the second terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to the power pin of the fan through the fuse.

4. The control circuit of claim 2 , wherein the electronic switch is a p-channel field-effect transistor (FET), and the control terminal, the first terminal, and the second terminal of the electronic switch are a gate, a source, and a drain of the FET, respectively.

5. The control circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second power supply unit comprises a resistor and an electronic switch, a control terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to the control unit through the resistor, a first terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to a system power supply, a second terminal of the electronic switch is coupled to the power pin of the fan.

6. The control circuit of claim 5 , wherein the electronic switch is a p-channel FET, and the control terminal, the first terminal, and the second terminal of the electronic switch are a gate, a source, and a drain of the FET, respectively.

7. The control circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic switch is an n-channel FET, and the control terminal, the first terminal, and the second terminal of the first electronic switch are a gate, a source, and a drain of the FET, respectively.

8. The control circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second electronic switch is an n-channel FET, and the control terminal, the first terminal, and the second terminal of the second electronic switch are a gate, a source, and a drain of the FET, respectively.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO.,LTD.
To: FULIAN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059620/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 045501/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2015
From: JANG, JIING-SHYANG; YANG, MENG-LIANG
To: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036144/0253 →
Continuity (1)
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