IP Library Granted Patent US 9,674,908
Granted Patent B1
US 9,674,908 · App. 15/358,612 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter

Inventors: Chih-Hsien Wu (New Taipei, TW); Wei Chang (New Taipei, TW); Kai-Cheng Chuang (New Taipei, TW); Sheng-Wei Chen (New Taipei, TW); Che-Hao Kuo (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.
H05B33/0815H02M1/14H02M1/42H02M1/44
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Patent No.
US 9,674,908
App. No.
15/358,612
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter adopts a dual-stage isolated circuit architecture and outputs a constant output current to drive a low-power LED module, and its primary stage adopts a flyback circuit architecture with a primary regulated voltage, and its secondary stage adopts of a buck circuit architecture of the current stabilizer, so that after the primary stage converts the constant voltage, the current stabilizer senses the load effect of the output current at the LED module to regulate the output cycle and maintain the total output of the output current constant and reduce the ripple amplitude, so as to achieve a non-strobe output result and improve the illumination effect of the LED module.

Claims (8)

1. A secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter, adopting a dual-stage isolated circuit architecture, and provided for driving a low-power LED module to achieve the effect of a non-strobe output and improve the illumination effect of the LED module, comprising:

an input module, electrically coupled to an external power supply, and provided for outputting an input current;

a conversion module, adopting a flyback circuit architecture, and including a primary coil, a regulation coil, a regulator, an iron core and a secondary coil, and the primary coil and the regulation coil being installed at a primary side of the iron core, and the secondary coil being installed at a secondary side of the iron core, and the regulator being electrically coupled to the primary coil and the regulation coil, and the primary coil being electrically coupled to the input module, and the secondary coil forming an output voltage through the magnetic induction of the iron core after receiving the input current, while the regulation coil forming a regulation signal through the magnetic induction of the iron core and the regulation signal being provided for the regulator to regulate the duty cycle of the primary coil; and

an output module, adopting a buck circuit architecture, and comprising a current stabilizer, and the output module being electrically coupled to the secondary coil and the LED module, and the output voltage being used to convert and form an output current to be outputted to the LED module, and the current stabilizer regulating the duty cycle of the output voltage after sensing the load effect of the output current on the LED module to keep the total output of the output current constant and reduce the ripple amplitude of the output current.

2. The secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion module comprises a current stabilizing coil installed on the secondary side of the iron core, and the current stabilizing coil is electrically coupled to the output module and forms a constant current voltage through the magnetic induction of the iron core, and the constant current voltage is provided for the current stabilizer as a reference base for regulating the output voltage.

3. The secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter according to claim 2 , wherein the current stabilizer comprises a sensing element, and the sensing element is formed by at least two resistors connected in parallel with one another, and the sensing element senses the load effect of the LED module of the output current to form a sensed value, and drive the current stabilizer to regulate the duty cycle of the output voltage.

4. The secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter according to claim 3 , wherein the current stabilizer comprises a current stabilizing chip and a current stabilizing switch, and the current stabilizing chip is electrically coupled to the current stabilizing coil, the current stabilizing switch and the sensing element for receiving the constant current and voltage and regulating the duty cycle of the current stabilizing switch after comparing the sensed value, so as to correct the output cycle time of the output voltage to achieve a constant current effect.

5. The secondary-side bucking and current-stabilizing flyback power converter according to claim 4 , wherein the regulator comprises a regulation chip, a regulation switch and a detecting element, and the detecting element is electrically coupled to the regulation coil and the regulation chip, and the regulation switch is electrically coupled to the regulation chip and the primary coil, and when the regulation coil magnetically induced by the input current to obtain a regulated voltage, the detecting element detects and forms the regulation signal and feeds the regulation signal back to the regulation chip, so that the regulation chip regulates the duty cycle of the regulation switch to correct the cycle period of the input current received by the primary coil, so as to achieve a voltage regulation effect.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,
Reel/Frame 060250/0674 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059496/0205 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052291/0387 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2016
From: WU, CHIH-HSIEN; CHANG, WEI; CHUANG, KAI-CHENG; CHEN, SHENG-WEI; KUO, CHE-HAO
To: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040402/0093 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105211247 U · Jul 26, 2016 · national