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Granted Patent B2
US 9,621,060 · App. 14/490,926 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power

Inventors: Cheng-Po Hsiao (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chung-Hsin Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Ke-Horng Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chun-Chieh Kuo (Hsin-Chu, TW); Shih-Ping Tu (Hsin-Chu, TW); Shao-Wei Chiu (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
H02M3/338H02M2001/007
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Patent No.
US 9,621,060
App. No.
14/490,926
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power includes a comparator unit and a transistor installed directly in a secondary side output module, and the comparator unit is electrically coupled to at least one load, and the transistor is electrically coupled between to a conversion module of the circuit and the load. The comparator unit is provided for adjusting the duty cycle of the transistor after detecting the amount of energy outputted from the conversion module to the load from, so as to adjust the amount of energy actually received by the load to achieve a constant power effect.

Claims (11)

1. A self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power, comprising an input module, a self-excited conversion module and an output module, and the output module being electrically coupled to the conversion module and at least one load, and the conversion module being electrically coupled to an external power supply through the input module for converting a power into an input voltage, and the output module outputting the input voltage to the load, characterized in that the output module comprises a comparator unit, a driver unit and a modulator unit, and the modulator unit includes a transistor with a terminal electrically coupled to the conversion module for receiving the input voltage and the other terminal electrically coupled to the load for outputting the input voltage, and the driver unit is electrically coupled to the comparator unit and the modulator unit, and the comparator unit includes a detector electrically coupled to the load for detecting and forming a detected value; the comparator unit compares at least one reference value with the detected value and then outputs a drive signal to the driver unit, so that the driver unit triggers the modulator unit to adjust a duty cycle of the input voltage outputted by the transistor, so as to achieve the effect of controlling the self-excited power conversion circuit to output a constant power directly from a secondary side,

the comparator unit further includes a first error amplifier, and the driver unit includes a first comparator and a triangular wave oscillator, and the detector is a voltage dividing resistor for detecting the input voltage received by the load to form the detected value; the first error amplifier has a negative input terminal coupled to the voltage dividing resistor for receiving the detected value, a positive input terminal for receiving the reference value, and an output terminal coupled to a negative input terminal of the first comparator, and the first comparator has a positive input terminal coupled to the triangular wave oscillator and an output terminal electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor.

2. The self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power according to claim 1 , wherein the modulator unit further includes a diode, a switch and a D-type flip-flop, and the transistor has a source electrically coupled to an output terminal of the conversion module through the diode, and a gate coupled to a terminal of the switch, and a trigger terminal of the switch is coupled to an output terminal of the D-type flip-flop, and an input terminal of the D-type flip-flop is coupled to an output terminal of the first comparator, or an output terminal of the RS flip-flop.

3. A self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power, comprising an input module, a self-excited conversion module and an output module, and the output module being electrically coupled to the conversion module and at least one load, and the conversion module being electrically coupled to an external power supply through the input module for converting a power into an input voltage, and the output module outputting the input voltage to the load, characterized in that the output module comprises a comparator unit, a driver unit and a modulator unit, and the modulator unit includes a transistor with a terminal electrically coupled to the conversion module for receiving the input voltage and the other terminal electrically coupled to the load for outputting the input voltage, and the driver unit is electrically coupled to the comparator unit and the modulator unit, and the comparator unit includes a detector electrically coupled to the load for detecting and forming a detected value; the comparator unit compares at least one reference value with the detected value and then outputs a drive signal to the driver unit, so that the driver unit triggers the modulator unit to adjust a duty cycle of the input voltage outputted by the transistor, so as to achieve the effect of controlling the self-excited power conversion circuit to output a constant power directly from a secondary side, wherein the comparator unit further includes a second error amplifier and a third error amplifier, and the driver unit includes a RS flip-flop, and the detector is a voltage dividing resistor for detecting the input voltage received by the load to form the detected value; the third error amplifier has a positive input terminal coupled to the voltage dividing resistor for receiving the detected value, a negative input terminal for receiving the reference value and an output terminal coupled to a reset pin of the RS flip-flop, and the second error amplifier has a positive input terminal for receiving the reference value, a negative input terminal for receiving the detected value, and an output terminal coupled to a setup pin of the RS flip-flop, and the RS flip-flop has an output terminal electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor.

4. The self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power according to claim 3 , wherein the second error amplifier has a positive input terminal for receiving the reference value equal to 2.45 volts, and the third error amplifier has a negative input terminal for receiving the reference value equal to 2.5 volts.

5. The self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power according to claim 3 , wherein the modulator unit further includes a diode, a switch and a D-type flip-flop, and the transistor has a source electrically coupled to an output terminal of the conversion module through the diode, and a gate coupled to a terminal of the switch, and a trigger terminal of the switch is coupled to an output terminal of the D-type flip-flop, and an input terminal of the D-type flip-flop is coupled to an output terminal of the first comparator, or an output terminal of the RS flip-flop.

6. A self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power, comprising an input module, a self-excited conversion module and an output module, and the output module being electrically coupled to the conversion module and at least one load, and the conversion module being electrically coupled to an external power supply through the input module for converting a power into an input voltage, and the output module outputting the input voltage to the load, characterized in that the output module comprises a comparator unit, a driver unit and a modulator unit, and the modulator unit includes a transistor with a terminal electrically coupled to the conversion module for receiving the input voltage and the other terminal electrically coupled to the load for outputting the input voltage, and the driver unit is electrically coupled to the comparator unit and the modulator unit, and the comparator unit includes a detector electrically coupled to the load for detecting and forming a detected value; the comparator unit compares at least one reference value with the detected value and then outputs a drive signal to the driver unit, so that the driver unit triggers the modulator unit to adjust a duty cycle of the input voltage outputted by the transistor, so as to achieve the effect of controlling the self-excited power conversion circuit to output a constant power directly from a secondary side,

wherein the load comes with a plural using mode and is connected to the output module in parallel, and the detector is comprised of a current controller and a voltage feedback device, and the comparator unit includes a fourth error amplifier, and the driver unit includes a triangular wave oscillator and a second comparator, and the current controller is coupled to the loads and the voltage feedback device, and the voltage feedback device is coupled to a negative input terminal of the fourth error amplifier, and the fourth error amplifier has a positive input terminal set with a reference value and an output terminal coupled to a negative input terminal of the second comparator, and the second comparator has a positive input terminal coupled to the triangular wave oscillator and an output terminal electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor; the voltage feedback device obtains a minimum voltage value of the loads by the current controller to form the detected value, so that the fourth error amplifier outputs the drive signal of a high voltage level when the detected value is analyzed to be smaller than the reference value, so that an operating status of the transistor is adjusted after the second comparator compares the drive signal by using a triangular wave outputted by the triangular wave oscillator, and the greater the difference between the detected value and the reference value, the higher the voltage level of the drive signal, so as to increase the duty cycle of the transistor to increase the total input voltage outputted to the loads.

7. The self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power according to claim 6 , wherein the detector further includes a third comparator and a short circuit protector, and the third comparator has a positive input terminal coupled to the voltage feedback device, a negative input terminal set with a short circuit value, and an output terminal coupled to the short circuit protector; the third comparator drives the short circuit protector to stop the operation of the output module when the third comparator analyzes that the maximum voltage value of the loads fed back by the voltage feedback device is greater than the short circuit value.

8. The self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power according to claim 7 , wherein the modulator unit further includes an over-voltage comparator and an over-voltage resistor, and the over-voltage comparator has a positive input terminal coupled to the over-voltage resistor, a negative input terminal set with a protection value, and an output terminal electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor, and a terminal of the over-voltage resistor is coupled to a drain of the transistor and the loads for receiving and dividing the input voltage outputted by the output module, so that the over-voltage comparator outputs a cutoff signal to cut off the operation of the transistor, when a voltage drop at both terminals of the over-voltage resistor is greater than the protection value.

9. The self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power according to claim 8 , wherein the reference value is a voltage value equal to 0.35 volt, and the short circuit value is a voltage value equal to 6.3 volts, and the protection value is a voltage value equal to 1.23 volts.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2024
From: GIGALINK TECHNOLOGY HOLDING LIMITED
To: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 066543/0583 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2020
From: ANWELL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
To: GIGALINK TECHNOLOGY HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053401/0692 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2014
From: HSIAO, CHENG-PO; HUANG, CHUNG-HSIN; CHEN, KE-HORNG; KUO, CHUN-CHIEH; TU, SHIH-PING; CHIU, SHAO-WEI
To: ANWELL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
Reel/Frame 033776/0487 →
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