IP Library Granted Patent US 12,424,922
Granted Patent B2
US 12,424,922 · App. 18/147,907 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Power supply device, circuit control method, and power supply system

Inventors: Chen Tian (Guangdong, CN); Jingpeng Zhu (Jiangsu, CN); Jialiang Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Ming Xu (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignees: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.; POWERLAND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H02M1/0067H02J7/02H02M3/33569H02J2207/20H02M3/01
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Patent No.
US 12,424,922
App. No.
18/147,907
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply device includes: an input rectifier circuit configured to convert a received alternating-current power into a first pulsating direct-current voltage; a first-stage conversion circuit connected with the input rectifier circuit and configured to convert the first pulsating direct-current voltage into a second pulsating direct-current voltage; a valley-fill circuit connected with the first-stage conversion circuit and configured to supply, in response to a voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage being lower than a voltage threshold, electrical power to thereby enable the voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage to be greater than or equal to the voltage threshold; and a second-stage conversion circuit connected with the first-stage conversion circuit and configured to convert the second pulsating direct-current voltage into a constant direct-current voltage and output the constant direct-current voltage.

Claims (46)

1. A power supply device, comprising:

an input rectifier circuit configured to convert a received alternating-current power into a first pulsating direct-current voltage;

a first-stage conversion circuit connected with the input rectifier circuit, wherein the first-stage conversion circuit is configured to convert the first pulsating direct-current voltage into a second pulsating direct-current voltage;

a valley-fill circuit connected with the first-stage conversion circuit, wherein the valley-fill circuit is configured to supply, in response to a voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage being lower than a voltage threshold, electrical power to thereby enable the voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage to be greater than or equal to the voltage threshold; and

a second-stage conversion circuit connected with the first-stage conversion circuit, wherein the second-stage conversion circuit is configured to convert the second pulsating direct-current voltage into a constant direct-current voltage and output the constant direct-current voltage;

wherein the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a switch circuit and a voltage transformation circuit, and the voltage transformation circuit is configured to convert the first pulsating direct-current voltage that has been performed with chopper processing by the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit into the second pulsating direct-current voltage;

wherein the valley-fill circuit comprises an energy storage circuit and a switch circuit; the energy storage circuit is connected with two terminals of a secondary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and configured to obtain electrical power supplied by the voltage transformation circuit; and the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit is connected with the energy storage circuit and configured to perform chopper processing on a voltage output by the energy storage circuit;

wherein the power supply device further comprises at least one filter capacitor, the at least one filter capacitor is connected with an output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit and an input terminal of the second-stage conversion circuit; and

wherein the valley-fill circuit further comprises a first diode, a second diode and an inductor; the first diode is connected between a terminal of the secondary winding and an input terminal of the energy storage circuit and configured to perform half-wave rectification on a voltage signal input by the secondary winding to obtain a rectified voltage and charge the energy storage circuit with the rectified voltage; the second diode is a freewheeling diode for providing a freewheeling loop for the inductor; and the inductor is connected between the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit and an output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit and configured to form a first filter circuit with the at least one filter capacitor, and the first filter circuit is configured to filter the voltage performed with the chopper processing.

2. The power supply device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a capacity of the at least one filter capacitor is less than a preset capacitance.

3. The power supply device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one filter capacitor comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of: a film capacitor, a ceramic capacitor, a tantalum capacitor and an electrolytic capacitor.

4. The power supply device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the input rectifier circuit is connected with an external alternating-current input, and the external alternating-current input is configured to input the alternating-current power to the power supply device.

5. The power supply device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second-stage conversion circuit is connected with a first port of a matched cable, and the cable is configured to supply the constant direct-current power to outside through a second port thereof.

6. The power supply device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first port comprises a universal serial bus (USB) port, and the second port comprises one selected from the group consisting of: a Type-C interface, a micro-USB interface and a lightning interface.

7. A circuit control method, applied in a power supply device, the method comprising:

converting, by an input rectifier circuit, a received alternating-current power into a first pulsating direct-current voltage;

converting, by a first-stage conversion circuit, the first pulsating direct-current voltage into a second pulsating direct-current voltage;

controlling, in response to a valley voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage output by the first-stage conversion circuit being less than a voltage threshold, a valley-fill circuit to supply the electrical power to thereby enable the valley voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage output by the first-stage conversion circuit to be greater than or equal to the voltage threshold; and

converting, by a second-stage conversion circuit, the second pulsating direct-current voltage into a constant direct-current voltage and output the constant direct-current voltage;

wherein the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a switch circuit and a voltage transformation circuit, and the voltage transformation circuit is configured to convert the first pulsating direct-current voltage that has been performed with chopper processing by the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit into the second pulsating direct-current voltage;

wherein the valley-fill circuit comprises an energy storage circuit and a switch circuit; the energy storage circuit is connected with two terminals of a secondary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and configured to obtain electrical power supplied by the voltage transformation circuit; and the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit is connected with the energy storage circuit and configured to perform chopper processing on a voltage output by the energy storage circuit;

wherein the power supply device further comprises at least one filter capacitor, the at least one filter capacitor is connected with an output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit and an input terminal of the second-stage conversion circuit; and

wherein the valley-fill circuit further comprises a first diode, a second diode and an inductor; the first diode is connected between a terminal of the secondary winding and an input terminal of the energy storage circuit and configured to perform half-wave rectification on a voltage signal input by the secondary winding to obtain a rectified voltage and charge the energy storage circuit with the rectified voltage; the second diode is a freewheeling diode for providing a freewheeling loop for the inductor; and the inductor is connected between the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit and an output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit and configured to form a first filter circuit with the at least one filter capacitor, and the first filter circuit is configured to filter the voltage performed with the chopper processing.

8. A power supply system, comprising an electronic device and a power supply device, wherein the power supply device is configured to supply electrical power to the electronic device, and the power supply device comprises:

an input rectifier circuit configured to convert a received alternating-current power into a first pulsating direct-current voltage;

a first-stage conversion circuit connected with the input rectifier circuit, wherein the first-stage conversion circuit is configured to convert the first pulsating direct-current voltage into a second pulsating direct-current voltage;

at least one filter capacitor connected with an output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit and an input terminal of a second-stage conversion circuit;

a valley-fill circuit connected to the first-stage conversion circuit and the output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit, wherein the valley-fill circuit is configured to supply, in response to a voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage being less than a voltage threshold, electrical power to the at least one filter capacitor, and stop supplying, in response to the voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage being greater than the voltage threshold, electrical power to the at least one filter capacitor; and

a second-stage conversion circuit connected with the first-stage conversion circuit, wherein the second-stage conversion circuit is configured to convert the second pulsating direct-current voltage into a constant direct-current voltage and output the constant direct-current voltage;

wherein the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a switch circuit and a voltage transformation circuit, and the voltage transformation circuit is configured to convert the first pulsating direct-current voltage that has been performed with chopper processing by the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit into the second pulsating direct-current voltage;

wherein the valley-fill circuit comprises an energy storage circuit and a switch circuit; the energy storage circuit is connected with two terminals of a secondary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and configured to obtain electrical power supplied by the voltage transformation circuit; and the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit is connected with the energy storage circuit and configured to perform chopper processing on a voltage output by the energy storage circuit; and

wherein the valley-fill circuit further comprises a first diode, a second diode and an inductor; the first diode is connected between a terminal of the secondary winding and an input terminal of the energy storage circuit and configured to perform half-wave rectification on a voltage signal input by the secondary winding to obtain a rectified voltage and charge the energy storage circuit with the rectified voltage; the second diode is a freewheeling diode for providing a freewheeling loop for the inductor; and the inductor is connected between the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit and an output terminal of the first-stage conversion circuit and configured to form a first filter circuit with the at least one filter capacitor, and the first filter circuit is configured to filter the voltage performed with the chopper processing.

9. The power supply system as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a cable matched with the power supply device, wherein the cable is configured to connect the power supply device with the electronic device.

10. The power supply device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the energy storage circuit is further configured to supply, in response to the voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage being lower the voltage threshold, electrical power to the at least one filter capacitor to thereby enable the voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage to be greater than or equal to the voltage threshold.

11. The power supply device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the energy storage circuit is further configured to stop, in response to the voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage being greater than the voltage threshold, supplying electrical power to the at least one filter capacitor.

12. The power supply device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a terminal of the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit is connected with the input terminal of the energy storage circuit and a negative terminal of the first diode, another terminal of the switch circuit is connected with a negative terminal of the second diode and a terminal of the inductor, another terminal of the inductor is connected with a terminal of the at least one filter capacitor, and another terminal of the at least one filter capacitor is connected with another terminal of the energy storage circuit and a positive terminal of the second diode.

13. The circuit control method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:

controlling, in response to the valley voltage value of the second pulsating direct-current voltage output by the first-stage conversion circuit being greater than the voltage threshold, the valley-fill circuit to stop supplying the electrical power.

14. The power supply device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit, and a fourth switch circuit which are bridge-connected; and a capacitor is provided on a path between a primary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and the third switch circuit, or on a path between the primary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and the fourth switch circuit, and the capacitor serves as a resonance capacitor.

15. The power supply device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit, and a fourth switch circuit which are bridge-connected; and

when an input alternating-current voltage of the received alternating-current power is in a first voltage range, the first-stage conversion circuit operates in a full-bridge mode, and when the input alternating-current voltage is in a second voltage range, the first-stage conversion circuit operates in a half-bridge mode, wherein a minimum voltage value of the second voltage range is greater than a maximum voltage value of the first voltage range.

16. The power supply system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit, and a fourth switch circuit which are bridge-connected; and a capacitor is provided on a path between a primary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and the third switch circuit, or on a path between the primary winding of the voltage transformation circuit and the fourth switch circuit, and the capacitor serves as a resonance capacitor.

17. The power supply system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the switch circuit of the first-stage conversion circuit comprises a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit, and a fourth switch circuit which are bridge-connected; and

when an input alternating-current voltage of the received alternating-current power is in a first voltage range, the first-stage conversion circuit operates in a full-bridge mode, and when the input alternating-current voltage is in a second voltage range, the first-stage conversion circuit operates in a half-bridge mode, wherein a minimum voltage value of the second voltage range is greater than a maximum voltage value of the first voltage range.

18. The circuit control method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a terminal of the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit is connected with the input terminal of the energy storage circuit and a negative terminal of the first diode, another terminal of the switch circuit is connected with a negative terminal of the second diode and a terminal of the inductor, another terminal of the inductor is connected with a terminal of the at least one filter capacitor, and another terminal of the at least one filter capacitor is connected with another terminal of the energy storage circuit and a positive terminal of the second diode.

19. The power supply system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a terminal of the switch circuit of the valley-fill circuit is connected with the input terminal of the energy storage circuit and a negative terminal of the first diode, another terminal of the switch circuit is connected with a negative terminal of the second diode and a terminal of the inductor, another terminal of the inductor is connected with a terminal of the at least one filter capacitor, and another terminal of the at least one filter capacitor is connected with another terminal of the energy storage circuit and a positive terminal of the second diode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: TIAN, CHEN; ZHU, JINGPENG; ZHANG, JIALIANG; XU, MING
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.; POWERLAND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011066558.1 · Sep 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021108765 · Jul 27, 2021
Related Publication 20230170783A1 · Jun 1, 2023
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