Abstract:
A method of controlling an ignition circuit to output an excitation voltage is disclosed. The ignition circuit is used to excite a discharge lamp and includes a transformer and a switch element which is connected to a primary winding of the transformer. The method of controlling the ignition circuit comprises steps of: (a) receiving a control signal which is set in accordance with a waveform characteristic of a predetermined excitation voltage to control an impedance of the switch element; (b) controlling a primary current in the primary winding or a primary voltage across the primary winding of the transformer by controlling the impedance of the switch element; and (c) generating the excitation voltage by the secondary winding of the transformer in accordance with the primary current or the primary voltage so as to excite the discharge lamp.
Abstract:
The configuration of a synchronous rectification circuit and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed circuit includes a converter including a first switch and a first synchronous rectifier, and a burst mode controller including a logic process module performing one of functions of delaying one of a non-integer and at least one operating periods to generate a synchronous rectification driving signal of the first synchronous rectifier counting from a beginning of a first pulse of a driving signal of the first switch during a working time of a burst period, and turning off the synchronous rectification driving signal of the first synchronous rectifier by one of the non-integer operating period and the at least one operating period ahead of an ending of a last operating period of the driving signal of the first switch during the working time of the burst period.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a switching power converter with low common mode noise. The switching power converter comprises at least a switch with at least a terminal wherein said switch turning on and off alternatively which generates a plurality of noise voltages, and the noise voltage having a jump point and a static point wherein the jump point is one of said inductive component terminals, the capacitive component terminals and the second and third terminal of the switch; and an additional impedance connected between the static point and the jump point of different noise voltage to neutralize common noise current. In addition, another switching power converter having primary side and secondary side can be used to reduce the common mode noise by adding some additional impedance between the static points and jump points of the primary side and secondary side.
Abstract:
The configurations of a switched-mode power supply and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed switched-mode power supply includes a first output converter receiving a DC input voltage and generating a first high power DC voltage output and at least one low power DC voltage output, and a second output converter receiving the DC input voltage and generating a second high power DC voltage output coupled to the first high power DC voltage output to generate a coupled output, wherein the first output converter works and the second output converter idles when a transient power of the coupled output is not larger than a rated output power of the first high power DC voltage output, and both the first and the second output converters work when the transient power is larger than the rated output power.
Abstract:
A controller of a brushless DC electric machine having a rotor and at least a stator winding powered by a driving voltage is provided. The controller includes a position sensor, an advance angle control circuit, and a driving circuit. The position sensor is moved along a reverse rotating direction of the rotor by a prepositioned angle for outputting a position signal. The advance angle control circuit receives the position signal and a driving voltage reproduction signal reproduced from the driving voltage and outputs a commutation control signal lagging the position signal by a first delay time. The driving circuit receives the commutation control signal for outputting a driving signal for controlling a commutation of the brushless DC electric machine.
Abstract:
The proposed DC/AC power converter for transforming a DC input source to an AC output source includes a transformer having a primary and a secondary windings, a switch network having a first switch electrically connected between the DC input source and the primary winding, a two-way current-transmitting module electrically connected between the secondary winding and the AC output source and a controllable conducting circuit electrically connected to the secondary winding. In which, the controllable conducting circuit is conducting when the two-way current-transmitting module transmits an electrical energy from the primary winding to the secondary winding and a current flowing through the primary winding is decreasing so as to lower down a voltage stress of the first switch of the switch network.
Abstract:
The adaptive synchronous rectification control circuit and its controlling method for a power converter are provided. The proposed control circuit having a transformer with a primary and a secondary sides, a switch coupled to the primary side and a synchronous rectification transistor (SRT) coupled to the secondary side and having a parasitic diode includes a preprocessor receiving a source-drain voltage of the SRT and outputting a first signal, and a control set receiving the first signal, a pre-determined voltage and a pulse signal synchronized to the switch and generating a second signal synchronized to the switch for controlling the SRT, in which a selection of the pre-determined voltage makes the source-drain voltage of the SRT ranged from 0 to a conducting voltage of the parasitic diode of the SRT.
Abstract:
An energy recycle system for use with an AC current power supply, for example, an electronic ballast, is presented. The energy recycle system includes an energy recycle load connected to an output terminal of the AC current power supply, in which the energy recycle load includes a rectifier for rectifying the output AC current of the AC current power supply into a rectified DC current and a filter connected to the rectifier for removing the high-frequency harmonics from the rectified DC current. Also, the energy recycle system further includes a DC-AC converter connected to the energy recycle load for receiving the DC current outputted from the energy recycle load, which is in turn delivered to the utility grid to achieve energy recycling.
Abstract:
Provided is a flux regulation method for use in a power converter, wherein the method is carried out by a flux bias controller. The flux bias controller includes a current detector which is configured to detect the primary current of the transformer of the power converter in a predetermined switching cycle, a DC bias processor which is configured to obtain the duty ratio control signal according to the sampled primary current outputted from the current detector for a switching cycle later than the predetermined switching cycle, and a PWM controller which is configured to generate driving signals to control the on/off operations of the switching circuit of the power converter according to the duty ratio control signal, thereby suppressing the DC bias of the transformer by regulating the duty ratio of the switch circuit.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a transformer structure. The transformer structure comprises a first primary winding, and a first secondary circuits. The first secondary circuits comprises a filtering capacitor, a conductive Cu windings and a rectifier configured onto the printed circuit board (PCB) forming the first secondary circuits PCB winding. The first primary winding and the secondary circuits are interleaved with each other.