Abstract:
A parallel resonant converter including a control circuit and at least two resonant conversion circuits connected in parallel between an input bus and an output bus is provided by the invention. The control circuit is configured to provide a switching frequency signal to the at least two resonant conversion circuits. Moreover, the control circuit is further configured to control the voltage of the output bus to linearly vary along with the switching frequency signal in a rated range by using a linear current-balancing curve (gain-frequency), and thus achieving the purpose of current-balancing for the at least two resonant conversion circuits. The invention is capable of controlling the output voltage of the parallel resonant converter, so as to reduce the ripple on the output voltage of the power supply system.
Abstract:
A power conversion apparatus and control method thereof are provided. The power conversion apparatus includes an output capacitor, an AC-to-DC conversion circuit, a transformer-based auxiliary circuit, an inrush suppression component and a switching circuit. The AC-to-DC conversion circuit is configured to convert an AC power into a DC power. The auxiliary circuit provides a leakage inductance energy. The inrush suppression component provides a first conduction path, and the switching circuit provides a second conduction path. When the switching circuit cuts off the second conduction path in response to the leakage inductance energy, the AC-to-DC conversion circuit conducts the DC power to the output capacitor via the first conduction path. When the switching circuit turns on the second conduction path in response to the leakage inductance energy, the AC-to-DC conversion circuit conducts the DC power to the output capacitor via the second conduction path.
Abstract:
A voltage reference generation circuit includes a current supply circuit and a core circuit. The current supply circuit is arranged to provide a plurality of currents. The core circuit is coupled to the current supply circuit, and arranged to receive the currents and accordingly generate a voltage reference. The core circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor, wherein the first transistor and the third transistor generate a first gate-to-source voltage and a third gate-to-source voltage, respectively, according to a first current of the received currents; the second transistor generates a second gate-to-source voltage according to a second current of the received currents; and the voltage reference is generated according to the first gate-to-source voltage, the second gate-to-source voltage and the third gate-to-source voltage.
Abstract:
A snubber circuit includes: a capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the snubber circuit; and a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), where one of the emitter and the collector of the BJT is electrically connected to the second terminal of the capacitor, and the other one of the emitter and the collector of the BJT is electrically connected to a second terminal of the snubber circuit. The snubber circuit can be electrically connected in parallel to an active component or a load to protect the circuitry connected to the load, and more particularly to absorb spike or noise generated during high-frequency switching of the active component to recycle energy, in order to achieve the goal of reducing spike voltages and enhancing efficiency.
Abstract:
A power supply apparatus including a power conversion circuit, a single transformer, a conjugate energy-storing inductor and a first and a second rectifying and filtering circuit is provided. The single transformer has a primary winding, a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding. The primary winding is coupled to the power conversion circuit and the first and second secondary windings respectively induce a corresponding voltage based on a voltage of the primary winding. The conjugate energy-storing inductor has a first and a second conjugate coil isolated from each other. The first and second rectifying and filtering circuits respectively charges/discharges in response to the voltage induced by the first and second rectifying and filtering circuits, and thereby respectively provides a first and a second output voltage via the output terminals of the first and second rectifying and filtering circuits.
Abstract:
A three-phase boost-buck PFC converter including three independent single-phase boost-buck PFC circuits respectively is provided, which are capable of performing PFC on each phase of the three-phase power. The single-phase boost-buck PFC circuit is composed of two single-phase boost-buck converters independently working in a positive and a negative half cycle of an input voltage, and the two single-phase boost-buck converters are connected in parallel at an input side, and are connected in series at an output side, and each of the single-phase boost-buck converters is composed of a front-end boost circuit and a back-end buck circuit connected in cascade. Compared to the existing technique, regardless of a boost mode or a buck mode, the conduction loss is effectively reduced, and the whole system efficiency is effectively improved.
Abstract:
A bootstrap gate driver including a load indication unit, a bootstrap gate-drive unit and a drive-control unit is provided. The load indication unit is configured to generate a load indication signal in response to a state of a load. The bootstrap gate-drive unit is configured to drive a switch-transistor circuit in response to an inputted pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal, wherein the switch-transistor circuit has a high-side driving path and a low-side driving path. The drive-control unit is coupled to the load indication unit and the bootstrap gate-drive unit, and configured to enable or disable the high-side driving path in response to the load indication signal. In the invention, the operation of the low-side driving path is not affected by enabling or disabling the high-side driving path.
Abstract:
A power supply apparatus is provided, in which a control chip is used to detect an AC input power, so that it is unnecessary to additionally set an external independent detection circuit, by which not only a design cost is decreased, an extra standby loss is also avoided. Moreover, the method of using the control chip to execute detection of the AC input power can effectively decrease detection deviation, so as to notify the load system within an allowable (accurate) time (i.e. the predetermined time). Moreover, the control chip can determine and adjust the predetermined time within which the indication signal is generated to notify the load system according to an application requirement of the load system, so that the power supply apparatus can be generally applied in different types of the load systems having a timing control requirement.
Abstract:
A power supply apparatus that includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) based power conversion unit and a power factor correction (PFC) conversion unit is provided. The PWM-based power conversion unit is configured to receive a direct current (DC) input voltage and perform pulse width modulation on the received DC input voltage in response to a power supply request of a load, so as to generate a DC output voltage to the load. The PFC conversion unit is coupled to the PWM-based power conversion unit and configured to perform power factor correction on a rectification voltage associated with an alternating current (AC) input voltage, so as to generate the DC input voltage. The PFC conversion unit is further configured to adjust the generated DC input voltage in response to a variation of the load.
Abstract:
A power device suited for being assembled in a chassis and connected with a plug is provided. The power device includes a housing, and a receptacle, a spring clamp, a position limiting element disposed on the housing. The plug is removably connected to the receptacle. The spring clamp has a moving end. The position limiting element is located between the spring clamp and the receptacle. The position limiting element and the moving end of the spring clamp are linked together to move between a first position and a second position relative to the housing. When the plug connects to the receptacle, the position limiting element is interfered with the plug and the spring clamp simultaneously so that the spring clamp is constrained at the first position.