Abstract:
A power management unit, adapted to a wireless power system, includes: a rectifier, converts an AC power received by an input port thereof to a direct-current (DC) voltage outputted by a rectifying output terminal thereof; a first switch, wherein a first protecting capacitor is coupled between one terminal of the input port and a channel thereof; a second switch, wherein a second protecting capacitor is coupled between the other terminal of the input port and a channel thereof; a reference voltage terminal, for providing a reference voltage; and, a comparator, including two input terminals coupled to the rectifying output terminal and the reference voltage terminal respectively, and including an output terminal coupled to both the control terminals of the first switch and the second switch.
Abstract:
A power calculating method, adapted to a wireless power system, includes the following steps: first, multi-sampling input or output current of a regulator in the power receiving end, and performing root-men-square calculation accordingly to derive a current RMS value; second, multi-sampling input or output voltage of the regulator, and performing a root-men-square calculation accordingly to derive a voltage RMS value; third, multiplying the voltage RMS value to the current RMS value and a cosine of an angle to derive a regulating power value; fourth, dividing the regulating power value by a power efficiency value to derive a receiving power value; finally, transmitting the receiving power value to a power transmitting end of the wireless power system for performing foreign object detection.
Abstract:
A wireless power receiver includes a power receiving circuit wirelessly receiving power transmitted from a wireless power transmitter so as to generate an induced current, and a rectifying-and-modulating circuit including first to eighth switches and a control unit. The control unit is operable to control operation of each of the first to eighth switches between conduction and non-conduction. Accordingly, the first to fourth switches cooperatively constitute a full-bridge rectifier for rectifying the induced current generated by the power receiving circuit, and each of the fifth to eighth switches is operable to switch synchronously with a respective one of the first to fourth switches or to became non-conducting, thereby changing an amplitude of the induced current.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode driver includes: a serial-to-parallel conversion unit converting, based on a reference clock signal, a serial input signal carrying a number (N) of M-bit gray codes into a parallel input signal carrying the M-bit gray codes; a counting unit counting an output control signal to output a counting value; a data buffer unit storing, based on a latch signal, the M-bit gray codes carried by the parallel input signal, and outputting, based on the counting value and the M-bit gray codes, an N-bit signal consisting of N bits, each of which is an ith one of M bits of a respective M-bit gray code, where i is associated with the counting value; and an output unit generating a number (N) of driving current signals based on at least the N-bit signal.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode driver includes: a serial-to-parallel conversion unit converting, based on a reference clock signal, a serial input signal carrying a number (N) of M-bit gray codes into a parallel input signal carrying the M-bit gray codes; a counting unit counting an output control signal to output a counting value; a data buffer unit storing, based on a latch signal, the M-bit gray codes carried by the parallel input signal, and outputting, based on the counting value and the M-bit gray codes, an N-bit signal consisting of N bits, each of which is an ith one of M bits of a respective M-bit gray code, where i is associated with the counting value; and an output unit generating a number (N) of driving current signals based on at least the N-bit signal.
Abstract:
A power management unit, adapted to a wireless power system, includes: a rectifier, converts an AC power received by an input port thereof to a direct-current (DC) voltage outputted by a rectifying output terminal thereof; a first switch, wherein a first protecting capacitor is coupled between one terminal of the input port and a channel thereof; a second switch, wherein a second protecting capacitor is coupled between the other terminal of the input port and a channel thereof; a reference voltage terminal, for providing a reference voltage; and, a comparator, including two input terminals coupled to the rectifying output terminal and the reference voltage terminal respectively, and including an output terminal coupled to both the control terminals of the first switch and the second switch.
Abstract:
A wireless power receiver includes a power receiving circuit wirelessly receiving power transmitted from a wireless power transmitter so as to generate an induced current, and a rectifying-and-modulating circuit including first to eighth switches and a control unit. The control unit is operable to control operation of each of the first to eighth switches between conduction and non-conduction. Accordingly, the first to fourth switches cooperatively constitute a full-bridge rectifier for rectifying the induced current generated by the power receiving circuit, and each of the fifth to eighth switches is operable to switch synchronously with a respective one of the first to fourth switches or to became non-conducting, thereby changing an amplitude of the induced current.
Abstract:
A method for brightness control, adapted to a light emitting device emitting a light of an output brightness, comprises: setting the output brightness to be an initial value, and controlling the light emitting device emitting the light accordingly; setting a target value, and controlling the output brightness changing from the initial value toward the target value with the brightness changing rate of the brightness zone corresponding to the initial value; controlling the output brightness changing toward the target value with the following brightness changing rate when the output brightness crossing one of the brightness thresholds and entering the following brightness zone, wherein the following brightness changing rate corresponds to the following brightness zone; stopping changing the output brightness when reaching the target value.
Abstract:
A power management unit, adapted to a wireless power supplying unit, for switching between input powers and providing a rated voltage or a variable flow current is provided. The power management unit includes a rectifying unit, a regulating unit, and a control unit. The rectifying unit converts AC power into DC power. The regulating unit is connected to the rectifying unit and generates a stable rated voltage or a variable flow current. The control unit is connected to the regulating unit and controls the input power driving the regulating unit. In addition, an apparatus and a method for a wireless power supplying unit are provided.