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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120069604 | COMPACT POWER CONVERTER WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY IN OPERATION A power converter including a main circuit and a sub-circuit. The main circuit serves as a step-up/down chopper circuit including a series-connected assembly of main switches, an inductor coupled to a joint of the main switches, and a capacitor connected in parallel to ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120014140 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SPIKES IN MATRIX CONVERTERS Systems and methods are provided for delivering energy using an energy conversion module that includes one or more switching elements. An exemplary electrical system comprises a DC interface, an AC interface, an isolation module, a first conversion module between the DC... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110317450 | AC-TO-DC POWER CONVERTING DEVICE An AC-to-DC power converting device includes: a filter for filtering an external AC input voltage; a rectifier for rectifying the AC input voltage filtered by the filter to output a rectified voltage; a power factor corrector for receiving the rectified voltage from the... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110222315 | CURRENT-SHARING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS A current-sharing power supply apparatus is applied to regulate voltage level of an input DC voltage, and the regulated DC voltage is stabilized in a predetermined voltage to be used on rear-end circuits. The current-sharing power supply apparatus includes a square-wave... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211369 | LOW OUTPUT VOLTAGE CONVERTER UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED SECONDARY CIRCUITS Embodiments of the present invention relate to a low-output voltage converter, delivering voltage power less than 1 VDC, utilizing distributed secondary circuits. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a voltage converter comprises a primary circu... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFT-STARTING AN ISOLATED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM One embodiment of the invention relates to a switching control system for controlling an isolated power supply. The system includes a pulse-width modulation (PWM) switching controller configured to generate at least one primary switching signal having a first duty-cycle... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110188268 | SIGNAL STATUS DIAGNOSING DEVICE FOR EXTERNAL CONTROL MEANS TO BE ACTIVATED WHEN FED WITH DRIVING ELECTRIC POWER BY ON/OFF SIGNAL TRANSMITTED THROUGH INSULAIING MEANS This aims to provide a signal status diagnosing device for an external control means, which is enabled even by a simple constitution to prevent the rise of a production cost due to the increase in a parts count or the complexity of a circuit constitution, and which can ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110157919 | VCC GENERATOR FOR SWITCHING REGULATOR A voltage across a capacitor provides a supply voltage for circuits in an integrated circuit used to control a switching voltage regulator. The capacitor is charged during an OFF portion of a pulse width modulated (PWM) control signal that controls a first transistor in... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110122657 | SWITCH WITH COMMON-MODE CHOKE A common-mode choke level-shifter drives a power switch with sub-nanosecond timing integrity without requiring a high-side gate-drive power supply. The same level-shifter may also be used to drive a low-side switch to avoid ground bounce effects.... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110121769 | MULTI-TASKING POWER PROCESSOR FOR A VEHICLE ELECTRIC SYSTEM A multi-tasking power processor (104) for a vehicle electric system (100) is provided. The multi-tasking power processor (104) includes a low voltage direct current bus interface (201), a high voltage direct current bus interface (202)... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110075447 | SINGLE STAGE POWER CONVERSION UNIT WITH CIRCUIT TO SMOOTH AND HOLDUP DC OUTPUT VOLTAGE The Power Conversion Unit includes a single stage rectifier circuit that generates a DC voltage which is stored on a first capacitor. A circuit arrangement connected to the first capacitor monitors the DC voltage at the capacitor and other predefined signals to generate... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075448 | SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER CONTROLLER WITH DIRECT CURRENT TRANSFORMER SENSING A power control system includes a current transformer to step down a switch current of a switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the stepped down current is received by a switching power converter controller. Since the current is received by the controlle... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100321957 | STANDBY POWER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MODULE APPLICATIONS The present invention discloses a standby power saving method for power module applications, comprising the steps of: generating a mode signal according to voltage comparison of a feedback signal and a threshold voltage, wherein the mode signal has a normal mode state a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100302810 | VOLTAGE CONVERTERS WITH INTEGRATED LOW POWER LEAKER DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Voltage converters with integrated low power leaker device and associated methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a voltage converter includes a switch configured to convert a first electrical signal into a second electrical signal different than the first elec... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296318 | System and Method for Ringing Suppression in a Switched Mode Power Supply In one embodiment, a method of operating a switched-mode power supply having a switch coupled to a drive signal is disclosed. The method includes shutting off the switch with the drive signal at a first instance of time, and comparing a magnitude of a voltage of a power... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100265231 | METHOD OF SUPPLYING POWER, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE APPARATUS A power supply apparatus includes an AC-DC rectifier, a transformer, a feedback inductor, a resonant unit, and a primary and auxiliary switch. The AC-DC rectifier rectifies an input voltage. The transformer includes a primary coil having a first primary coil and an isol... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER OF A POWER CONVERTER An example power converter includes a power switch, a controller, and a current offset circuit. The controller is coupled to switch the power switch between an ON state and an OFF state to regulate an output of the power converter. The controller is adapted to terminate... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100259952 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER WITH HIGH VOLTAGE STARTUP CIRCUITS A controller for a switching mode power supply includes two semiconductor chips. The first semiconductor chip has a high-voltage startup transistor coupled to a high-voltage supply input terminal and configured to provide a charging current in a startup phase or protect... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100232182 | DUAL-SWITCHES FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER WITH SELF-EXCITED SUPPLY TO POWER THE HIGH-SIDE DRIVER An exemplary embodiment of a flyback power converter includes a transformer for power transfer, a high-side transistor, a low-side transistor, two diodes, a control circuit, and a high-side drive circuit. The high-side transistor and the low-side transistor are coupled ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100226149 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER-SUPPLY APPARATUS THEREWITH An embodiment of the invention provides a converter power-supply apparatus that is efficiently operable for a wide-range load. A power-supply control device controls a boost converter. The boost converter includes a basic switching circuit, an expansion switching circui... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100202161 | POWER CONVERTER WITH AUTOMATIC MODE SWITCHING A power converter is provided that has an alternating-current (AC) to direct-current (DC) switched-mode power converter circuit that converts alternating-current power into direct-current power for powering an attached electronic device. Power can be conserved by automa... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100195352 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS The power supply apparatus includes a first control part that controls a switching operation of a first converter, a second control part that controls a switching operation of a second converter, a zero crossing circuit that outputs a zero crossing signal of a voltage t... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100195353 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS A switching power supply apparatus includes a transformer or an inductor, a switching element connected to the transformer or the inductor and configured to perform switching of an input power supply, and a switching control circuit including a digital control circuit c... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100165665 | Power supply control circuit and method for sensing voltage in the power supply control circuit The present invention discloses a power supply control circuit, the power supply providing an output voltage to an output terminal from an input terminal through a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the power supply control circuit comprising:... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100149838 | Power System with Power Converters Having an Adaptive Controller A power system having a power converter with an adaptive controller. In one embodiment, a power converter coupled to a load includes a power switch configured to conduct for a duty cycle to provide an output characteristic at an output thereof. The power converter also ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100135047 | High-Voltage Modulator System A high-power modulation system includes drive circuitry that receives input signals from the signal source via a series of transformers. The drive circuitry amplifies the input signals and provides the resulting amplified signals to the high-power switch. The switch inc... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100135046 | PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM The first sampling measurement value compares whether to exceed a prescribed threshold and judges the control part at the sampling time. The control part compares whether the first sampling measurement value exceeds a prescribed threshold. When the actual measurement va... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100123412 | PULSE GENERATING CIRCUIT A high-voltage pulse generating circuit includes a direct current power source, a transformer, a switching device and a switching control circuit. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding. The switching device is connected between the direct cu... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100109571 | INSULATION TYPE AC-DC CONVERTER AND LED DC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE USING THE SAME In an insulation type AC-dc converter in which input current from a commercial power supply is converted to obtain insulated direct current, the overall efficiency is raised and the structure is simplified. A multi-resonance type half-bridge DC-DC converter having an in... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100110733 | Self-Coupled Driver Used In Dual-Switch Forward Power Converter A dual-switch forward power converter, and a method of operating the same, employs a self-coupled driver to achieve among other advantages higher efficiency, lower part count and component cost. In one aspect of the present invention, a power converter comprises a trans... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100091523 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS A digital signal processing circuit which performs average current control is disposed on a secondary side of a transformer of an isolated DC-DC converter, and a switching control signal output from the digital signal processing circuit is transmitted to a switching ele... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100085778 | INDUCTANCE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY USING THE SAME An inductance element (1) includes a doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) having a wound body or a stacked body of a magnetic ribbon, a bottomed container (3) in which the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) is housed, and a conductive lead portio... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100073966 | FORWARD CONVERTER TRANSFORMER SATURATION PREVENTION A control circuit for use in a power converter in one aspect limits the magnetic flux in a transformer of a switching power converter. A first controlled current source has a first current that is substantially directly proportional to an input voltage to be applied to ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100061122 | DC-DC CONVERTER A small and efficient DC-DC converter is provided. In this DC-DC converter, passive elements such as an inductor and a capacitor can be reduced in size by reducing switching loss by a soft switching technology and increasing the drive frequency of a switching element. T... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100052423 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a small-size, high-efficiency, isolated, bidirectional DC-DC converter. The bidirectional DC-DC converter includes a transformer in which windings are magnetically coupled, switching circuits, a diode which is connected in parallel with a switch, smoothing ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100033994 | CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR CONVERTING A DC VOLTAGE INTO A RECTIFIED VOLTAGE Circuitry includes an acquiring circuit to acquire period and phase information of an oscillation. The acquiring circuit includes a first input electrically coupled to a first connection and a second input electrically coupled to a second connection. The first connectio... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090303753 | Multi-Element Resonant Converters A resonant switched power converter having switching frequency controlled in response to an output voltage thereof achieves over-current protection such as at start-up or under short circuit conditions using a resonant tank circuit which provides a notch filter in addit... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090303754 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE POWER SUPPLY IN A POWER SAVE MODE A switching mode power supply and a method of operating the power supply in a power save mode. The switching mode power supply includes a first PWM controller and a second PWM controller that are driven by different driving voltages and control first and the second volt... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090262558 | Switching power supply circuit and driving method thereof A switching power supply circuit includes a direct current (DC) power supply input, a first transistor, a capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a switching circuit including a second transistor, and a first transformer including a first primary winding and a s... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090262559 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ENERGY TRANSMISSION DEVICE USING THE SAME A semiconductor device includes: a high breakdown voltage semiconductor element including a switching element and a JFET element; and a sense element. The sense element includes a first drift region of a first conductivity type, a first base region of a second conductiv... | 10/22/2009 |
