Modular power supply system including a power status signal generator to perform fast sag detection to input peak voltage

• US 20050151524A1
• Filed: 01/13/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated, Delta Electronics Thailand Public Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated, Delta Electronics Thailand Public Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: Xu, Ming Chun, Waraluk, Suvimol-Opas, Tsai, Kuei Hsiang, Sae-Ueng, Sakda
• Granted Patent: US 7,002,331 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 323/282
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/04 Measuring peak values or amplitude or envelope of ac or of pulses
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/16538 in AC or DC supplies G01R19/16519 and G01R19/16528 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/28 using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac

Abstract

A modular power supply system incorporating a power status signal generator circuit to detect the voltage sag of the input peak voltage within a short period is proposed. The power status signal generator circuit mainly includes a peak detector that detects a peak value of an input voltage, wherein the peak detector comprises a first comparator that compares the input voltage with a predetermined reference voltage and sends an output signal according to a comparison result thereof, a RC network connected to the first comparator and is configured to charge and discharge the capacitor according to the output signal of the first comparator, and a second comparator connected to the resistor-capacitor network that compares a terminal voltage of the capacitor of the resistor-capacitor network with the predetermined reference voltage and generates a power status signal according to a comparison result thereof.

Claims

1. A modular power supply system, comprising:

a power source; and

a power status signal generator circuit connected to the power source for detecting a peak value of an input voltage received from the power source and generating a power status signal indicating a power supply status of the power source, wherein the power status signal generator circuit includes a peak detector that detects a voltage sag of the peak value of the input voltage received from the power source, and wherein the peak detector comprises a first voltage comparator that compares the input voltage received from the power source with a predetermined reference voltage and sends an output signal according to a comparison result thereof, a resistor-capacitor network connected to the first voltage comparator and is configured to charge and discharge the capacitor according to the output signal of the first voltage comparator, wherein a charging time of the capacitor is shorter than a discharging time thereof, and a second voltage comparator connected to the resistor-capacitor network that compares a terminal voltage of the capacitor of the resistor-capacitor network with the predetermined reference voltage and generates the power status signal according to a comparison result thereof.

2. The modular power supply system of claim 1 further comprising:

a bridge rectifier connected to the power source for converting an input voltage received from the power source into a rectified voltage; and

a power converter connected to the bridge rectifier for receiving the rectified voltage and providing at least one constant voltage to a load device.

3. The modular power supply system of claim 2 wherein the bridge rectifier is a half-wave rectifier or a full-wave rectifier.

4. The modular power supply system of claim 2 wherein the power status signal generator circuit further comprising an attenuator connected to the bridge rectifier that proportionally downscales the rectified voltage received from the bridge rectifier.

5. The modular power supply system according to claim 4 wherein the power status signal generator circuit further comprising a hysteresis circuit connected between the attenuator and the peak detector for stabilizing the power status signal.

6. The modular power supply system according to claim 4 the power status signal generator circuit further comprising a voltage follower connected between the attenuator and the first voltage comparator for coupling a downscaled voltage provided by the attenuator to an input terminal of the first voltage comparator.