Resonant conversion control method and device with a very low standby power consumption

• US 20070139984A1
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yu-Kang Lo
• Original Assignee: Yu-Kang Lo
• Inventors: Lo, Yu-Kang
• Application Number:
  US11/311,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20070139984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/89
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0032 Control circuits allowing low power mode operation, e.g. in standby mode
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/007 Plural converter units in cascade push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/4216 operating from a three-phase input voltage H02M1/4233 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/28 using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

A resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption has an AC-to-DC conversion unit, a DC-to-DC conversion unit, a DC-to-DC conversion control unit, and a standby mode control unit. The resonant conversion control device effectively makes use of the low switching loss characteristic of a resonant conversion device, and uses the output voltage for judgement of the system operation mode. The resonant conversion control device can control the action statuses of the AC-to-DC conversion unit and the DC-to-DC conversion unit to lower effectively the power consumption under the standby mode. Therefore, the resonant conversion control device can solve the problem of a higher standby power consumption of conventional switching power supplies and meet the requirements of future standby power standards.

Claims

1. A resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption comprising:

an AC-to-DC conversion unit used for AC-to-DC power conversion, power factor correction and pre-regulation to output a first DC voltage;

a DC-to-DC conversion unit and a DC-to-DC conversion control unit, said DC-to-DC conversion unit receiving said first DC voltage from said AC-to-DC conversion unit and used to convert said first DC voltage to a second DC voltage, and said DC-to-DC conversion control unit receiving a feedback signal of said second DC voltage from said DC-to-DC conversion unit to output said stable second DC voltage by adjusting a frequency of a power transistor control signal of said DC-to-DC conversion unit; and

a standby mode control unit for receiving said second DC voltage from said DC-to-DC conversion unit and then outputting a control signal fed back to said AC-to-DC conversion unit and said DC-to-DC conversion unit to control circuit action statuses of said AC-to-DC conversion unit and said DC-to-DC conversion unit;

whereby said second DC voltage is obtained when an AC voltage is input to said resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption, and power consumption is effectively lowered under any load conditions.

2. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 1, wherein said AC-to-DC conversion unit is a power factor corrector or a voltage doubler rectifier.

3. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 2, wherein said AC-to-DC conversion unit further comprises a power factor corrector controller electrically connected to said power factor corrector.

4. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 2, wherein said voltage doubler rectifier further comprises a filter.

5. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 1, wherein said DC-to-DC conversion unit is a resonant converter.

6. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 1, wherein said DC-to-DC conversion control unit is a resonant converter controller.

7. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 5, wherein the conversion architecture of said resonant converter is a single-transistor class E conversion architecture, a multi-transistor bridge type conversion architecture, or a multi-transistor push-pull type conversion architecture.

8. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 5, wherein the resonant circuit architecture of said resonant converter is a series resonance architecture, a parallel resonance architecture, or a series-parallel resonance architecture.

9. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 5, wherein the output rectification architecture of said resonant converter is a rectifier or a synchronous rectifying circuit.

10. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 6, wherein said resonant converter controller further comprises a voltage control oscillator.

11. The resonant conversion control device with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 1, wherein said standby mode control unit comprises a hysteresis comparator.

12. A resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption used to judge the present system load status by detecting an output voltage and setting at least two voltage thresholds, the method comprising:

(a) judging the voltage level of said output voltage; and

(b) operating or closing an AC-to-DC conversion unit and a DC-to-DC conversion unit.

13. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 12, wherein a first voltage threshold, a second voltage threshold and a third voltage threshold are set, said first voltage threshold is larger than said second voltage threshold, and said second voltage threshold is larger than said third voltage threshold.

14. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 13, wherein said AC-to-DC conversion unit and a DC-to-DC conversion unit operate in said step (b) if the voltage level of said output voltage is judged to be between said first voltage threshold and said second voltage threshold in said step (a).

15. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 13, wherein said AC-to-DC conversion unit and a DC-to-DC conversion unit operate in said step (b) if the voltage level of said output voltage is judged to be smaller than said third voltage threshold in said step (a).

16. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 13, further comprising the following steps if the voltage level of said output voltage is judged to be larger than said first voltage threshold in said step (a):

(c) closing said AC-to-DC conversion unit and said DC-to-DC conversion unit;

(d) judging whether the voltage level of said output voltage is smaller than said second voltage threshold; and

(e) closing said AC-to-DC conversion unit and operating said DC-to-DC conversion unit.

17. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the following steps after said step (e):

(f) judging whether the voltage level of said output voltage is smaller than said third voltage threshold; and

(g) operating said AC-to-DC conversion unit and said DC-to-DC conversion unit.

18. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 12, wherein the method is a repetitive circulation.

19. The resonant conversion control method with a very low standby power consumption as claimed in claim 13, wherein the method is a repetitive circulation.