Dual-power supplying system with circuit loop switching control circuit

• US 20090184582A1
• Filed: 01/23/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc. (TPK Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc. (TPK Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hwang, Yau-Shi
• Granted Patent: US 7,638,902 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/64
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/10 Parallel operation of dc sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/102 being switching converters H02J1/108, H02J1/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/068 Electronic means for switching from one power supply to another power supply, e.g. to avoid parallel connection
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/10 Arrangements incorporating converting means for enabling loads to be operated at will from different kinds of power supplies, e.g. from ac or dc

Abstract

An automatically switchable dual-power-circuit-loop circuit system selectively supplies a first power source through a first voltage output circuit loop to an output terminal, and a second power source is selectively supplied through a second voltage output circuit loop to the output terminal. A switching control circuit functions to detect the first output voltage of the first voltage output circuit loop. When the first output voltage regularly supplies electrical power, the first power source is supplied through the first voltage output circuit loop to the output terminal, while the switching control circuit generates a switching signal to switch a switching element to an open-circuit condition thereby cutting off the second voltage output circuit loop. When the first power source fails to supply power, the switching element is set in a closed-circuit condition to allow the second power source to be supplied through the second voltage output circuit loop to the output terminal.

Claims

1. A dual-power supplying system, comprising:

a first voltage output circuit loop with an output transformer, which receives a first power source and supplies, in turn, a first output voltage through the output transformer to an output terminal;

a second voltage output circuit loop, which receives a second output voltage from a second power source and selectively supplies the second output voltage to the output terminal; and

a circuit loop switching control circuit, which comprises an induction coil coupled with the output transformer to detect the first output voltage of the first voltage output circuit loop, and a switching element connected in series to the second voltage output circuit loop, the switching element having an open-circuit condition and a closed-circuit condition, which are switched by a switching driving signal generated by the induction coil of the circuit loop switching control circuit;

wherein when the first power source is supplied through the first voltage output circuit loop to the output terminal, the induction coil of the circuit loop switching control circuit generates the switching driving signal to switch the switching element of the circuit loop switching control circuit to the open-circuit condition thereby cutting off the second voltage output circuit loop; and

wherein when the first voltage output circuit loop fails to supply the first power source to the output terminal, the switching element is set in the closed-circuit condition to allow the second power source to be supplied through the second voltage output circuit loop to the output terminal.

2. The dual-power supplying system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first power source comprises an alternating-current power source, which is applicable through a rectifier circuit and a filter circuit to provide the first power source to the output transformer and wherein the second power source comprises a direct-current power source.

3. The dual-power supplying system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switching element comprises a field-effect switching element having a gate terminal and wherein the circuit loop switching control circuit comprises:

a diode having a positive terminal connected to the induction coil and a negative terminal connected to the gate terminal of the switching element;

a capacitor connected to the negative terminal of the diode; and

a resistor connected in parallel with the capacitor.

4. A dual-power supplying system, comprising:

a first voltage output circuit loop with a pulse-width-modulation control circuit and a first output voltage supply circuit connected between the pulse-width-modulation control circuit and an output terminal, which receives a first power source and supplies, in turn, a first output voltage through the first output voltage supply circuit to the output terminal;

a second voltage output circuit loop, which receives a second output voltage from a second power source and selectively supplies the second output voltage to the output terminal; and

a circuit loop switching control circuit, which comprises a serially-connected choke coil connected to the pulse-width-modulation control circuit of the first voltage output circuit loop, a switching element connected in series to the second voltage output circuit loop, the switching element having an open-circuit condition and a closed-circuit condition, which are switched by a switching driving signal generated by the pulse-width-modulation control circuit;

wherein when the first power source is supplied through the first output voltage supply circuit to the output terminal, the pulse-width-modulation control circuit generates the switching driving signal to switch the switching element to the open-circuit condition thereby cutting off the second voltage output circuit loop; and

wherein when the first power source fails to supply the first power source to the output terminal, the switching element is set in the closed-circuit condition to allow the second power source to be supplied through the second voltage output circuit loop to the output terminal.

5. The dual-power supplying system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first power source comprises an alternating-current power source, which is applicable through a rectifier circuit and a filter circuit to provide the first power source to the pulse-width-modulation control circuit and wherein the second power source comprises a direct-current power source.

6. The dual-power supplying system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the switching element comprises a field-effect switching element having a gate terminal connected to the choke coil, the switching driving signal generated by the pulse-width-modulation control circuit being applied through the choke coil to control, via the gate terminal, switching of the field-effect switching element between the close-circuit condition and the open-circuit condition, the circuit loop switching control circuit comprising a feedback circuit connected to the gate terminal of the field-effect switching element to generate a feedback signal to pulse-width-modulation control circuit.