SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY

• US 20160360592A1
• Filed: 06/06/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Greentech Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delta Greentech Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: YANG, Bo, PENG, Hu, WANG, Xu
• Granted Patent: US 9,693,429 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/185 via power line carrier transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A system for controlling power supply according to the present disclosure includes a controlled device, a waveform control circuitry and a power detection and control circuitry. A supply voltage is provided to the controlled device for supplying power and, at the same time is applied to the waveform control circuitry for changing its waveform so as to generate a control signal. The control signal is then received and analyzed by the power detection and control circuitry to output a control command, which is used to control the controlled device. Based on the system for controlling power supply, there is also provided a method for controlling power supply, which may be implemented by a smart dimming system to realize remote control of lighting-on, lighting-off, dimming and color temperature regulation.

Claims

1. A system for controlling power supply, comprising:

a controlled device configured to supply power with a supply voltage;

a waveform control circuitry configured to receive the supply voltage and change waveform of the supply voltage to generate a control signal; and

a power detection and control circuitry configured to receive and analyze the control signal to output a control command, and control the controlled device with the control command.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlled device comprises a lamp and the control command is used to control power on, power off, brightness regulation or color temperature regulation of the lamp.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control signal comprises any one or combination of a digital signal and an analog signal.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the waveform control circuitry comprises:

a waveform transformation sub-circuitry configured to receive the supply voltage and an instruction signal, and output the control signal;

a phase circuit configured to detect the supply voltage to generate a phase signal; and

a first control sub-circuitry configured to receive the phase signal and output the instruction signal.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the phase circuit comprises:

a sampling circuit configured to sample the supply voltage; and

a zero crossing detection circuit configured to perform detection of zero crossing on the supply voltage, so as to generate the phase signal.

6. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the waveform transformation sub-circuitry comprises a semiconductor switch, and transform waveform of the supply voltage through open and close operations of the semiconductor switch.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the semiconductor switch comprises a Metal Oxide Semiconductor MOS device or an Insulated Gate Bipolar Translator IGBT device.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power detection and control circuitry comprises:

a waveform detection sub-circuitry configured to receive the control signal and detect a waveform of the control signal;

a waveform processing sub-circuitry configured to analyze the detected waveform of the control signal according to a predefined protocol; and

a second control sub-circuitry configured to generate the control command based on the analysis result.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the control signal has a waveform of sine wave, and the waveform detection sub-circuitry is further configured to transform the sine wave into square wave and transmit the square wave to the waveform processing sub-circuitry.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the predefined protocol is indicated by a time interval of waveform.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control command comprises a universal voltage signal or a Pulse Width Modulation PWM signal.

12. A method for controlling power supply, comprising:

supplying power to a controlled device with a supply voltage, and receiving the supply voltage and changing a waveform of the supply voltage by a waveform control circuitry to generate a control signal; and

receiving and analyzing the control signal by a power detection and control circuitry to output a control command, and controlling the controlled device with the control command.