CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD

• US 20200137852A1
• Filed: 06/26/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co. KG (Zumtobel Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co. KG (Zumtobel Group AG)
• Inventors: Middel, Tjaco, Hu, Lakes, Yang, Patrick, Zhou, Amy
• Granted Patent: US 10,736,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5416 by adding signals to the wave form of the power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/54 Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0002 analog front ends; means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line duplex arrangements H04L5/143
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/305 Frequency-control circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/37 Converter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3725 Switched mode power supply [SMPS]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/375 using buck topology
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/38 using boost topology
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/385 using flyback topology
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/39 Circuits containing inverter bridges
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/185 via power line carrier transmission

Abstract

A controlling system and a controlling method, the controlling system includes: a front end device, configured to generate a first data signal; an adaptor, configured to modulate a power signal according to the first data signal, and output a modulated signal, the power signal being received from the front end device and supplied to the adaptor; and, a back end device, configured to demodulate the modulated signal to obtain the power signal and generate a controlling signal in accordance with the first data signal, the power signal obtain by the back end device being supplied to the back end device, the front end device and the back end device being connected via the adaptor. Therefore, additional power supply is not needed to power up the back end device, the cost of the adaptor is lower.

Claims

1. A controlling system, comprising:

a front end device, configured to generate a first data signal;

an adaptor, configured to modulate a power signal according to the first data signal, and output a modulated signal, wherein the power signal being received from the front end device and supplied to the adaptor; and

a back end device, configured to demodulate the modulated signal to obtain the power signal and generate a controlling signal in accordance with the first data signal, wherein, the power signal obtain by the back end device being supplied to the back end device, wherein, the front end device and the back end device being connected via the adaptor.

2. The controlling system according to claim 1, wherein,

a period of the modulated signal comprises a power transmission duration and a data transmission duration,

wherein, the power signal is transmitted in a lower frequency at the power transmission duration, the first data signal is transmitted in a higher frequency at the data transmission duration.

3. The controlling system according to claim 2, wherein, the adaptor comprises:

a first controller, configured to generate a power controlling signal according to the first data signal received from the front end device; and

a modulator circuit, configured to modulate the power signal according to the power controlling signal, and output the modulated signal to an output terminal of the modulator circuit,

wherein, the power signal is supplied to the first controller.

4. The controlling system according to claim 3, wherein, the modulator circuit is configured to apply the power signal or a low level signal to the output terminal according to the power controlling signal, so as to output the modulated signal to the output terminal.

5. The controlling system according to claim 4, wherein, the modulator circuit comprises:

a first switching element (Q3), configured to be turned on or off under the control of the power controlling signal; and

a second switching element (Q1), configured to be turned on or off under the control of the power controlling signal;

wherein, when the first switching element is turned on, the second switching element is turned off, the power signal is applied to the output terminal, and the modulated signal turns to a high level,

when the first switching element is turned off, the second switching element is turned on, the low level signal is applied to the output terminal, and the modulated signal turns to a low level.

6. The controlling system according to claim 5, wherein, the modulator circuit further comprises:

a third switching element (Q2), configured to be turned on or off under the control of an impedance controlling signal of the controller,

wherein, when the third switching element is turned on, the power signal is modulated,

when the third switching element is turned off, the power signal is isolated from the output terminal, and the controller receive a second data signal via the output terminal.

7. The controlling system according to claim 2, wherein, the back end device comprises:

a low-pass filter, configured to extract the power signal from the modulated signal;

a second controller, configured to extract the first data signal from the modulated signal, and generate the controlling signal,

wherein, the power signal is supplied to the second controller.

8. The controlling system according to claim 2, wherein, the back end device is further configured to send a second data signal to the adaptor when stop receiving the modulated signal from the adaptor.

9. The controlling system according to claim 1, wherein, a driving current is configured depending on the controlling signal.

10. A controlling method of a controlling system, the controlling system comprises a front end device, an adaptor and a back end device, the front end device and the back end device are connected via the adaptor, the controlling method comprising:

generating a first data signal;

modulating a power signal according to the first data signal, and outputting a modulated signal, wherein the power signal being received from the front end device and supplied to the adaptor; and

demodulating the modulated signal to obtain the power signal and generate a controlling signal in accordance with the first data signal.

11. The controlling method according to claim 10, wherein, modulating a power signal comprises:

generating a power controlling signal according to the first data signal received from the front end device; and

modulating the power signal according to the power controlling signal, and outputting the modulated signal to an output terminal,

wherein the power signal being received from the front end device and supplied to generate the power controlling signal.

12. The controlling method according to claim 10, wherein, demodulating the power signal comprises:

extracting the power signal from the modulated signal; and

extracting the first data signal from the modulated signal, and generating the controlling signal,

wherein the power signal being supplied to extract the first data signal and generate the controlling signal.

13. The controlling method according to claim 10, wherein, the method further comprises:

isolating the power signal from the output terminal, and the adaptor receiving a second data signal from the back end device.

14. The controlling method according to claim 10, the method further comprises:

configuring a driving current depending on the controlling signal.

15. The controlling method of claim 10 wherein the controlling system further comprises a computer program product being tangibly stored on a computer readable storage medium and including instructions which, when executed on a processor in the system, cause the system to perform the controlling method.