Standby circuit for an electrical device
First Claim
1. A standby circuit for an electrical device havingone or more signal inputs anda control unit anda control output for the control of a power supply unit,in which the control unit initiates an activation procedure on the occurrence of a predefined activation event at the signal input,in which a signal to switch on a power supply unit is generated at the control output;
- further comprising a programming interface for programming the control unit, wherein the programming determines how the control unit responds to inputs from the one or more signal inputs.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a standby circuit, an electrical device with a standby circuit, a method for the control of the electrical device and a power supply assembly. Whereas the power supply unit and the control electronics are in permanent operation when conventional devices are in the standby mode and consequently have a high power consumption, the invention proposes a solution for saving energy while retaining convenience of operation by which the power supply unit is switched off in the standby mode. A standby circuit, preferably fed by an energy buffer element, remains active in the standby mode and monitors signal inputs for activation events. When an activation event occurs, the standby circuit switches on the power supply unit.
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19 Claims
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1. A standby circuit for an electrical device having
one or more signal inputs and a control unit and a control output for the control of a power supply unit, in which the control unit initiates an activation procedure on the occurrence of a predefined activation event at the signal input, in which a signal to switch on a power supply unit is generated at the control output; further comprising a programming interface for programming the control unit, wherein the programming determines how the control unit responds to inputs from the one or more signal inputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electrical device with
one or more functional units and a power supply unit for connection to a power supply and for feeding the functional units with electrical energy, characterized in that the device is switchable into a power-down mode, in which the power supply unit is switched off and draws no further electrical power from an external electrical power source, while a standby circuit remains active, which switches on the power supply unit of the device at the occurrence of an activation event, an energy store configured to supply stored electrical energy to the standby circuit while the power supply unit is switched off and draws no further electrical power from an external electrical power source; -
in which the energy store is a rechargeable element, while the energy store is charged when the power supply unit is switched on; and in which; the control unit of the standby circuit is programmed when the device is switched to the power-down mode so that, after a predetermined period of time the device is switched back to the power-up mode, so that the energy store is charged again, while the period of time is calculated so that the rechargeable element supplies sufficient electrical energy for the operation of the standby circuit for this period of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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- 18. A method for the control of an electrical device, in which an electrical device, which has one or more functional units and at least one power supply unit for feeding the functional units with electrical energy, is switched from a power-up mode to a power-down mode, while at least one power supply unit is switched on in the power-up mode and all the power supply units are switched off in the power-down mode, but while a standby circuit remains active in the power-down mode, which standby circuit monitors one or more signal inputs for the occurrence of an activation event, and which switches the device from the power-down mode to the power-up mode again at the occurrence of an activation event, and in which the standby circuit is programmed by way of a communication interface and which bi-directional data exchange occurs between the standby circuit and the one or more functional units.
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