DC power supply using either AC or DC input for both

• US 7,502,233 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2006
• Issued: 03/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smart Power Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Smart Power Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-Jun, Kim, Sang-Min, Youn, Dae-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Ullah; Akm E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang; Jue
• Application Number:
  US11/612,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20070195558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 363/16, 363/34, 363/37, 363/21, 363/64, 363/65, 363/142, 307/22, 307/23, 307/26, 307/64, 307/66, 307/72, 307/73, 307/74, 307/75
• US Class Current: 363/16
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/155 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/335 using semiconductor devices only

Abstract

There is provided a power supply for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion which receives the DC power supplied from airplanes, vehicles and vessels as well as normal AC power, and converts the power to DC power and supplies it to portable electronic products. The power supply for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion includes an AC input 10, a DC input 20, a switch 30 for selecting AC input power or DC input power, a DC output 40, and a circuit used for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion 100 which converts the power input from the AC input or the DC input to DC power having predetermined values of current and voltage, and a secondary side of a transformer (TL) for AC/DC conversion inside the circuit for conversion serves as an inductor for performing DC/DC conversion. The power supply for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion is implemented in compact by providing an element capable of operating different functions upon AC/DC and DC/DC conversions respectively and decreasing the number of elements, thereby allowing an efficient and economical use of electric power and generating high power.

Claims

1. A power supply for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion comprising:

an AC input;

a DC input;

a single switch for selecting AC input power or DC input power;

a DC output; and

a circuit used for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion which converts the power input from the AC input or the DC input to DC power,

wherein the single switch is connected to a secondary side of a transformer for AC/DC conversion inside the circuit for AC/DC and DC/DC conversion, and the secondary side serves as an inductor for performing DC/DC conversion when the DC input power is selected, and

wherein the circuit used for AD/DC and DC/DC conversion includes;

an AC/DC conversion circuit including;

a rectifier electrically connected between the AC input and the transformer; and

a first pulse width modulation controller electrically connected to the transformer; and

a DC/DC conversion circuit including a second pulse width modulation controller electrically connected to the secondary side of the transformer.