Dynamic voltage adjustment device and power transmission system using the same

• US 8,779,747 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2012
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Chih-Yuan, Su, Chih-Heng, Li, Ciou-Fong
• Primary Examiner(s): Laxton, Gary L
• Application Number:
  US13/437,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20130162226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 323/234, 323/265, 323/282, 323/285, 323/351, 323/909
• US Class Current: 323/285
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0025 Arrangements for modifying reference values, feedback values or error values in the control loop of a converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/156 with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators

Abstract

The present invention discloses a dynamic voltage adjustment device for dynamically adjusting an output voltage of a power transmission system which generates the output voltage according to a feedback signal and a reference signal and transmits the output voltage to a remote load via a transmission line to generate a load current. The dynamic voltage adjustment device comprises a first signal terminal, for receiving a first signal corresponding to a forward transmission voltage drop of the transmission line; a second signal terminal, for receiving a second signal corresponding to a reverse transmission voltage drop of the transmission line; a third signal terminal for receiving a reference voltage; a feedback circuit, for generating a feedback signal according to the first signal; and a adder circuit, for generating the reference signal according to the second signal and the reference voltage.

Claims

1. A dynamic voltage adjustment device, for dynamically adjusting an output voltage of a power transmission system which generates the output voltage according to a feedback signal and a reference signal and transmits the output voltage to a remote load via a transmission line to generate a load current, the dynamic voltage adjustment device comprising:

a first signal terminal, for receiving a first signal of a forward transmission voltage drop corresponding to the transmission line;

a second signal terminal, for receiving a second signal of a reverse transmission voltage drop corresponding to the transmission line;

a third signal terminal, for receiving a reference voltage;

a feedback circuit, coupled to the first signal terminal, for generating the feedback signal according to the first signal; and

an adder circuit, for generating the reference signal according to the second signal and the reference voltage.

2. The dynamic voltage adjustment device of claim 1, wherein the transmission line comprises:

a first input terminal, coupled to the output voltage;

a second input terminal, coupled to a ground;

a first output terminal, coupled to the remote load; and

a second output terminal, coupled to a load-side ground.

3. The dynamic voltage adjustment device of claim 2, wherein the remote load is coupled between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, the first signal terminal is coupled to the first output terminal, and the second signal terminal is coupled to the second output terminal.

4. The dynamic voltage adjustment device of claim 2, wherein the forward transmission voltage drop is a voltage drop generated by the load current flows from the first input terminal to the first output terminal, and the reverse transmission voltage drop is a voltage drop generated by the load current flows from the second output terminal to the second input terminal.

5. The dynamic voltage adjustment device of claim 1, wherein the feedback circuit divides a voltage of the first signal to generate the feedback signal.

6. The dynamic voltage adjustment device of claim 1, wherein the adder circuit subtracts a voltage of the second signal to a voltage of a ground to obtain the reverse transmission voltage drop, and adds the reverse transmission voltage drop and the reference voltage to obtain the reference signal.

7. The dynamic voltage adjustment device of claim 1, wherein the power transmission system generates the output voltage according to a difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal.

8. A power transmission system, comprising:

a remote load;

a transmission line, for transmitting an output voltage to the remote load to generate a load current;

a power converter, for generating the output voltage according to a feedback signal and a reference signal; and

a dynamic voltage adjustment device, comprising;

a first signal terminal, for receiving a first signal of a forward transmission voltage drop corresponding to the transmission line;

a second signal terminal, for receiving a second signal of reverse transmission voltage drop corresponding to the transmission line;

a third signal terminal, for receiving a reference voltage;

a feedback circuit, coupled to the first signal terminal, for generating the feedback signal according to the first signal; and

an adder circuit, for generating the reference signal according to the second signal and the reference voltage.

9. The power transmission system of claim 8, wherein the transmission line comprises:

a first input terminal, coupled to the output voltage;

a second input terminal, coupled to a ground;

a first output terminal, coupled to the remote load; and

a second output terminal, coupled to a load-side ground.

10. The power transmission system of claim 9, wherein the remote load is coupled between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, the first signal terminal is coupled to the first output terminal, and the second signal terminal is coupled to the second output terminal.

11. The power transmission system of claim 9, wherein the forward transmission voltage drop is a voltage drop generated by the load current flows from the first input terminal to the first output terminal, and the reverse transmission voltage drop is a voltage drop generated by the load current flows from the second output terminal to the second input terminal.

12. The power transmission system of claim 8, wherein the feedback circuit divides a voltage of the first signal to generate the feedback signal.

13. The power transmission system of claim 8, wherein the adder circuit subtracts a voltage of the second signal to a voltage of a ground to obtain the reverse transmission voltage drop, and adds a voltage of the reverse transmission voltage drop and a voltage of the reference voltage to obtain the reference signal.

14. The power transmission system of claim 8, wherein the power transmission system generates the output voltage according to a difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal.