Power supply

• US 9,231,485 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Solum Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Ryu, Byoung Woo, Ko, Tae Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, THAI N
• Application Number:
  US14/582,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20150207421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 315/200.R, 315/201, 315/206, 315/279, 315/291, 315/297, 315/307, 315/308
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0035 using burst mode control
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0058 by employing soft switching techniques, i.e. commutation of transistors when applied voltage is zero or when current flow is zero using an auxiliary actively switched resonant commutation circuit connected to an intermediate DC voltage or between two push-pull branches of an inverter bridge H02M7/4811; in resonant inverters H02M7/4815; in inverters operating from a resonant DC source H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/007 Plural converter units in cascade push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/126 using passive filters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/4225 using a non-isolated boost converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33507 with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33515 with digital control
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33523 with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/068 mounted on a transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/217 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/385 using flyback topology
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

A power supply may include a driving power supply unit converting input power to supply driving power to a load, and a power supply control unit performing a control to detect a change in a voltage level of the driving power and cut off the input power when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or more than a preset voltage level, in a preset standby mode.

Claims

1. A power supply, comprising:

a driving power supply unit converting input power to supply driving power to a load; and

a power supply control unit performing a control to detect a change in a voltage level of the driving power and cut off the input power when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or more than a first preset voltage level, in a preset standby mode.

2. The power supply according to claim 1, wherein the power supply control unit performs a control to supply the input power when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or less than a second preset voltage level, in the standby mode.

3. The power supply according to claim 2, wherein the power supply control unit includes:

a driving power detection unit detecting the change in the voltage level of the driving power; and

an input power control unit performing a control to cut off or supply the input power based on the voltage level of the driving power detected by the driving power detection unit.

4. The power supply according to claim 3, wherein:

a primary side stage is connected to the input power and a secondary side stage is connected to the driving power, and

the driving power detection unit and the input power control unit are formed in the primary side stage.

5. The power supply according to claim 4, wherein the driving power detection unit detects the change in the voltage level of the driving power using an auxiliary coil formed in the primary side stage.

6. The power supply according to claim 4, wherein the input power control unit includes:

a comparator comparing the detected voltage level of the driving power with a preset reference voltage level and outputting a voltage signal having a signal level depending on the comparison result;

an inverter inverting a level of the voltage signal output from the comparator;

a timing signal generator connected to the inverter and generating and outputting a timing signal based on the detected voltage level of the driving power; and

a switching unit turned on/off depending on the timing signal output from the timing signal generator to cut off or supply the input power.

7. The power supply according to claim 6, wherein the timing signal generator outputs a signal of a level which turns off the switching unit when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or more than the preset reference voltage level.

8. The power supply according to claim 6, wherein the timing signal generator outputs a signal of a level which turns on the switching unit when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or less than the preset reference voltage level, in the standby mode.

9. The power supply according to claim 3, wherein:

a primary side stage is connected to the input power and a secondary side stage is connected to the driving power, and

the driving power detection unit is formed in the secondary side stage and the input power control unit is formed in the primary side stage.

10. The power supply according to claim 9, wherein the driving power detection unit detects the change in the voltage level of the driving power using a division resistor formed in the secondary side stage.

11. The power supply according to claim 9, wherein the input power control unit includes:

a comparator comparing the detected voltage level of the driving power with a preset reference voltage level and outputting a voltage signal having a signal level depending on the comparison result;

an inverter inverting a level of the voltage signal output from the comparator;

a timing signal generator connected to the inverter and generating and outputting a timing signal based on the detected voltage level of the driving power; and

a switching unit turned on/off depending on the timing signal output from the timing signal generator to cut off or supply the input power.

12. The power supply according to claim 11, wherein the timing signal generator turns off the switching unit when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or more than the preset reference voltage level.

13. The power supply according to claim 11, wherein the timing signal generator outputs a signal of a level which turns on the switching unit when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or less than the preset reference voltage level, in the standby mode.

14. The power supply according to claim 1, wherein the driving power supply unit includes:

a filter unit filtering electro-magnetic interference of the input power;

a rectifying unit rectifying the filtered input power;

a power switching unit switching the rectified input power;

a transforming unit transforming the switched input power depending on a preset turn ratio;

a driving power output unit rectifying the transformed power to output the driving power to the load; and

a switching controller controlling a switching operation of the power switching unit depending on a feedback signal corresponding to an output of the driving power.

15. The power supply according to claim 14, wherein the power supply control unit is connected to the rectifying unit and performs a control to cut off the rectified input power when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or more than the first preset voltage level.

16. The power supply according to claim 15, wherein the power supply control unit performs a control to supply the rectified input power when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or less than a second preset voltage level, in the standby mode.

17. The power supply according to claim 1, wherein the load comprises at least one light emitting diode.