Burst mode power supply method and burst mode power supply apparatus

• US 9,502,965 B1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co. Ltd. (Chicony Electronics Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co. Ltd. (Chicony Electronics Company Limited)
• Inventors: Hsiao, Cheng-Chang, Hsiao, Yung-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhane, Adolf
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, III, Henry
• Application Number:
  US14/740,570
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0035 using burst mode control
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/04 by static converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/156 with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/1588 comprising at least one synchronous rectifier element H02M3/1582, H02M3/1584 take precedence
• 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: 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 apparatus (10) includes a voltage input side (102), a power switch circuit (104), a voltage output side (106) and a pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108). According to a pulse width modulation signal (112), the pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108) controls the power switch circuit (104), so that the power supply apparatus (10) enters a burst mode. A pulse quantity of each of burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10), a pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) and a pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) are fixed and constant after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode.

Claims

1. A burst mode power supply method comprising:

a. fixing a pulse quantity of each of burst clumps of a power supply apparatus (10), a pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) and a pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) when the power supply apparatus (10) works in a burst mode,

wherein the pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps and the pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps are the same in the burst mode;

only a burst frequency of the burst clump is changed according to a load (20) in the burst mode;

the burst frequency increases if the load (20) increases in the burst mode thus rendering a quantity of the burst clumps increases;

the burst frequency decreases if the load (20) decreases in the burst mode thus rendering the quantity of the burst clumps decreases.

2. The burst mode power supply method in claim 1, wherein the pulse quantity of each of the burst clumps is one, two or n, wherein n is a positive integer greater than zero.

3. The burst mode power supply method in claim 1, wherein the pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps is fifty percent conduction.

4. A burst mode power supply method comprising:

a. a power supply apparatus (10) entering a burst mode;

b. fixing a pulse quantity of each of burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode;

c. fixing a pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode; and

d. fixing a pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode,

wherein the pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps and the pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps are the same in the burst mode;

only a burst frequency of the burst clump is changed according to a load (20) in the burst mode;

the burst frequency increases if the load (20) increases in the burst mode thus rendering a quantity of the burst clumps increases;

the burst frequency decreases if the load (20) decreases in the burst mode thus rendering the quantity of the burst clumps decreases.

5. The burst mode power supply method in claim 4, wherein the pulse quantity of each of the burst clumps is one, two or n, wherein n is a positive integer greater than zero.

6. The burst mode power supply method in claim 4, wherein the pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps is fifty percent conduction.

7. A power supply apparatus (10) comprising:

a voltage input side (102);

a power switch circuit (104) electrically connected to the voltage input side (102);

a voltage output side (106) electrically connected to the power switch circuit (104); and

a pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108) electrically connected to the power switch circuit (104),

wherein the pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108) controls the power switch circuit (104) by a pulse width modulation signal (112), so that the power supply apparatus (10) enters a burst mode;

a pulse quantity of each of burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) is fixed and constant after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode;

a pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) is fixed and constant after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode;

a pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) is fixed and constant after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode;

wherein the pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps and the pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps are the same in the burst mode;

only a burst frequency of the burst clump is changed according to a load (20) in the burst mode;

the burst frequency increases if the load (20) increases in the burst mode thus rendering a quantity of the burst clumps increases;

the burst frequency decreases if the load (20) decreases in the burst mode thus rendering the quantity of the burst clumps decreases.

8. The power supply apparatus (10) in claim 7, wherein an input voltage (114) is sent to the power switch circuit (104) through the voltage input side (102);

the pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108) sends the pulse width modulation signal (112) to the power switch circuit (104), so that the power switch circuit (104) is controlled by the pulse width modulation signal (112) to convert the input voltage (114) into an output voltage (116);

the power switch circuit (104) outputs the output voltage (116) through the voltage output side (106).

9. The power supply apparatus (10) in claim 7, wherein the pulse quantity of each of the burst clumps is one, two or n, wherein n is a positive integer greater than zero.

10. The power supply apparatus (10) in claim 7, wherein the pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps is fifty percent conduction.