Power control system

• US 9,568,968 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd. (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd. (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Zhong-Gang
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHIL K
• Application Number:
  US14/714,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20160274630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode

Abstract

A power control system includes a first comparison unit, a second comparison unit, a switching unit, and a power supply unit. The first comparison unit receives a switch voltage and a first reference voltage, compares the switch voltage with the first reference voltage and outputs a first comparison voltage. The second comparison unit receives the first comparison voltage and a second reference voltage, compares the first comparison voltage with the second reference voltage and outputs a second comparison voltage. The switching unit receives the second comparison voltage and converts a power control voltage to the switch voltage. The power supply unit receives the switch voltage and outputs a working voltage to wake up a motherboard. The power supply unit only wakes up the motherboard when the power supply unit is completely discharged.

Claims

1. A power control system comprising:

a first comparison unit configured to receive a switch voltage and a first reference voltage, compare the switch voltage with the first reference voltage and output a first comparison voltage;

a second comparison unit configured to receive the first comparison voltage and a second reference voltage, compare the first comparison voltage with the second reference voltage and output a second comparison voltage;

a switching unit configured to receive the second comparison voltage and convert a power control voltage to the switch voltage in dependence on the second comparison voltage; and

a power supply unit configured to receive the switch voltage and output a working voltage to wake up a motherboard in dependence on the switch voltage, wherein the power supply unit only wakes up the motherboard when the power supply unit is completely discharged;

wherein the first comparison unit comprises a first comparator;

the first comparator comprises a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal;

the non-inverting input terminal of the first comparator is configured to receive the switch voltage;

the inverting input terminal of the first comparator is configured to receive a direct voltage (DC) voltage via a first resistor;

the inverting input terminal of the first comparator is grounded via a second resistor;

the output terminal of the first comparator is configured to output the first comparison voltage; and

the DC voltage generates the first reference voltage at the inverting input terminal of the first comparator by the first resistor and the second resistor.

2. The power control system of claim 1, wherein a resistance of the each of the first resistor and the second resistor is 100 kilo-ohms;

and the DC voltage is +5 volts.

3. The power control system of claim 1, wherein the second comparison unit comprises a second comparator;

the second comparator comprises a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal;

the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator is configured to receive the DC voltage via a third resistor;

the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator is grounded via a fourth resistor;

the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator via a fifth resistor;

the inverting input terminal of the second comparator is configured to receive the working voltage via a sixth resistor;

the inverting input terminal of the second comparator is grounded via a seventh resistor;

the output terminal of the second comparator is configured to receive the DC voltage via an eighth resistor; and

the DC voltage generates the second reference voltage at the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator by the third resistor, the fourth resistor, the fifth resistor, and the eighth resistor.

4. The power control system of claim 3, wherein a resistance of the third resistor is 100 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of each of the fourth resistor and the fifth resistor is 20 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of the sixth resistor is 15 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of the seventh resistor is 10 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of the eighth resistor is 1 kilo-ohms; and

the working voltage is +12 volts.

5. The power control system of claim 4, wherein the first reference voltage generated by the DC voltage is +2.5 volts.

6. The power control system of claim 4, wherein the second reference voltage generated by the DC voltage is +2.67 volts during the motherboard is power on;

and the second reference voltage generated by the DC voltage is +0.45 volts during the power supply unit is discharged.

7. The power control system of claim 3, wherein the switching unit comprises a switch unit;

the switch unit comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal;

the first terminal of the switch unit is electrically coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator;

the second terminal of the switch unit is configured to receive the power control voltage; and

the third terminal of the switch unit is electrically coupled to the power supply unit via a ninth resistor.

8. The power control system of claim 7, wherein the switch unit is an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET);

and the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal of the switch unit are respectively gate, source, and drain.

9. A power control system comprising:

a first comparison unit configured to receive a switch voltage and a first reference voltage, compare the switch voltage with the first reference voltage and output a first comparison voltage;

a second comparison unit configured to receive the first comparison voltage and a second reference voltage, compare the first comparison voltage with the second reference voltage and output a second comparison voltage;

a switching unit comprising a switch unit configured to receive the second comparison voltage and convert a power control voltage to the switch voltage in dependence on the second comparison voltage; and

a power supply unit configured to receive the switch voltage and output a working voltage to wake up a motherboard in dependence on the switch voltage, wherein when the switch unit receives the second comparison voltage at a first voltage level, the switch unit turns off and cannot convert the power control voltage at the first voltage level to the switch voltage at the first voltage level, and the power supply unit cannot output the working voltage to wake up the motherboard in dependence on the switch voltage at the first voltage level; and

when the switch unit receives the second comparison voltage at a second voltage level, the switch unit turns on and convert the power control voltage at the first voltage level to the switch voltage at the first voltage level, and the power supply unit outputs the working voltage to wake up the motherboard when the power supply unit is completely discharged;

wherein the first comparison unit comprises a first comparator;

the first comparator comprises a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal;

the non-inverting input terminal of the first comparator is configured to receive the switch voltage;

the inverting input terminal of the first comparator is configured to receive a direct voltage (DC) voltage via a first resistor;

the inverting input terminal of the first comparator is grounded via a second resistor;

the output terminal of the first comparator is configured to output the first comparison voltage; and

the DC voltage generates the first reference voltage at the inverting input terminal of the first comparator by the first resistor and the second resistor.

10. The power control system of claim 9, wherein a resistance of the each of the first resistor and the second resistor is 100 kilo-ohms;

and the DC voltage is +5 volts.

11. The power control system of claim 9, wherein the second comparison unit comprises a second comparator;

the second comparator comprises a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal;

the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator is configured to receive the DC voltage via a third resistor;

the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator is grounded via a fourth resistor;

the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator via a fifth resistor;

the inverting input terminal of the second comparator is configured to receive the working voltage via a sixth resistor;

the inverting input terminal of the second comparator is grounded via a seventh resistor;

the output terminal of the second comparator is configured to receive the DC voltage via an eighth resistor; and

the DC voltage generates the second reference voltage at the non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator by the third resistor, the fourth resistor, the fifth resistor, and the eighth resistor.

12. The power control system of claim 11, wherein a resistance of the third resistor is 100 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of each of the fourth resistor and the fifth resistor is 20 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of the sixth resistor is 15 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of the seventh resistor is 10 kilo-ohms;

a resistance of the eighth resistor is 1 kilo-ohms; and

the working voltage is +12 volts.

13. The power control system of claim 12, wherein the first reference voltage generated by the DC voltage is +2.5 volts.

14. The power control system of claim 12, wherein the second reference voltage generated by the DC voltage is +2.67 volts during the motherboard is power on;

and the second reference voltage generated by the DC voltage is +0.45 volts during the power supply unit is discharged.

15. The power control system of claim 11, wherein the switch unit comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal;

the first terminal of the switch unit is electrically coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator;

the second terminal of the switch unit is configured to receive the power control voltage; and

the third terminal of the switch unit is electrically coupled to the power supply unit via a ninth resistor.

16. The power control system of claim 15, wherein the switch unit is an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET);

and the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal of the switch unit are respectively gate, source, and drain.