Filtering module and power supply device

• US 9,768,681 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2016
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2016
• 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: Huang, Wen-Nan, Chen, Ching-Guo, Lee, Shiu-Hui, Tseng, Ching-Chou
• Primary Examiner(s): Zweizig, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US15/008,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20170214316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/126 using passive filters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/44 Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters

Abstract

A filtering module includes a first inductor and a first capacitor. The first inductor has a first inductance varied by varying the current into the first inductor. The first capacitor is electrically connected to the first inductor. The filtering bandwidth of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module.

Claims

1. A filtering module comprising:

a first inductor comprising a magnetic core, wherein a recess formed on the magnetic core makes a magnetic resistance of the magnetic core be varied by varying a magnetic flux path at different currents into the magnetic core, thereby a first inductance of the first inductor is varied; and

a first capacitor electrically connected to the first inductor,

wherein a filtering bandwidth of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module.

2. The filtering module of claim 1, further comprising:

a second inductor arranged between the first inductor and the first capacitor and electrically connected to the first capacitor and the first inductor, wherein the second inductor is electrically connected to the first capacitor in parallel; and

a second capacitor electrically connected to the first inductor,

wherein the filtering bandwidth of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module, and the second inductor is configured to filter noises existing in the current passed through the first inductor.

3. The filtering module of claim 2, wherein the second inductor has a second inductance varied by varying the current into the second inductor, and a variance of the second inductance causes by the current into the second inductor is the same as a variance of the first inductance causes by the current into the first inductor.

4. The filtering module of claim 3, wherein the first inductance and the second inductance decrease with increasing current, and the filtering bandwidth of the filtering module reduces with decreasing first inductance and second inductance.

5. The filtering module of claim 4, wherein a center frequency of the filtering module reduces with increasing current.

6. The filtering module of claim 2, wherein the second inductor has a second inductance varied by varying the current into the second inductance, and a variance of the second inductance causes by the current into the second inductor is different from a variance of the first inductance causes by the current into the first inductor.

7. The filtering module of claim 2, wherein a center frequency of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module.

8. A power supply device having an input terminal comprising:

a power conversion module; and

a filtering module electrically connected to the power conversion module, the filtering module comprising;

a first inductor comprising a magnetic core, wherein a recess formed on the magnetic core makes a magnetic resistance of the magnetic core be varied by varying a magnetic flux path at different currents into the magnetic core, thereby a first inductance of the first inductor is varied; and

a first capacitor electrically connected to the first inductor,

wherein a filtering bandwidth of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module.

9. The power supply device of claim 8, wherein the filtering module is arranged between the input terminal and the power conversion module and is configured to filter electromagnetic interference.

10. The power supply device of claim 8, wherein the filtering module further comprising:

a second inductor arranged between the first inductor and the first capacitor and electrically connected to the first capacitor and the first inductor, and the second inductor is electrically connected to the first capacitor in parallel; and

a second capacitor electrically connected to the first inductor,

wherein the filtering bandwidth of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module, and the second inductor is configured to filter noises existing in a filtered current passed through the first inductor.

11. The power supply device of claim 10, wherein the second inductor has a second inductance varied by varying the current entered the second inductor, and a variance of the second inductance causes by the current into the second inductor is the same as a variance of the first inductance causes by the current into the first inductor.

12. The power supply device of claim 11, wherein the first inductance and the second inductance decrease with increasing current, and the filtering bandwidth of the filtering module reduces with decreasing first inductance and second inductance.

13. The power supply device of claim 12, wherein a center frequency of the filtering module decreases with increasing current.

14. The power supply device of claim 10, wherein the second inductor has a second inductance varied by varying the current into the second inductance, and a variance of the second inductance causes by the current into the second inductor is different from a variance of the first inductance causes by the current into the first inductor.

15. The power supply device of claim 10, wherein a center frequency of the filtering module is varied by varying the current into the filtering module.