Power supply device and a power supply method

• US 10,594,221 B1
• Filed: 09/26/2019
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2019
• 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, Lee, Shiu-Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahmed, Yusef A
• Application Number:
  US16/584,798
• Time in Patent Office: 173 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/04 Measuring peak values or amplitude or envelope of ac or of pulses
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5004 Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/80 Details relating to power supplies, circuits boards, electrical connections
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0019 the disturbance parameters being load current fluctuations
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0022 the disturbance parameters being input voltage fluctuations
• 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 1/0032 Control circuits allowing low power mode operation, e.g. in standby mode
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0035 using burst mode control
• 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 7/2176 comprising a passive stage to generate a rectified sinusoidal voltage and a controlled switching element in series between such stage and the output
• 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 device and a power supply method are provided. The power supply device is configured to generate a first feedback signal according to an output power source, and operate in a skip mode (or called burst mode) according to the first feedback signal. The power supply device is configured to obtain an overall efficiency according to an input power and an output power, and obtain a difference between the overall efficiency and a preset efficiency. When an output current value of the output power source is within a predetermined range and the difference is greater than a first value, the power supply device generates a second feedback signal and stops operating in the skip mode according to the second feedback signal.

Claims

1. A power supply device, comprising:

an input power source detection circuit, configured to detect an input power source to obtain an input power;

a converter, configured to convert the input power source to generate an output power source;

an output power source detection circuit, configured to detect the output power source to obtain an output power;

a feedback unit, configured to generate a first feedback signal according to the output power source;

a conversion control circuit, coupled to the converter and the feedback unit, and configured to control the converter to operate in a skip mode according to the first feedback signal; and

a mode control circuit, coupled to the conversion control circuit, the input power source detection circuit and the output power source detection circuit, and configured to obtain an overall efficiency according to the input power and the output power and obtain a difference between the overall efficiency and a preset efficiency,

wherein the mode control circuit generates a second feedback signal to the conversion control circuit when an output current value of the output power source is within a predetermined range and the difference is greater than a first value so that the conversion control circuit controls the converter to stop operating in the skip mode according to the second feedback signal,

wherein the mode control circuit comprises;

a determination circuit, coupled to the input power source detection circuit and the output power source detection circuit, and configured to determine whether the output current value is within the predetermined range and determine whether the difference is greater than the first value and provide a determination signal when determining that the output current value is within the predetermined range and the difference is greater than the first value; and

a second feedback signal generator, coupled to the determination circuit and the conversion control circuit, and configured to generate the second feedback signal according to the determination signal, wherein the second feedback signal generator comprises;

a first impedance generator, a first terminal of the first impedance generator being coupled to a reference voltage source; and

a second impedance generator, a first terminal of the second impedance generator being coupled to a second terminal of the first impedance generator, the first terminal of the second impedance generator being configured to output the second feedback signal, a second terminal of the second impedance generator being coupled to a reference low potential,

wherein the first impedance generator generates a first impedance according to the determination signal, the second impedance generator generates a second impedance according to the determination signal, and the second feedback signal generator generates the second feedback signal by dividing the reference voltage source according to the first impedance and the second impedance.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein when receiving the second feedback signal, the conversion control circuit controls a power switch of the converter so that the converter is controlled to stop operating in the skip mode.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein during a period in which the converter is not operating in the skip mode, when the output current value is within the predetermined range and the difference is greater than a second value, the mode control circuit generates the second feedback signal to the conversion control circuit so that the conversion control circuit controls the converter to continue not operating in the skip mode according to the second feedback signal, wherein the second value is less than the first value.

4. The power supply device according to claim 3, wherein during the period in which the converter is not operating in the skip mode, when the output current value is within the predetermined range and the difference is less than or equal to the second value, the conversion control circuit controls the converter to operate in the skip mode.

5. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the mode control circuit is further configured to include at least one load range for determining whether to stop operating in the skip mode as the predetermined range.

6. The power supply device according to claim 5, wherein the at least one load range is provided by an external load.

7. A power supply method adapted to control an operating mode of a converter, the power supply method comprising:

detecting an input power source to obtain an input power, and detecting an output power source to obtain an output power;

generating a first feedback signal according to the output power source, and controlling the converter to operate in a skip mode according to the first feedback signal;

obtaining an overall efficiency according to the input power and the output power, and obtaining a difference between the overall efficiency and a preset efficiency; and

generating a second feedback signal when an output current value of the output power source is within a predetermined range and the difference is greater than a first value, and controlling the converter to stop operating in the skip mode according to the second feedback signal,

wherein the step of generating the second feedback signal when the output current value of the output power source is within the predetermined range and the difference is greater than the first value comprises;

providing a determination signal when determining that the output current value is within the predetermined range and the difference is greater than the first value; and

generating the second feedback signal according to the determination signal, wherein the step of generating the second feedback signal according to the determination signal comprises;

generating a first impedance and a second impedance according to the determination signal; and

generating the second feedback signal by dividing a reference voltage source according to the first impedance and the second impedance.

8. The power supply method according to claim 7, further comprising:

during a period in which the converter is not operating in the skip mode, generating the second feedback signal when the output current value is within the predetermined range and the difference is greater than a second value, and controlling the converter to continue not operating in the skip mode according to the second feedback signal, wherein the second value is less than the first value.

9. The power supply method according to claim 8, further comprising:

during the period in which the converter is not operating in the skip mode, controlling the converter to operate in the skip mode when the output current value is within the predetermined range and the difference is less than or equal to the second value.

10. The power supply method according to claim 7, further comprising:

including at least one load range for determining whether to stop operating in the skip mode as the predetermined range.

11. The power supply method according to claim 10, further comprising:

providing the at least one load range by an external load.