Circuit for electric power source

• US 4,538,231 A
• Filed: 05/19/1982
• Issued: 08/27/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Abe, Shunichi, Kudo, Yoshihiko, Akiyama, Mitsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gruber, Felix D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Application Number:
  US06/379,745
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: 364/492, 364/483, 323/322, 323/283, 323/241, 323/312, 323/323, 340/662, 340/663
• US Class Current: 700/298
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5012 Priority interrupt; Job recovery, e.g. after jamming or malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/157 with digital control

Abstract

An apparatus and method for stabilizing an output of a D.C. power source by using a micro-computer to regulate an input voltage to provide an output voltage according to a controlling signal. The invention further utilizes a periodic interruption process in the program sequence which moniters the output voltage, compares it to a predetermined level and regulates the output voltage in accordance with the monitered voltage.

Claims

1. A method for stabilizing an output of a D.C. power source by using a micro-computer comprising the steps of:

regulating an input voltage so as to provide an output voltage according to a controlling signal;

monitoring a voltage relating to said output voltage;

comparing said monitored voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage;

operating a periodic interruption process of said micro-computer in accordance with a timer sequence;

and generating said controlling signal for said regulating step so that said output voltage is stabilized according to said comparing step in said periodic interruption process.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said controlling signal is latched between said interruption process and a next interruption process.

3. A method for stabilizing an output of a D.C. power source by using a micro-computer comprising the steps of:

regulating an input voltage so as to provide an output voltage according to a controlling signal;

monitoring a voltage relating to said output voltage;

providing a first threshold voltage set below a predetermined output voltage to be stabilized, and a second threshold voltage set above the predetermined output voltage to be stabilized;

comparing said monitored voltage with said predetermined first and second threshold voltages;

operating an interruption process of said micro-computer when said monitored voltage reaches said first or second threshold voltages; and

generating said controlling signal for said regulating step so as to increase said output voltage when said monitored voltage is below said first threshold voltage, and to decrease said output voltage when said monitored voltage is above said second threshold voltage in said interruption process.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said controlling signal is latched between said interruption process and a next interruption process.

5. An apparatus for stabilizing an output of a D.C. power source by using a micro-computer comprising:

regulating means for regulating an input voltage to provide an output voltage according to a controlling signal;

monitoring means for monitoring a voltage relating to said output voltage;

comparing means for comparing said monitored voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage;

interrupting means for operating a periodic interruption process of said micro-computer in accordance with a timer sequence; and

generating means for generating said controlling signal for said regulating means so that said output voltage is stabilized by an output of said comparing means in said periodic interruption process.

6. An apparatus for stabilizing an output of a D.C. power source by using a micro-computer comprising:

regulating means for regulating an input voltage so as to provide an output voltage according to a controlling signal;

monitoring means for monitoring a voltage relating to said output voltage;

threshold means for providing a first threshold voltage set below a predetermined output voltage to be stabilized, and a second threshold voltage set above the predetermined output voltage to be stabilized;

comparing means for comparising said monitored voltage with said predetermined first and second threshold voltages;

interrupting means for operating an interruption process of said micro-computer when said monitored voltage reaches said first or second threshold voltages; and

generating means for generating said controlling signal for said regulating means so as to increase said output voltage when said monitored voltage is below said first threshold voltage, and to decrease said output voltage when said monitored voltage is above said second threshold voltage in said interruption process.