Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080303491 | SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY QUASI-RESONANT CONVERTER, SWITCH CONTROL CIRCUIT CONTROLLING SWITCHING OPERATIONS OF SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY QUASI-RESONANT CONVERTER, AND INPUT SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO CONTROL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT OF SWITCH CONTROL CIRCUIT - Aspects of the invention relate to a Switched-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) quasi-resonant converter, a switch control circuit controlling switching operations of the SMPS quasi-resonant converter, and an input signal processing circuit connected to a control Integrated Circuit (IC) of the switch control circuit. The SMPS quasi-resonant converter includes a switch and the switch control circuit. The switch control circuit includes a control integrated circuit (IC) to control operation of the switch; a Zener diode connected to an input terminal of the control IC; and a diode connected in series with the Zener diode. | 12-11-2008 |
20090040798 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a conversion unit to convert input power into output power having a predetermined voltage by performing a switching operation; a light emitting unit to emit light if the voltage of the output power exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage; a light receiving unit to receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and output a signal indicative of the voltage of the output power; a switching controller to control the switching operation of the conversion unit according to the voltage of the output power indicated by the signal output from the light receiving unit; and a disconnection unit to disconnect power applied to the light receiving unit if a voltage of the power applied to the light receiving unit exceeds a predetermined trigger voltage. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046483 | SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY AND POWER SUPPLYING METHOD THEREOF - A switched-mode power supply includes a converter to convert input power into output power having a predetermined voltage level by performing a switching operation; a switching controller to control the switching operation of the converter based on an indication of a voltage of the output power; and an output power voltage indicating unit to provide the indication of the voltage of the output power to the switching controller according to a characteristic of the output power voltage indicating unit that varies according to the size of a load receiving the output power converted by the converter. | 02-19-2009 |
20090316357 | METHOD OF ARRANGING COMPONENTS OF CIRCUIT BOARD FOR OPTIMAL HEAT DISSIPATION AND CIRCUIT APPARATUS HAVING COMPONENTS ARRANGED BY PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of arranging a plurality of components of a circuit board for optimal heat dissipation and a circuit apparatus having a plurality of components arranged by performing the method are provided. The method includes arranging a predetermined number of the plurality of components in the order of size of the components in a heat dissipation area having a predetermined width on a virtual straight line connecting the air inlet unit and the air outlet unit. | 12-24-2009 |
20100046254 | ENERGY EFFECTIVE SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND AN ENERGY EFFECTIVE METHOD THEREOF - An energy effective switching power supply apparatus and an energy effective method thereof. The energy effective switching power supply apparatus includes a power transforming part having first and second coils to induce a voltage to the second coil using interactions between the first and the second coils with respect to the input voltage, a power outputting part to output a sensing signal when it is determined that a first DC voltage output by rectifying and smoothing the voltage induced to the second coil is greater than or equal to a reference voltage level, and a switching controlling part to adjust a switching frequency of a switching device to interrupt a current flowing in the first coil of the power transforming part when the sensing signal is received. Accordingly, a switching loss is controlled and an energy loss is reduced. | 02-25-2010 |
20110091233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY TO HEATING ROLLER AND PHASE CONTROL CIRCUIT CORRESPONDING TO THE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and an apparatus to control power supplied to a heating roller and a phase control circuit corresponding to the method or the apparatus. The phase control circuit may include an examination unit to compare levels of a sine wave having a predetermined first period and a switching signal to increase and decrease repeatedly according to a predetermined second period, and a phase control signal generation unit to generate a phase control signal having a non-zero in intervals of time sections including a time when levels of the switching signal and the sine wave which is in a decreasing section are equal to each other during a time period when the level of the sine wave is zero, and a time when levels of the switching signal and the sine wave which is in an increasing section are equal to each other during a time period when the level of the sine wave is zero. | 04-21-2011 |
20110248695 | Switching mode power supply apparatus and power supply method thereof - A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a conversion unit to convert input power into output power having a predetermined voltage by performing a switching operation, a light emitting unit to emit light if the voltage of the output power exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage, a light receiving unit to receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and output a signal indicative of the voltage of the output power, a switching controller to control the switching operation of the conversion unit according to the voltage of the output power indicated by the signal output from the light receiving unit, and a disconnection unit to disconnect power applied to the light receiving unit if a voltage of the power applied to the light receiving unit exceeds a predetermined trigger voltage. | 10-13-2011 |
20120117798 | METHOD OF ARRANGING COMPONENTS OF CIRCUIT BOARD FOR OPTIMAL HEAT DISSIPATION AND CIRCUIT APPARATUS HAVING COMPONENTS ARRANGED BY PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of arranging a plurality of components of a circuit board for optimal heat dissipation and a circuit apparatus having a plurality of components arranged by performing the method are provided. The method includes arranging a predetermined number of the plurality of components in the order of size of the components in a heat dissipation area having a predetermined width on a virtual straight line connecting the air inlet unit and the air outlet unit. | 05-17-2012 |
20130003239 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a conversion unit to convert input power into output power having a predetermined voltage by performing a switching operation, a light emitting unit to emit light if the voltage of the output power exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage, a light receiving unit to receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and output a signal indicative of the voltage of the output power, a switching controller to control the switching operation of the conversion unit according to the voltage of the output power indicated by the signal output from the light receiving unit, and a disconnection unit to disconnect power applied to the light receiving unit if a voltage of the power applied to the light receiving unit exceeds a predetermined trigger voltage. | 01-03-2013 |
20130156456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY TO HEATING ROLLER AND PHASE CONTROL CIRCUIT CORRESPONDING TO THE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and an apparatus to control power supplied to a heating roller and a phase control circuit corresponding to the method or the apparatus. The phase control circuit may include an examination unit to compare levels of a sine wave having a predetermined first period and a switching signal to increase and decrease repeatedly according to a predetermined second period, and a phase control signal generation unit to generate a phase control signal having a non-zero in intervals of time sections including a time when levels of the switching signal and the sine wave which is in a decreasing section are equal to each other during a time period when the level of the sine wave is zero, and a time when levels of the switching signal and the sine wave which is in an increasing section are equal to each other during a time period when the level of the sine wave is zero. | 06-20-2013 |