Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120086515 | RELAXATION OSCILLATOR - There is provided relaxation oscillator. The relaxation oscillator includes: a ramp wave generator generating ramp waves by a complementary operation between a first capacitor module charged and discharged according to a first switching signal and a second capacitor module charged and discharged according to a second switching signal; a negative feedback circuit unit generating a compensation voltage for compensating errors with reference voltage by being fedback with the ramp waves; and a switching signal generator generating the first switching signal controlling the charging and discharging of the first capacitor module and the second switching signal controlling the charging and discharging of the second capacitor module from the compensation voltage and the ramp waves. As a result, the present invention can generate ramp waves having a stable frequency while preventing a frequency from being changed due to a delay or an offset of the comparator. | 04-12-2012 |
20120155133 | DIRECT CURRENT/ DIRECT CURRENT CONVERTER FOR REDUCING SWITCHING LOSS, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER INCLUDING DIRECT CURRENT/ DIRECT CURRENT CONVERTER - Provided are a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) converter and a wireless power receiver including the DC/DC converter. In one embodiment, a direct current-direct current (DC/DC) converter for use in a wireless power receiver, the DC/DC converter may include: a voltage converting unit configured to convert, DC voltage, to a predetermined DC voltage; a turn-on switch configured to control current flow of the DC voltage through the voltage converting unit; and a switching controller configured to: detect an amount of current of the voltage converting unit based on a first turn-on period of the turn-on switch, set a second turn-on period of the turn-on switch based on the detected amount of current, and control the turn-on switch based on the second turn-on period. | 06-21-2012 |
20130127525 | IC CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to an IC circuit. In an embodiment, an IC circuit includes: an RT terminal connected to an external; a current mirroring unit conducting a channel current between internal voltage power and the RT terminal and generating an internal reference current mirrored with the channel current; a negative feedback unit receiving the internal reference current, equalizing voltages of an RT terminal connection terminal and an internal reference current output terminal of the current mirroring unit to make the internal reference current constant, and providing the internal reference current inside the IC circuit; and an IC state indicating unit having a transistor, which operates complementarily with the current mirroring unit, connected between the RT terminal and a ground and providing the state of an IC or a system to the RT terminal by being linked with the complementary operation of the current mirroring unit. | 05-23-2013 |
20140015331 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION - An apparatus and a method for wireless power reception are provided. A wireless power receiver includes a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive a power. The wireless power receiver further includes a power consuming unit configured to consume the power, until a voltage applied to a load reaches a predetermined value, so that an amount of a power transferred from the receiving unit to the load is less than or equal to an initial accommodation power amount of the load. | 01-16-2014 |
20140152251 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGE CONTROL IN WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for charge control are provided. The apparatus for charge control may include an integrated direct current-to-direct current (DC/DC) converter configured to step up an output voltage level of a load to be greater than or equal to a supply voltage level set in a power amplifier, and the power amplifier configured to convert a direct current (DC) voltage stepped up by the integrated DC/DC converter into an alternating current (AC) voltage based on a resonant frequency, and to amplify the converted AC voltage. The apparatus for charge control may include a rectification unit configured to convert an AC power received wirelessly into a DC power; and a DC/DC converter configured to step down a voltage level of the DC power to a voltage level required by a load in the receiving mode. | 06-05-2014 |
20140176089 | PHASE SHIFT CIRCUIT AND POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a phase shift circuit and a power factor correction circuit including the same. The phase shift circuit includes a ramp generation unit charging or discharging a capacitor connected to a switch device to generate a ramp signal, a reference signal generation unit generating a predetermined reference signal from the ramp signal, and a comparison unit comparing the ramp signal with the reference signal to generate a clock signal, wherein at least one of the reference signal generation unit and the comparison unit changes a negative or positive value of offset components included in the reference signal or the ramp signal within every operating period of the switch device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177295 | PHASE SHIFT CIRCUIT AND POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a phase shift circuit and a power factor correction circuit including the same. The phase shift circuit includes a switching circuit unit charging power in or discharging power from a capacitor through a plurality of switching devices and comparing a voltage of the capacitor with a predetermined reference voltage, and a clock generating unit generating a reference clock signal based on an output of the switching circuit unit, wherein the switching circuit unit turns the plurality of switching devices on or off, based on currents from inductors respectively included in a main circuit and a sub-circuit of a power factor correction circuit to determine a polarity of the voltage of the capacitor. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185339 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT - There is provided a power factor correction circuit including: a power conversion circuit unit controlling an inductor current according to a switching signal applied to a main switch to convert an external input voltage into an output voltage having a predetermined range; an imbalance detection circuit outputting an imbalance state signal when the external input voltage is in an unbalanced state by using the inductor current; and a soft start circuit unit performing soft starting by adjusting the switching signal when the imbalance state signal is output by the imbalance detection circuit unit. | 07-03-2014 |