Device for detecting the load state of driving power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11218020-B2
Application number	US-201916690971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2019
Priority date	Nov 28, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

The invention discloses a device for detecting load state of driving power supply, the present invention can detect the load state of the driving power supply by using the parasitic capacitance, the pull-down resistor module inside the main control unit and the level detecting module in the circuit, without adding peripheral circuit. In this way, the actual product volume of the present invention does not increase, nor does it need to increase the hardware cost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for detecting load state of driving power supply, comprising:
driving power supply ( 1 );
load ( 2 );
first resistor ( 3 );
second resistor ( 4 );
and main control unit ( 6 );
the load ( 2 ), the first resistor ( 3 ) and the second resistor ( 4 ) are connected in series and connected to the driving power supply ( 1 ); and one end of the second resistor ( 4 ) is grounded, the main control unit ( 6 ) is provided with an input/output interface ( 601 ), a switchable pull-down resistor module ( 604 ), a level detecting module ( 602 ) and a control module ( 603 ); the input/output interface ( 601 ) is connected to the common end of the first resistor ( 3 ) and the second resistor ( 4 ); the level detecting module ( 602 ) is configured to detect the level of the input/output interface ( 601 ), and the high potential end of the pull-down resistor module ( 604 ) is connected to the input/output interface ( 601 ); the low potential end of the pull-down resistor module ( 604 ) is grounded, and the control module ( 603 ) is connected to the control end of the pull-down resistor module ( 604 ); a parasitic capacitance ( 5 ) is generated on the circuit between the input/output interface ( 601 ) and the common end of the first resistor ( 3 ) and the second resistor ( 4 ).

2. The device for detecting load state of driving power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pull-down resistor module ( 604 ) is a MOS transistor.

3. A method for detecting load state of driving power supply using the device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
supplying, by the driving power supply, power to the load;
turning off the pull-down resistor module in the main control unit;
starting timing using the main control unit, and
starting detection, using the level detecting module, of the level of the input/output interface;
if the level detecting module detects that the level on the input/output interface reaches an expected value in a process of timing, determining that the driving power supply is in a normal load state at this time; if the level detecting module does not detect that the level on the input/output interface reaches the expected value after the process of timing is completed, determining that the driving power supply is in a no-load state at this time;
turning on the pull-down resistor module in the main control unit.

4. The method for detecting load state of driving power supply as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a timing time of the main control unit is 10 ms.

Assignees

• Self Electronics Co Ltd
• Lin Wanjiong
• Self Electronics Usa Corp

Inventors

• Zhao Pengyuan
• You Xiaobo

Classifications

• G06F1/26 Primary

  Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) · CPC title

• G01R31/40 Primary

  Testing power supplies (testing photovoltaic devices H02S50/10) · CPC title

• H02M3/07

  using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode {, e.g. charge pumps} · CPC title

• H02J9/005 Primary

  using a power saving mode (for copiers G03G15/5004) · CPC title