Electronic apparatus for supplying power and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024113616-A1
Application number	US-202318244652-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 11, 2023
Priority date	Oct 4, 2022
Publication date	Apr 4, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic apparatus, including an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter; a bridge diode connected to an output terminal of the EMI filter; and a power factor correction (PFC) connected to an output terminal of the bridge diode, and including a PFC integrated circuit (IC), wherein the PFC IC is configured to control an inductor current which flows in an inductor included in the PFC is maintained to be less than or equal to a predetermined current value, and wherein the predetermined current value is smaller than a current value of a current which flows in the inductor based on a peak voltage being applied to the PFC.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter; a bridge diode connected to an output terminal of the EMI filter; and a power factor correction (PFC) connected to an output terminal of the bridge diode, and comprising a PFC integrated circuit (IC), wherein the PFC IC is configured to control an inductor current which flows in an inductor included in the PFC is maintained to be less than or equal to a predetermined current value, and wherein the predetermined current value is smaller than a current value of a current which flows in the inductor based on a peak voltage being applied to the PFC.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PFC IC is further configured to control the inductor current by controlling a transistor included in the PFC according to the inductor current.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a sensing resistor connected between the bridge diode and the PFC, wherein the PFC IC is further configured to:
turn off the transistor based on the inductor current increasing and a voltage of the sensing resistor reaching a predetermined voltage value corresponding to the predetermined current value; and
turn on the transistor based on the inductor current decreasing and the voltage of the sensing resistor reaching zero.

4 . The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
a direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter connected to an output terminal of the PFC; and a feedback circuit configured to detect an output voltage of the PFC and change the voltage of the sensing resistor based on the output voltage of the PFC decreasing below an allowed input range of the DC/DC converter.

5 . The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the feedback circuit is further configured to decrease the voltage of the sensing resistor based on the output voltage of the PFC decreasing to be less than or equal to the allowed input range, and
wherein the PFC IC is further configured to increase a turn-on time of the transistor as the voltage of the sensing resistor decreases.

6 . The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the feedback circuit comprises:
a sensing circuit configured to output an output value, and to change the output value to a second output value from a first output value based on the output voltage of the PFC decreasing; and a variable voltage circuit configured to change the voltage of the sensing resistor based on the output value.

7 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PFC IC is further configured to control the PFC to maintain the inductor current to be less than or equal to the predetermined current value by changing a turn-on time of a gate of a transistor included in the PFC.

8 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PFC IC is further configured to:
based on the inductor current reaching the predetermined current value during a first time interval from among a plurality of time intervals in which a gate of a transistor included in the PFC is turned on, maintain an output voltage of the PFC at a predetermined voltage by increasing a turn-on time of the gate of the transistor included in the PFC during a second time interval from among the plurality of time intervals.

9 . The electronic apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the output voltage of the PFC decreases, based on the turn-on time of the gate reaching a turn-on limit time.

10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PFC further comprises a transistor, a diode, and a capacitor,
wherein a first end of the inductor is connected to the output terminal of the bridge diode, wherein a drain of the transistor is connected to a second end of the inductor, and a source of the transistor is grounded; wherein an anode of the diode is connected to the second end of the inductor; and wherein a first end of the capacitor is connected to a cathode of the diode, and a second end of the capacitor is grounded.

11 . A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
sensing an inductor current which flows in an inductor included in a power factor correction (PFC) of the electronic apparatus, by a PFC integrated circuit (IC) included in the PFC; and controlling, by the PFC IC, the inductor current is maintained to be less than or equal to a predetermined current value, wherein the predetermined current value is smaller than a current value of a current which flows in the inductor based on a peak voltage being applied to the PFC.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the controlling of the inductor current comprises controlling a transistor included in the PFC according to the current flowing in the inductor.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the controlling of the transistor comprises:
turning off the transistor based on the inductor current increasing and a voltage of a sensing resistor reaching a predetermined voltage value corresponding to the predetermined current value; and turning on the transistor based on the inductor current decreasing and the voltage of the sensing resistor reaching zero.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
detecting an output voltage of the PFC; and changing the voltage of the sensing resistor based on output voltage of the PFC decreasing below an allowed input range of a direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the changing comprises decreasing the voltage of the sensing resistor based on the output voltage of the PFC decreasing to be less than or equal to the allowed input range, and
wherein the controlling comprises increasing a turn-on time of the transistor as the voltage as the sensing resistor decreases.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jinhyung
• Jang Wooseok
• Kim Keonwoo
• Kim Moonyoung
• Kim Haedeun

Classifications

• H02M1/0009

  Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter · CPC title

• H02M1/007

  Plural converter units in cascade (push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826) · CPC title

• Y02B70/10

  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 · CPC title

• H02M1/0003

  Details of control, feedback or regulation circuits · CPC title

• G06F1/26

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