Switching power supply including power factor correction circuit with polarity determination control

US8934273B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8934273-B2
Application numberUS-201213605479-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 6, 2012
Priority dateSep 27, 2011
Publication dateJan 13, 2015
Grant dateJan 13, 2015

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The present invention relates to a PFC switching power supply which can perform polarity determination and voltage detection of AC voltage without using a DC isolator such as a transformer. Included are: a power factor correction section which rectifies AC voltage inputted, outputs DC voltage to a load and corrects a power factor; an input voltage detecting section which outputs L pole detected voltage and N pole detected voltage; and a switching controller which controls the operation of the power factor correction section. An AC waveform generating section of the switching controller generates an AC waveform. The switching controller generates a drive pulse having a frequency and a duty ratio varying depending on AC waveform, whereby a predetermined level of the DC output of the power factor correction section is maintained and in addition, the power factor is corrected.

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What is claimed is: 1. A switching power supply comprising: an input section connected to an AC power line; a power factor correction section which rectifies AC voltage inputted to the input section, outputs DC voltage to a load and in addition, corrects a power factor; an input voltage detecting section which outputs L (live) pole detected voltage corresponding to L pole voltage of the input section and N (neutral) pole detected voltage corresponding to N pole voltage of the…

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What does patent US8934273B2 cover?
The present invention relates to a PFC switching power supply which can perform polarity determination and voltage detection of AC voltage without using a DC isolator such as a transformer. Included are: a power factor correction section which rectifies AC voltage inputted, outputs DC voltage to a load and corrects a power factor; an input voltage detecting section which outputs L pole de…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Chalermboon Nadthawut, Nakamura Yoshihiro, Minebea Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H02M1/4208. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).