Heat dissipation system and method for stablizing the heat dissipation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9907205-B1
Application number	US-201715644953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 10, 2017
Priority date	Apr 28, 2017
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A heat dissipation system at lease has a first fan module including a first fan and a first fan driving circuit. The first fan driving circuit generates a fan driving signal to drive the first fan. When a control module transmits a stopping signal to the first fan module, the first fan driving circuit decreases a duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan according to the stopping signal. When the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to a first predetermined duty cycle, within a first working time, the first fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat dissipation system, receiving a fan control signal from a control module, comprising:
a first fan module, including:
a first fan; and
a first fan driving circuit, generating a fan driving signal to drive the first fan;

wherein when the control module transmits a stopping signal to the first fan module, the first fan driving circuit decreases a duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan according to the stopping signal;
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to a first predetermined duty cycle, within a first working time, the first fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval.

2. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second fan module, including:
a second fan; and
a second fan driving circuit, generating a fan driving signal to drive the second fan;

wherein when the control module transmits a stopping signal to the second fan module, the second fan driving circuit decreases a duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan according to the stopping signal;
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the second fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan every predetermined working time interval.

3. The heat dissipation system according to claim 2 , wherein the first fan module and the second fan module simultaneously stop rotating according to the stopping signal.

4. The heat dissipation system according to claim 2 , wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the first fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan from the first predetermined duty cycle to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval.

5. The heat dissipation system according to claim 2 , wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the second fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan from the first predetermined duty cycle to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan every predetermined working time interval.

6. The heat dissipation system according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the first fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan from a second predetermined duty cycle to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval;
wherein the second predetermined duty cycle is larger than the first predetermined duty cycle.

7. The heat dissipation system according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the second fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan from a second predetermined duty cycle to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan every predetermined working time interval;
wherein the second predetermined duty cycle is larger than the first predetermined duty cycle.

8. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 , wherein a first reference voltage is a direct voltage larger than zero, a second reference voltage is a grounding voltage, a third reference voltage is a direct voltage larger than zero, and a fourth reference voltage is a grounding voltage.

9. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 , wherein the first working time is N times of the predetermined working time interval, and N is a positive integer.

10. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 , wherein a first duty cycle is M times of the predetermined duty interval, and M is a positive integer.

11. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 , wherein the first fan driving circuit includes:
a control unit;
a processing unit, receiving the stopping signal and converting the stopping signal to a processing signal, wherein the stopping signal is a PWM signal;
a driving unit, electrically connected to the control unit, generating the fan driving signal to drive the first fan according to at least one control signal from the control unit;
a detecting unit, determining the first predetermined duty cycle of the stopping signal; and
a duty cycle adjusting unit, adjusting the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan according to the first predetermined duty cycle;
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the duty cycle adjusting unit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval.

12. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the first fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan from the first predetermined duty cycle to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval;
wherein the predetermined working time interval is equal to the first working time.

13. The heat dissipation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan is less than or equal to the first predetermined duty cycle, within the first working time, the second fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan from the first predetermined duty cycle to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the second fan every predetermined working time interval;
wherein the predetermined working time interval is equal to the first working time.

14. A method for stabilizing a heat dissipation system, comprising:
receiving a stopping signal;
decreasing a duty cycle of a fan driving signal;
determining whether the duty cycle of the fan driving signal is less than or equal to a first predetermined duty cycle;
subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal every predetermined time interva

Assignees

• Anpec Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Chen Kun Min
• Wang Chien Sheng
• Chen yin kai
• Lai Ching Feng

Classifications

• H05K7/20209 Primary

  Thermal management, e.g. fan control · CPC title

• H02P5/46

  for speed regulation of two or more dynamo-electric motors in relation to one another · CPC title

• H05K7/20136

  Forced ventilation, e.g. by fans (H05K7/202 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P3/02

  Details {of stopping control} · CPC title

• G06F1/206 Primary

  comprising thermal management · CPC title