Patents by Inventor Kun-Min Chen

Kun-Min Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160359444
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a motor speed curve control circuit. The motor speed curve control circuit is configured for adjusting a speed of a motor according to a motor speed curve. The motor speed curve control circuit comprises a divider resistor module, an analog-to-digital converter and an arithmetic unit. The resistor module is configured for generating at least one turning-point voltage. The turning-point voltage is used to adjust a slope of the motor speed curve. The analog-to-digital converter converts the turning-point voltage to digital form. The arithmetic unit sets a speed associated with the turning-point voltage corresponding to a first preset duty cycle in the motor speed curve, such that the motor speed curve becomes linear. The arithmetic unit generates a second pulse width modulation signal according to the adjusted motor speed curve and a first pulse width modulation signal to drive the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: KUN-MIN CHEN, CHING-SHENG LI, I-LIN CHIU
  • Patent number: 9512845
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positive and negative rotation control circuit and fan system, which can positively or negatively rotate a fan motor according to an end connecting to different external components or being floating. When the end generates an oscillatory fan signal, the positive and negative rotation control circuit negatively rotates the fan motor for a period of time after the positive and negative rotation control circuit is started for a delay time, to execute the operation of exhausting the accumulated dust, so that a fan connecting to the fan motor may exhaust the accumulated dust from an electronic device. Then the control circuit positively rotates the fan motor to execute the operation of dissipating heat, so that the fan may dissipate heat in the situation of having less dust within the electronic device. Accordingly, the heat dissipation effect of the fan may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng Liu, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Publication number: 20160344328
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit is provided, which selects a Hall sensor or a Sensor-less controller to achieve the phase commutation of a magnetic pole of a motor through a hall positive terminal and a hall negative terminal of a hall control device. When the hall positive terminal and the hall negative terminal receive a first hall signal and a second hall signal generated by the Hall sensor, the motor driving circuit selects the Hall sensor and then accordingly drives the motor. When the hall positive terminal and the hall negative terminal are floating, or one of them receives a high-voltage, the motor driving circuit selects the sensor-less controller and then accordingly drives the motor. Accordingly, the motor driving circuit can select different sensing devices to achieve the phase commutation of the magnetic pole of the motor according to the motor characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: KUN-MIN CHEN
  • Patent number: 9490739
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit with function of auto-calibrating rotation speed error is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, an error amplifier and a current compensation circuit. In calibration mode, the rotation speed control circuit selects a calibration clock signal and a calibration voltage through the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer correspondingly according to a mode switch signal, and adjusts current value of a first current accordingly. In other words, the rotation speed control circuit utilizes the first current to compensate error of the external capacitor through the calibration clock signal fixed and the calibration voltage fixed in the duration of calibration mode, so as to avoid that aging of the external capacitor leads to rotation speed error and then affects the whole operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen, Chien-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9407087
    Abstract: An over voltage protection circuit comprises an input end, coupled to an input power, for receiving an input voltage provided by the input power; and a driving module, coupled between the input end and a ground end, for generating a discharging current when the input voltage is larger than a predefined voltage, to reduce the input voltage to the predefined voltage. The driving module comprises a voltage regulating module, a p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOS), and an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOS). The PMOS and the NMOS are an upper gate switch and a lower gate switch of a motor driver or a fan driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20160186760
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positive and negative rotation control circuit and fan system, which can positively or negatively rotate a fan motor according to an end connecting to different external components or being floating. When the end generates an oscillatory fan signal, the positive and negative rotation control circuit negatively rotates the fan motor for a period of time after the positive and negative rotation control circuit is started for a delay time, to execute the operation of exhausting the accumulated dust, so that a fan connecting to the fan motor may exhaust the accumulated dust from an electronic device. Then the control circuit positively rotates the fan motor to execute the operation of dissipating heat, so that the fan may dissipate heat in the situation of having less dust within the electronic device. Accordingly, the heat dissipation effect of the fan may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: YI-CHENG LIU, KUN-MIN CHEN, CHING-SHENG LI
  • Publication number: 20160087562
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a direct-current (DC) motor, includes a driving circuit for converting an input voltage into a first and a second output voltages, a Hall sensor for generating a first and a second time sequential control signals according to a working condition of the DC motor, a current sensing unit for comparing the motor current to a reference current to generate a comparison result, and a control unit coupled to the driving circuit, the current sensing unit and the Hall sensor for controlling a working status of the driving circuit according to the first and the second time sequential control signals and the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Ching-Shan Lu, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9184684
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a motor includes: a driving-stage circuit, for converting an input voltage into a first output voltage and a second output voltage, and comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor; an output stage circuit, for converting the first output voltage or the second output voltage into a motor speed signal; and a control unit, coupled to the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors and the output stage circuit, for generating first, second, third and fourth transistor control signals to control the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 8947035
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a temperature-controlled voltage duty generator, a pulse-width signal duty generator, a multiplier and a rotation speed signal generator. The temperature-controlled voltage duty generator converts temperature-controlled voltage to digital temperature-controlled voltage and executes linear interpolation operation according to a first setting data so as to output temperature-controlled voltage duty signal. The pulse-width signal duty generator coverts pulse-width input signal to a digital pulse-width input signal and executes linear interpolation operation according to a second setting data so as to output a pulse-width duty signal. The temperature-controlled voltage duty signal and the pulse-width duty signal are executed for multiplication by the multiplier so as to output mixing-duty signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Li, Shen-Min Lo, Kun-Min Chen, Chia-Tai Yang, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150023801
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit with function of auto-calibrating rotation speed error is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, an error amplifier and a current compensation circuit. In calibration mode, the rotation speed control circuit selects a calibration clock signal and a calibration voltage through the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer correspondingly according to a mode switch signal, and adjusts current value of a first current accordingly. In other words, the rotation speed control circuit utilizes the first current to compensate error of the external capacitor through the calibration clock signal fixed and the calibration voltage fixed in the duration of calibration mode, so as to avoid that aging of the external capacitor leads to rotation speed error and then affects the whole operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MING-JUNG TSAI, CHING-SHENG LI, KUN-MIN CHEN, CHIEN-CHENG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140321016
    Abstract: An over voltage protection circuit comprises an input end, coupled to an input power, for receiving an input voltage provided by the input power; and a driving module, coupled between the input end and a ground end, for generating a discharging current when the input voltage is larger than a predefined voltage, to reduce the input voltage to the predefined voltage. The driving module comprises a voltage regulating module, a p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOS), and an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOS). The PMOS and the NMOS are an upper gate switch and a lower gate switch of a motor driver or a fan driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20140169982
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a temperature-controlled voltage duty generator, a pulse-width signal duty generator, a multiplier and a rotation speed signal generator. The temperature-controlled voltage duty generator converts temperature-controlled voltage to digital temperature-controlled voltage and executes linear interpolation operation according to a first setting data so as to output temperature-controlled voltage duty signal. The pulse-width signal duty generator coverts pulse-width input signal to a digital pulse-width input signal and executes linear interpolation operation according to a second setting data so as to output a pulse-width duty signal. The temperature-controlled voltage duty signal and the pulse-width duty signal are executed for multiplication by the multiplier so as to output mixing-duty signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHING-SHENG LI, SHEN-MIN LO, KUN-MIN CHEN, CHIA-TAI YANG, MING-JUNG TSAI
  • Publication number: 20140028232
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a direct-current (DC) motor, includes a driving circuit for converting an input voltage into a first and a second output voltages, a Hall sensor for generating a first and a second time sequential control signals according to a working condition of the DC motor, a current sensing unit for detecting a motor current through the DC motor and comparing the motor current to a reference current to generate a comparison result and determine a first transition voltage selector value accordingly, and a control unit coupled to the driving circuit, the current sensing unit and the Hall sensor for controlling a working status of the driving circuit according to the first and the second time sequential control signals and the first transition voltage selector value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Ching-Shan Lu, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 8624539
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a start-up circuit for a motor driving IC. The activation circuit includes a determination unit, for generating a determination result indicating an operating mode of the motor driving IC according to an external pulse width modulation signal, and an output unit, for outputting an activation signal according to the determination result and a pulse width modulation activation signal. A duty of the pulse width modulation activation signal is greater than a duty of the external pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Chen Lin, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Chia-Tai Yang, Ching-Shan Lu
  • Publication number: 20130307458
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a motor includes: a driving-stage circuit, for converting an input voltage into a first output voltage and a second output voltage, and comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor; an output stage circuit, for converting the first output voltage or the second output voltage into a motor speed signal; and a control unit, coupled to the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors and the output stage circuit, for generating first, second, third and fourth transistor control signals to control the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 8581534
    Abstract: A method for adjusting rotational speed of a motor is also disclosed. The method includes determining whether an input voltage of the motor enters into a predetermined voltage range; generating a pulse width modulation signal when the input voltage of the motor enters into the predetermined voltage range; and driving the motor to rotate according to the pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Jyun-Ping Jiang, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 8519802
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pulse width modulation driving IC. The pulse width modulation driving IC includes a first pin, for receiving a first signal, a second pin, for receiving a second signal, a comparing unit, for comparing the first signal with a reference voltage, to generate a comparison result indicating a operating mode of the pulse width modulation driving IC, and an output unit, for outputting a pulse width modulation output signal according to the first signal, the second signal and the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Tai Yang, Yi-Cheng Liu, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Shan Lu
  • Publication number: 20130162187
    Abstract: A method for adjusting rotational speed of a motor is also disclosed. The method includes determining whether an input voltage of the motor enters into a predetermined voltage range; generating a pulse width modulation signal when the input voltage of the motor enters into the predetermined voltage range; and driving the motor to rotate according to the pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Jyun-Ping Jiang, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 8441243
    Abstract: Power control circuit with reducing noise and switching loss includes a first gate driver for driving a first switch, an additional gate driver for driving the first switch, and a managing circuit for controlling the first and the additional gate driver to drive the first switch according to a switching signal and turning off the additional gate driver according to a switching voltage on a first end of the first switch, wherein the first end of the first switch is coupled to a load, second end of the first switch is coupled to an input power source, a third end of the first switch is coupled to the first and the additional gate drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ke-Tsung Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130099709
    Abstract: A circuit protection method for a motor control circuit includes determining whether the motor control circuit complies with an operating condition when the motor control circuit is in a start mode, a lock mode or a restart mode, and modulating a current outputted from the motor control circuit when the motor control circuit complies with the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li