Patents Assigned to Anpec Electronics Corporation
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9379607
    Abstract: A control module of constant on-time mode for a voltage converting device, includes a comparing unit, for generating a comparing signal according to an enhanced feedback voltage and a comparing voltage; a feedback voltage generating unit, for generating the enhanced feedback voltage according to a voltage difference between a first reference voltage and a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the voltage converting device; a comparing voltage generating unit, for generating the comparing voltage according to a second reference voltage and a control signal; and a adjusting unit, for acquiring an average voltage of the enhanced feedback voltage and adjusting the first reference voltage according to a voltage difference between the average voltage and the second reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Liang-Hsiang Chiu, Chih-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9350158
    Abstract: An over-current protection circuit and a pulse width modulator having the same are provided. The pulse width module includes a high-side switch, a low-side switch, and a driving module. The driving module controls the high-side switch and the low-side switch according to a set signal and a reset signal periodically to adjust an inductive current flowing through the high-side switch and the low-side switch. When inductive current is the overcurrent during the minimum on time of the high-side switch, the over-current protection circuit turns off the high-side switch in a predefined time to decrease the inductive current continuously, so that the average current of the inductive current does not become too high to damage the pulse width module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Chen, Hsiang-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 9350241
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pair of NMOSFET switches connected in series, an output filter, a control circuit, a boot-strap capacitor and a disabling circuit. A high-side MOSFET switch is coupled to an input voltage. A low-side MOSFET switch is coupled to a ground. The high-side MOSFET switch and the low-side MOSFET switch have complementary duty cycles. The output filter is coupled to the NMOSFET switches to provide an output voltage. The boot-strap capacitor is coupled to the source of the high-side MOSFET switch. The voltage crossing the boot-trap capacitor is for making the gate voltage of the high-side MOSFET switch to be higher than the input voltage. The disabling circuit senses the voltage crossing the boot-strap capacitor, and generates a control signal to control the control circuit for continuously turning off the high-side MOSFET switch when the voltage crossing the boot-strap capacitor is less than a threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chung Chang, Dong-Yi Liu, Yu-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9337733
    Abstract: A voltage converting device includes a feedback module, for generating a comparing signal according to a feedback voltage and a reference voltage; a pulse-width-modulation module, for generating a driving signal according to comparing signal; a voltage-converting module including a low-side switch for controlling a connection between a node and ground according to driving signal, a high-side switch for controlling a connection between the node and an output end according to a control signal, an inductor coupled between the node and an input end, a feedback-voltage-generating unit for generating feedback voltage according to an output voltage of output end and a ratio, an adaptive current-generating unit for generating a current signal according to an adjusting signal, and a control unit for selecting driving signal or current signal as the control signal according to output voltage and an input voltage; and a current-adjusting module for generating adjusting signal according to comparing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 9325266
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a DC motor control method comprising comparing a first periodic signal and a second periodic signal for generating a control signal, wherein the frequency of the first periodic signal is lower than the frequency of the second periodic signal; configuring the amplitudes of the first periodic signal and the second periodic signal according to the needed speed of the DC motor, wherein increasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is increased, and decreasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Chia-Tai Yang
  • Patent number: 9274148
    Abstract: A voltage detection circuit comprises a reference resistor including a terminal for receiving a first voltage; a reference transistor including a control terminal for receiving a second voltage; a comparator, including a first input terminal for receiving a converted voltage and a second input terminal for receiving the second voltage, for generating an output voltage; and a voltage dropping circuit series, comprising a plurality of voltage dropping circuits connected in a series, for converting an input voltage into the converted voltage; wherein the comparator indicates whether the input voltage matches a specific multiple of a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage, and the specific multiple relates to a number of the plurality of voltage dropping circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chieh-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 9257835
    Abstract: An output-stage circuit is disclosed. The output-stage circuit includes high-side output driver, first body selector, low-side output driver, second body selector and inductance. When output current is larger than current threshold value so as to make the low-side output driver generate overcurrent, the low-side output driver controlled by second control signal is disabled, and the high-side output driver controlled by first control signal is enabled so as to create first current channel. When output current is larger than current threshold value so as to make the high-side output driver generate overcurrent, the high-side output driver controlled by the first control signal is disabled, and the low-side output driver controlled by the second control signal is enabled so as to create second current channel to avoid current flowing through low-side output driver's body, and thus reduce the output current and voltage spiking of the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Chang, Chia-Pauo Wu
  • Patent number: 9253575
    Abstract: A power management system coupled to a speaker module includes a monitor module for measuring a current signal and a voltage signal of the speaker module to obtain a real-time impedance information of the speaker module; a reception module for receiving a time-domain audio analogy signal to be transformed into a frequency-domain audio digital signal; a prediction module for generating a power prediction information according to an initial audio information, the real-time impedance information and the audio digital signal; a control module for generating a control signal according to the audio digital signal and a human hearing model information; and a power adjustment module for outputting an adjustment audio signal to the speaker module according to the power prediction information, the audio digital signal and the control signal, so as to perform a broadcast operation of the speaker module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ke-Horng Chen, Shen-Yu Peng, Shin-Hao Chen, Yi-Ping Su, Yuan-Hung Wang, Te-Sheng Chen, Yun-Li Liu
  • 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: 9154031
    Abstract: A current mode DC-DC conversion device with fast transient response is provided. The device includes a DC-DC converter, a pulse width control unit, a current feedback circuit, a fast transient feedback circuit, a first error amplifier, an adder, and a comparator. The current feedback circuit generates a current feedback signal according to the current passing through an inductor in the DC-DC converter. The fast transient feedback circuit generates a transient feedback signal according to a first voltage feedback signal. The first error amplifier amplifies the difference value between a second voltage feedback signal and a reference signal to generate an error amplification signal. The comparator compares the error amplification signal and the summation of current feedback signal and transient feedback signal to generate a comparison signal. The comparison signal is provided to the pulse width control unit for controlling the duty cycle of the power switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Chieh Weng, Chin-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 9154037
    Abstract: A current-mode buck converter is disclosed, wherein the current-mode buck converter operates in a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode or a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode. When the current-mode buck converter enters into the PFM mode, the voltage level of the parking voltage is maintained at the voltage level of compensation voltage, so as to decrease switch loss of the current-mode buck converter operating between PWM mode and PFM mode, and stabilize the output voltage of the current-mode buck converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ning Chen
  • Publication number: 20150270778
    Abstract: A voltage converting device includes a feedback module, for generating a comparing signal according to a feedback voltage and a reference voltage; a pulse-width-modulation module, for generating a driving signal according to comparing signal; a voltage-converting module including a low-side switch for controlling a connection between a node and ground according to driving signal, a high-side switch for controlling a connection between the node and an output end according to a control signal, an inductor coupled between the node and an input end, a feedback-voltage-generating unit for generating feedback voltage according to an output voltage of output end and a ratio, an adaptive current-generating unit for generating a current signal according to an adjusting signal, and a control unit for selecting driving signal or current signal as the control signal according to output voltage and an input voltage; and a current-adjusting module for generating adjusting signal according to comparing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ning Chen
  • Publication number: 20150264456
    Abstract: A power management system coupled to a speaker module includes a monitor module for measuring a current signal and a voltage signal of the speaker module to obtain a real-time impedance information of the speaker module; a reception module for receiving a time-domain audio analogy signal to be transformed into a frequency-domain audio digital signal; a prediction module for generating a power prediction information according to an initial audio information, the real-time impedance information and the audio digital signal; a control module for generating a control signal according to the audio digital signal and a human hearing model information; and a power adjustment module for outputting an adjustment audio signal to the speaker module according to the power prediction information, the audio digital signal and the control signal, so as to perform a broadcast operation of the speaker module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ke-Horng Chen, Shen-Yu Peng, Shin-Hao Chen, Yi-Ping Su, Yuan-Hung Wang, Te-Sheng Chen, Yun-Li Liu
  • Patent number: 9130498
    Abstract: A signal-phase DC motor control circuit is disclosed. The signal-phase DC motor control circuit includes a logic circuit, a switching circuit and a driving circuit. The logic circuit transmits a first logic signal, a second logic signal, a third logic signal and a forth logic signal. The switching circuit transmits a first direction driving signal according to a PWM signal and the first logic signal, and transmits a second direction driving signal according to the PWM signal and the second logic signal. The driving circuit transmits a first output signal according to the first direction driving signal and the fourth logic signal, and transmits a second output signal according to the second direction driving signal and the third logic signal. The first output signal and the second output signal are positive half-wave sinusoidal wave, and the phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal is 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Ching-Sheng Li, Chia-Tai Yang
  • Patent number: 9110482
    Abstract: A control method for preventing an output voltage of a buck switching regulator from falling when an input voltage of the buck switching regulator falls includes: converting the input voltage into a charging current; determining a duty cycle of the buck switching regulator according to the charging current and the output voltage; and adjusting a switching frequency of a pulse width modulation signal in the buck switching regulator when the input voltage falls to a specific voltage and an off time of the pulse width modulation signal reaches a minimum value, in order to change the duty cycle to prevent the output voltage from falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yueh-Lung Kuo, Chih-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9111770
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a cell region on a semiconductor substrate, at least a transistor device in the cell region, a peripheral termination region encompassing the cell region, a plurality of epitaxial islands arranged around the cell region, and a grid type epitaxial layer in the peripheral termination region. The grid type epitaxial layer separates the plurality of epitaxial islands from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Fa Lin, Chia-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 9099321
    Abstract: A substrate having thereon an epitaxial layer is provided. A hard mask having a first opening is formed on the epitaxial layer. A first trench is etched into the epitaxial layer through the first opening. The hard mask is trimmed to widen the first opening to a second opening. An upper corner portion of the first trench is revealed. A dopant layer is filled into the first trench. The dopants are driven into the epitaxial layer to form a doped region within the first trench. The doped region includes a first region adjacent to the surface of the first trench and a second region farther from the surface. The entire dopant layer is then etched and the epitaxial layer within the first region is also etched away to form a second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yung-Fa Lin
  • Publication number: 20150188425
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pair of NMOSFET switches connected in series, an output filter, a control circuit, a boot-strap capacitor and a disabling circuit. A high-side MOSFET switch is coupled to an input voltage. A low-side MOSFET switch is coupled to a ground. The high-side MOSFET switch and the low-side MOSFET switch have complementary duty cycles. The output filter is coupled to the NMOSFET switches to provide an output voltage. The boot-strap capacitor is coupled to the source of the high-side MOSFET switch. The voltage crossing the boot-trap capacitor is for making the gate voltage of the high-side MOSFET switch to be higher than the input voltage. The disabling circuit senses the voltage crossing the boot-strap capacitor, and generates a control signal to control the control circuit for continuously turning off the high-side MOSFET switch when the voltage crossing the boot-strap capacitor is less than a threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: HSIANG-CHUNG CHANG, DONG-YI LIU, YU-YU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150162829
    Abstract: A control module of constant on-time mode for a voltage converting device, includes a comparing unit, for generating a comparing signal according to an enhanced feedback voltage and a comparing voltage; a feedback voltage generating unit, for generating the enhanced feedback voltage according to a voltage difference between a first reference voltage and a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the voltage converting device; a comparing voltage generating unit, for generating the comparing voltage according to a second reference voltage and a control signal; and a adjusting unit, for acquiring an average voltage of the enhanced feedback voltage and adjusting the first reference voltage according to a voltage difference between the average voltage and the second reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Liang-Hsiang Chiu, Chih-Yuan Chen