Patents Assigned to FSP Technology Inc.
  • Patent number: 8199463
    Abstract: An output architecture of a power supply is disclosed, wherein the power supply includes an input portion to obtain input power and a conversion circuit board connecting to the input portion to convert the input power into output power of different voltage potential. The conversion circuit board includes plural power output areas with different preset output voltages, and after selecting the output standard, the power output areas connect to at least one power extension board via plural electrical conductive elements, so as to provide the power extension board the output power, and the power extension board has plural output wires connected to a load. Through the architecture described above, the corresponding output wires can be selected after the output standard is selected for connecting to the power extension board, and then, the power extension board is connected to the conversion circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: FSP Technology Inc., 3Y Power Technology (Taiwan), Inc.
    Inventors: Shao-Feng Lu, Meng-Chieh Wu
  • Patent number: 8184455
    Abstract: A power adapter to receive at least one AC input power and transform to DC primary output power includes a power factor correction circuit to receive the AC input power and modulate to become a modulated power, an isolation voltage step-down circuit connecting to the power factor correction circuit to modulate the modulated power to a modulated lower voltage power, a switch voltage regulation circuit connecting to the isolation voltage step-down circuit to receive the modulated lower voltage power, and a voltage stabilization circuit connecting to the switch voltage regulation circuit. The switch voltage regulation circuit sets a determined output level and regulates the modulated lower voltage power to become a determined power at the determined output level. The voltage stabilization circuit modulates the determined power to become the primary output power and supplies the primary output power to a primary output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Qiaoliang Chen, Ming Xu, Yongjiang Bai
  • Patent number: 8169781
    Abstract: A power supply includes a casing, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a heat dissipation module. The PCB is disposed in the casing and has a heat-generating element. The casing has a top cover. The heat dissipation module includes a heatsink and a heat dissipation plate. The heatsink is disposed at the PCB and contacts the heat-generating elements. The heatsink has a surface facing the top cover. The heat dissipation plate is disposed between the heatsink and the top cover and contacts the surface of the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: FSP Technology Inc., 3Y Power Technology (Taiwan), Inc.
    Inventor: Shao-Feng Lu
  • Patent number: 8169157
    Abstract: A passive current balance driving apparatus including first and second drivers is provided. The first driver includes a first balance-capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of an AC signal source and a second terminal providing a first balance AC-voltage; and a first rectification unit rectifying the first balance AC-voltage to output a first DC-voltage to drive a first LED string with multi-LEDs connected in series. The second driver includes a second balance-capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of the AC signal source and a second terminal providing a second balance AC-voltage; and a second rectification unit rectifying the second balance AC-voltage to output a second DC-voltage to drive a second LED string with multi-LEDs connected in series. The capacitive reactances of these two balance-capacitors are the same and respectively greater than the total internal resistances of the first and second LED strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Yi-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 8139379
    Abstract: A reverse energy recovery circuit is located on a power conversion circuit equipped with a transformer which has a primary winding side connected to a power switch driven by a control unit. The primary winding side has a first end and a second end bridged by the reverse energy recovery circuit which comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, an ancillary winding and a diode. The first and second capacitors are coupled in series. The second capacitor has one end connected to the first end of the primary winding side. The ancillary winding has a first end connected to the first end of the primary winding side. The diode has a cathode connected to a second end of the ancillary winding and an anode bridged the first and second capacitors so that the diode and ancillary winding form a one way path between the first and second capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Shih, Chung-Pin Kan
  • Publication number: 20120039103
    Abstract: A single-stage AC/DC converter is provided, and which includes a power-frequency follow-current circuit, an isolated transmission circuit (ITC), a high-frequency chopper modulation circuit (HFCMC), a power-frequency and high-frequency AC rectifying-circuit and a filter-circuit. The input of the ITC is connected to the output of an external power-frequency power source, the current-modulating side of the ITC is connected to the input of the HFCMC, the output of the ITC is connected to the input of the power-frequency and high-frequency AC rectifying-circuit, the output of the HFCMC is connected to the input of the external power-frequency power source through the power-frequency follow-current connected in series with the HFCMC , and the output of the power-frequency and high-frequency AC rectifying circuit is connected to a load through the filter circuit connected in series with the power-frequency and high-frequency AC rectifying-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., FSP-POWERLAND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Julu Sun, Chao Sun
  • Publication number: 20120039092
    Abstract: A current-input-type parallel resonant DC/DC converter and a method thereof are provided. The converter includes an inverter-circuit for inverting/converting an input DC current into a positive-and-negative alternating square-wave-current, a resonant-network for converting the square-wave-current into a sine-voltage, a transformer for realizing the isolation of the power transmission, a full-wave rectifier-circuit for rectifying the sine-voltage, and an output-filter-circuit for producing a DC output-voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., FSP-POWERLAND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Julu Sun
  • Publication number: 20120032623
    Abstract: A method of controlling fan speed is provided. The method includes: setting a target speed of the fan; providing an actual control speed signal and using the actual control speed signal to drive the fan so as to obtain an actual speed of the fan; determining whether the actual speed of the fan is equal to the set target speed; and when the actual speed of the fan is equal to the set target speed, continuously using the provided actual control speed signal to drive the fan, otherwise, gradually compensating the intensity of the provided actual control speed signal until the actual speed of the fan is equal to the set target speed after the fan is driven by the gradually compensated actual control speed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: 3Y POWER TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN), INC., FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Chang Tsai
  • Patent number: 8106323
    Abstract: A potential switching apparatus for a power adapter which transforms input power to output power delivered through a power output cord. The potential switch apparatus switches the potential of the output power. It includes a first body and a second body located on the power output cord. The first body has a first contact and a second contact. The second body has a switch element connectable to the first contact to deliver the output power at a first potential and connectable to the second contact to deliver the output power at a second potential. Thus the potential of the output power can be switched. The present invention improves the conventional potential switch device on the power adapter that is too bulky in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Chi Liu, Chi-Tsung Liang, Chia-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8106643
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus is provided. The power supply apparatus includes two power suppliers coupled in parallel so as to simultaneously supply the electric power required by an electronic product in operation. The power supply apparatus provided by the invention may stably/accurately output the desired DC output voltage to the electronic product, and may further in advance increase a main power generated inside the other power supplier when one of the power suppliers is over voltage, thereby avoiding an oversized voltage drop from occurring in the DC output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: FSP Technology Inc., 3Y Power Technology (Taiwan), Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Chang Tsai
  • Patent number: 8102165
    Abstract: A power factor correction (PFC) circuit includes an inductor, a diode, a storage capacitor, a switch and a control unit. The input power has a voltage fluctuation V1. The storage component absorbs a first voltage fluctuation and a switch regulation circuit absorbs a second voltage fluctuation V2. Thus output voltage from the PFC circuit is not a conventional constant voltage but a voltage of a great ripple. The PFC circuit further has a harmonic regulation unit. The harmonic regulation unit generates a voltage signal containing 3rd harmonic. The control unit receives a feedback signal and the voltage signal containing 3rd harmonic to generate a reference to the inductor current. Therefore, the inductor current contains 3rd harmonic. Thus power fluctuation absorbed and released by the capacitor is smaller. As a result energy storage capacitance can be reduced significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: FSP Technology Inc., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Inventors: Linlin Gu, Ming Xu, Xinbo Ruan, Kai Yao
  • Publication number: 20120013261
    Abstract: An LED backlight driving circuit including a boost circuit and a transformer current balance circuit is provided. The boost circuit provides a total current for n LED strings, and the transformer current balance circuit is coupled to the LED strings and includes n?1 transformers. A first LED current-balance-circuit (CBC) includes a switching-transistor connected to a secondary-winding of a first-transformer, and an nth LED CBC includes a switching-transistor connected to a primary-winding of an (n?1)th transformer. An ith (1<i<n, n>2) LED CBC includes a switching-transistor sequentially connected to a primary-winding of an (i?1)th transformer and a secondary-winding of an ith transformer. The passive-transformers are applied in the LED driving circuit to implement current balance/equalization, such that the LED backlight driving circuit is suitable for a system with any odd or even number (greater than 1) of the LED strings connected in parallel, so as to reduce the cost of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., FSP-POWERLAND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Shaobin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120007513
    Abstract: A passive current balance driving apparatus has a circuit topology composed by several simple passive components and is capable of driving a plurality of LED strings simultaneously. The present passive current balance driving apparatus is mainly configured such that each LED string has the identical load characteristics during the positive and negative half cycles of the AC power. As such, the currents flowing through the respective LED strings are basically/substantially equal, thereby achieving the current balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Jen Teng, Wen-Sen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8089258
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus is provided. The power supply apparatus includes two power suppliers coupled in parallel so as to simultaneously supply the electric power required by an electronic product in operation. The power supply apparatus provided by the invention may stably/accurately output the desired DC output voltage to the electronic product, and may further in advance increase a main power generated inside the other power supplier when one of the power suppliers is over voltage, thereby avoiding an oversized voltage drop from occurring in the DC output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: FSP Technology Inc., 3Y Power Technology (Taiwan), Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Chang Tsai
  • Patent number: 8072094
    Abstract: An active output compensation circuit is adopted for use on a power supply which receives input power and regulates to become a plurality of different output power. The power supply has a transformer to transform the input power. The transformer has a secondary side connecting to a plurality of output regulation units to deliver the output power. The active output compensation circuit includes a voltage difference judgment unit electrically connected to the output regulation units and a plurality of compensation channel switches. The compensation channel switches bridge two output regulation units and the voltage difference judgment unit. The voltage difference judgment unit judges the voltage difference of two output power and determines whether to output an ON signal. The compensation channel switches are driven by the ON signal and set ON so that one output power can compensate another output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shih An Liang, Hsu Chien Lung, Ching Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 8072193
    Abstract: A phase shift control method for a boost converter and circuit implementation comprises a master phase and at least one slave phase. A master-phase inductor current flowing through the master phase has a master-phase charge time interval and a master-phase discharge time interval; a slave-phase inductor current flowing through the slave phase has a slave-phase charge time interval and a slave-phase discharge time interval. The method comprises: calculating an ideal switching timing whereat the slave-phase inductor current descends to a zero-current judgment value; obtaining a physical switching timing whereat the slave-phase charge time interval starts; calculating a conduction timing error between the physical switching timing and the ideal switching timing; determining the time length of the slave-phase charge time interval in the same cycle according to the conduction timing error and the master-phase charge time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Xu Yang, Yanping Yin, Ming Xu, Yongjiang Bai, Qiaoliang Chen
  • Publication number: 20110242774
    Abstract: A power supply device including a casing and a power supply module is provided. The casing has an opening. The power supply module includes a frame, a pin base, a plurality of pins and a printed circuit board. The frame is detachably disposed in the casing. The pin base is fixed at the frame and is exposed by the opening. The pins are fixed at the pin base, and first ends of the pins are exposed in the opening. The printed circuit board is disposed in the casing and is electrically connected to second ends of the pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., 3Y POWER TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN), INC.
    Inventor: Shao-Feng Lu
  • Publication number: 20110242759
    Abstract: A power supply including a housing, a sliding member, a plurality of terminals and a fan module is provided. The housing has an opening and an inner sidewall. The sliding member is disposed on the inner sidewall of the housing. The sliding member has at least one fixing slot parallel to the inner sidewall. The terminals are disposed on the sliding member and can slidably move parallel to the inner sidewall. The fan module is mounted in the housing from the opening. A terminal connector is disposed on an outer sidewall of the fan module and located on a moving direction of the terminals, so that the terminal connector can be electrically connected to the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., 3Y POWER TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN), INC.
    Inventor: Shao-Feng Lu
  • Publication number: 20110242766
    Abstract: A power supply includes a casing, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a heat dissipation module. The PCB is disposed in the casing and has a heat-generating element. The casing has a top cover. The heat dissipation module includes a heatsink and a heat dissipation plate. The heatsink is disposed at the PCB and contacts the heat-generating elements. The heatsink has a surface facing the top cover. The heat dissipation plate is disposed between the heatsink and the top cover and contacts the surface of the heatsink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., 3Y POWER TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN), INC.
    Inventor: Shao-Feng Lu
  • Publication number: 20110242768
    Abstract: A handle structure includes a holding portion, a first inner-thread structure and a second inner-thread structure. The holding portion has a first fixing pillar, a second fixing pillar and a force-applying rod connected between the first fixing pillar and the second fixing pillar parallel to the first fixing pillar. The first inner-thread structure is inlaid in the first end of the first fixing pillar. The first fixing pillar has a first height perpendicular to the faceplate, and the height of the first inner-thread structure perpendicular to the faceplate is greater than the half of the first height. The second inner-thread structure is inlaid in the second end of the second fixing pillar. The second fixing pillar has a second height perpendicular to the faceplate, and the height of the second inner-thread structure perpendicular to the faceplate is greater than the half of the second height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., 3Y POWER TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN), INC.
    Inventor: Shao-Feng Lu