Patents by Inventor Chia-An YEH

Chia-An YEH 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).

  • Patent number: 12234814
    Abstract: A guidance unit comprises a first pipe part and a second pipe part, an inner space diameter of the second pipe part is smaller than an inner space diameter of the first pipe part, causing a cross-sectional area of a second flow space perpendicular to a pipe axis of the second pipe part smaller than that of a first flow space perpendicular to a pipe axis of the first pipe part; one end of the pipe axis of the second pipe part and one end of the pipe axis of the first pipe part are connected in series with each other and spaced apart from each other by a first angle, so that the second flow space communicates with the first flow space; thereby, a pressure of an external fluid in the second flow space is greater than a pressure of the external fluid in the first flow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tunghai University
    Inventors: Kuo-wei Chiu, Chia-An Yeh
  • Publication number: 20240072552
    Abstract: A power-saving charging device controls both a primary side controller and a secondary side controller to be in a shutdown state when an output terminal is not connected to the load. When the output terminal is connected to the load, the secondary side controller receives a power-on power supply from a power storage unit, performs a power-on procedure and enters a working state. The primary side controller receives a power-on signal from the power storage unit, performs the power-on procedure according to the power-on signal, and enters the working state. Accordingly, when the charging device is not connected to the load, it can enter a standby state with extremely low power consumption in which the primary side controller and the secondary side controller are both turned off, thereby achieving the effect of saving the power consumption of the controller when the charging device is in standby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chia-An YEH, Wei-Liang LIN
  • Publication number: 20230235973
    Abstract: A guidance unit comprises a first pipe part and a second pipe part, an inner space diameter of the second pipe part is smaller than an inner space diameter of the first pipe part, causing a cross-sectional area of a second flow space perpendicular to a pipe axis of the second pipe part smaller than that of a first flow space perpendicular to a pipe axis of the first pipe part; one end of the pipe axis of the second pipe part and one end of the pipe axis of the first pipe part are connected in series with each other and spaced apart from each other by a first angle, so that the second flow space communicates with the first flow space; thereby, a pressure of an external fluid in the second flow space is greater than a pressure of the external fluid in the first flow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kuo-wei CHIU, Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 11658581
    Abstract: A power converter with an adjustable output voltage has an isolation DC/DC transformer, a primary side circuit connected to a primary coil of the isolation DC/DC transformer for transmitting an input AC power to the primary coil, and a secondary side circuit connected to a secondary coil of the isolation DC/DC transformer. The secondary side circuit includes a first output loop, a second output loop and a mode switch connected in the first output loop. When power consumption of a load is low, the mode switch is turned off to interrupt the first output loop so that the secondary side circuit generates a first output voltage with a low voltage level. When power consumption of a load is high, the mode switch is turned on and the secondary side circuit generates a second output voltage with a high voltage level. Without greatly increasing circuits, the power converter achieves wide-range voltage regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 11581730
    Abstract: The power supply device with multiple outputs includes two output ports, a power converting module with two power output ends, and two switching modules connected among the two power output ends and the two output ports. The output power from the two power output ends can be independently allocated to either one or two of the two second output ports. When one of the output ports requests for a demand power, the power supply device is able to determine which one or both of the power output ends to output power to the output port, reaching a better power allocation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220337056
    Abstract: The power supply device with multiple outputs includes two output ports, a power converting module with two power output ends, and two switching modules connected among the two power output ends and the two output ports. The output power from the two power output ends can be independently allocated to either one or two of the two second output ports. When one of the output ports requests for a demand power, the power supply device is able to determine which one or both of the power output ends to output power to the output port, reaching a better power allocation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 11056964
    Abstract: A power supply device has a first output port, a second output port and a power delivery control module. The power delivery control module compares the first output voltage value and the second output voltage value to determine a reference voltage value, and determines the optimized voltage value according to the total output power value, the reference voltage value, and a rated output current of an AC/DC converting module. The power delivery control module controls the AC/DC converting module to convert the AC input voltage to an optimized voltage, so that when the first and second DC/DC converting modules receive the optimized voltage and convert it to the first and second output voltages respectively, the voltage drop is reduced, the conversion loss is reduced, and the conversion efficiency of the power supply device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Publication number: 20210159770
    Abstract: A power supply device has a first output port, a second output port and a power delivery control module. The power delivery control module compares the first output voltage value and the second output voltage value to determine a reference voltage value, and determines the optimized voltage value according to the total output power value, the reference voltage value, and a rated output current of an AC/DC converting module. The power delivery control module controls the AC/DC converting module to convert the AC input voltage to an optimized voltage, so that when the first and second DC/DC converting modules receive the optimized voltage and convert it to the first and second output voltages respectively, the voltage drop is reduced, the conversion loss is reduced, and the conversion efficiency of the power supply device is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 10951207
    Abstract: An integrated driving module includes an oscillator, a PWM unit, a soft start controller, a first driver, and a second driver. The oscillator is connected to a voltage input end and generates an oscillating signal. The PWM unit receives the oscillating signal and generates a first driving control signal and a second driving control signal that are respectively anti-phased. The first driver outputs a first driving output signal to a first output end according to the first driving control signal. The second driver outputs the second driving output signal to a second output end according to the second driving control signal. The integrated driving module only has four connection ends for external connection to provide the two anti-phase driving output signals, such that the circuit design and connection of the primary side of the transformer is greatly simplified. The design limitation and manufacturing cost can be both lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventors: Jui-Yang Chiu, Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 10340808
    Abstract: A redundant power supply apparatus includes at least two power inlets, at least two power supply units, and a common component. Each power inlet is connected to an AC power source. Each power supply unit has an input side and the at least two power supply units having a common output side, each input side is connected to the power inlet, and each power supply unit is configured to convert the AC power source into a DC power source. The common component is connected at the common output side and configured to receive DC power sources. Accordingly, the redundant power supply apparatus is provided to improve reliability of redundant operations between multiple external power sources without using mechanical switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Ferencz, Qun Lu, Jui-Yang Chiu, Hsuan-An Chen, Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 9997994
    Abstract: A totem-pole PFC and a current-sampling unit of the totem-pole PFC are provided. The totem-pole PFC is electrically connected to an AC power source and a DC-to-DC converter, and is electrically connected to a load through the DC-to-DC converter. The current-sampling unit has a first sampling switch and a second sampling switch. The first sampling switch and the second sampling switch are controlled to be turned on and turned off so that a magnetizing current flows through the magnetizing inductor when a magnetizing inductor is magnetized and a demagnetizing current does not flow through the sampling resistor when the magnetizing inductor is demagnetized, thereby increasing the demagnetization efficiency and overcoming superimposed operations to improve current detection and increase conversion efficiency of the power conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsiao Luo, Chia-An Yeh, Wei-Liang Lin
  • Patent number: 9966861
    Abstract: A control method for an active clamp converter has steps of: detecting a state of the load; when the state of the load is a light-load state, using a skipping mode to control a switch frequency of a master switch; when the state of the load is not the light-load state, using an ACF mode to control the switch frequency of the master switch. In the skipping mode, the switch frequency is decreased when the state of the load is getting light, thus providing an energy efficiency power saving function for the light-load state. In the ACF mode, the master switch is controlled to turn on while a reverse current is generated, thus the switching loss of the master switch is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.
    Inventors: Chia-An Yeh, Shu-Wei Chuang
  • Publication number: 20170170733
    Abstract: A redundant power supply apparatus includes at least two power inlets, at least two power supply units, and a common component. Each power inlet is connected to an AC power source. Each power supply unit has an input side and the at least two power supply units having a common output side, each input side is connected to the power inlet, and each power supply unit is configured to convert the AC power source into a DC power source. The common component is connected at the common output side and configured to receive DC power sources. Accordingly, the redundant power supply apparatus is provided to improve reliability of redundant operations between multiple external power sources without using mechanical switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.
    Inventors: Andrew FERENCZ, Qun LU, Jui-Yang CHIU, Hsuan-An CHEN, Chia-An YEH
  • Patent number: 9448607
    Abstract: An irregularity detection device for a power switch determines if a temperature-dependent resistance on a current path of the power switch is abnormal according to if a voltage on the current path is greater than or equal to a configuration value when the power switch is turned on, and generates an irregularity alarm associated with the power switch based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Patent number: 9425697
    Abstract: A power supply has a power factor correction (PFC) circuit and a DC to DC conversion circuit. A DC to DC controller of the DC to DC conversion circuit acquires zero-crossing information and load information from the PFC circuit through a communication protocol, and performs a low-frequency compensation on a control command using a table-mapping means, thereby resolving the issues of higher controller complexity, changes of entire response characteristics and cost increase in conventional compensation technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Publication number: 20160126720
    Abstract: An irregularity detection device for a power switch determines if a temperature-dependent resistance on a current path of the power switch is abnormal according to if a voltage on the current path is greater than or equal to a configuration value when the power switch is turned on, and generates an irregularity alarm associated with the power switch based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Publication number: 20160079868
    Abstract: A power supply has a power factor correction (PFC) circuit and a DC to DC conversion circuit. A DC to DC controller of the DC to DC conversion circuit acquires zero-crossing information and load information from the PFC circuit through a communication protocol, and performs a low-frequency compensation on a control command using a table-mapping means, thereby resolving the issues of higher controller complexity, changes of entire response characteristics and cost increase in conventional compensation technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-An Yeh
  • Publication number: 20150103562
    Abstract: A switching power supply with a resonant converter has an AC to DC converter and a DC to DC converter. The AC to DC converter converts an inputted AC power into a DC power. The DC to DC converter has a resonant converter determining a current operating state according to waveforms of a transformer voltage and a driving signal actually measured and further controlling a switching frequency of the resonant converter to approach or to be equal to a resonant frequency for operational efficiency enhancement. Accordingly, the failure to accurately calculate a resonant frequency beforehand can be solved and the issue of accurately keeping the switching frequency consistent with the resonant frequency can be tackled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-An Yeh, Wei-Liang Lin
  • Patent number: 8964410
    Abstract: A transformer has two magnetic cores, at least one primary winding unit mounted in the magnetic cores, at least one secondary winding unit mounted in the magnetic cores and two rectifying circuit boards externally mounted beside the magnetic cores. An AC voltage output from the secondary winding unit is transmitted to and rectified by the rectifying circuit board. Therefore, the size of the transformer is compact, and heat energy generated by electronic elements mounted on the rectifying circuit board is effectively dissipated to maintain normal operation of the transformer. Further, since the transmission path from the secondary winding unit to the rectifying circuit board is short, energy loss is reasonably reduced when the transformer is operated under a high frequency situation or a larger current mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventors: Shun-Te Chang, Chien-Hua Wu, Chia-An Yeh, Hsiang-Yu Hung
  • Patent number: 8736246
    Abstract: A power factor control circuit has a power factor controller that determines if the power factor control circuit is operated at a continuous current mode (CCM) or a discrete current mode (DCM), and outputs PWM signals corresponding to the present current mode. A duty cycle of the PWM signals is equal to a sum of a feed-forward control parameter and a current compensation parameter. The current compensation parameter contains a difference value between a reference current and an inductor current in the power factor control circuit. Accordingly, a switching power supply circuit can acquire the PWM signals corresponding to the present current mode to effectively resolve the issue of harmonic distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-An Yeh, Hsiang-Yi Chen