Patents by Inventor Ching-Ho Chou
Ching-Ho Chou 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).
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Publication number: 20160205755Abstract: A driving device provides output power to an illumination device including a plurality of filaments is provided. A first converting module converts input power into direct current (DC) power. The first converting module includes a pair of first input terminals receiving the input power and a pair of first output terminals coupled to a first node and a second node and outputting the DC power. A first capacitor is coupled between the first node and a third node. A second capacitor is coupled between the second and third nodes. The first clamping module is connected to a first specific capacitor in parallel. The first specific capacitor is the first capacitor or the second capacitor. A second converting module converts the DC power to generate the output power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: CHING HO CHOU, YUNG CHUAN LU, YEN YU CHEN
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Patent number: 9351379Abstract: An integrated light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit includes a bi-directional power line communication (PLC) unit, a power conversion module, and a constant current (CC)/constant voltage (CV) control unit. The bi-directional PLC unit receives an AC voltage, and converts a modulation signal on the AC voltage to generate a light-dimming control signal. The power conversion module receives the AC voltage and converts the AC voltage to generate an output voltage. The CC/CV control unit receives the light-dimming control signal to generate a dimming constant current or a dimming constant voltage. The integrated LED driver circuit outputs the dimming constant current or the dimming constant voltage and the output voltage to drive a LED string.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chia-Jung Nian, Ching-Ho Chou
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Publication number: 20160007428Abstract: An integrated light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit includes a bi-directional power line communication (PLC) unit, a power conversion module, and a constant current (CC)/constant voltage (CV) control unit. The bi-directional PLC unit receives an AC voltage, and converts a modulation signal on the AC voltage to generate a light-dimming control signal. The power conversion module receives the AC voltage and converts the AC voltage to generate an output voltage. The CC/CV control unit receives the light-dimming control signal to generate a dimming constant current or a dimming constant voltage. The integrated LED driver circuit outputs the dimming constant current or the dimming constant voltage and the output voltage to drive a LED string.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Chia-Jung NIAN, Ching-Ho CHOU
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Patent number: 9232619Abstract: A fluorescent electronic ballast including: a rectifier circuit, for receiving an AC power supply and converting the AC power supply into a DC power supply; an inverter circuit, coupled to a fluorescent driver circuit, for converting the DC power supply into a high-frequency AC power supply for driving a fluorescent; and a detection protection circuit, coupled to the rectifier circuit and the inverter circuit, for detecting the DC power supply provided by the rectifier circuit, and cutting off the electric connection between a control chip of the inverter circuit and all of power supply when the voltage of the direct current power supply is lower than a predetermined value, wherein the power supply at least includes the direct current power supply provided by the rectifier circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ching-Ho Chou, Yung-Chuan Lu, Yen-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20150216065Abstract: A power supply includes a housing, a power module, a top cover, a sealing sheet, and a filling member. The power module is disposed in the housing. The top cover is disposed above the housing. The sealing sheet is at least partially disposed between the housing and the top cover. The filling member is disposed between the housing and the sealing sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Zhao-Wei CHAI, Ching-Ho CHOU, Dow CHEN, Shang-Yu LI, Po-Heng CHAO, Jui-Ching LEE
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Publication number: 20150195889Abstract: A fluorescent electronic ballast including: a rectifier circuit, for receiving an AC power supply and converting the AC power supply into a DC power supply; an inverter circuit, coupled to a fluorescent driver circuit, for converting the DC power supply into a high-frequency AC power supply for driving a fluorescent; and a detection protection circuit, coupled to the rectifier circuit and the inverter circuit, for detecting the DC power supply provided by the rectifier circuit, and cutting off the electric connection between a control chip of the inverter circuit and all of power supply when the voltage of the direct current power supply is lower than a predetermined value, wherein the power supply at least includes the direct current power supply provided by the rectifier circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ching-Ho CHOU, Yung-Chuan LU, Yen-Yu CHEN
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Publication number: 20150109749Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board, at least one wire, at least one wire fixing device, and a plurality of electronic components. A wire fixing method includes following steps. Firstly, the wire fixing device is inserted into a conductive hole of the printed circuit board. Then, the wire fixing device is fixed on the printed circuit board via a soldering material. Then, a conducting terminal of the wire is introduced into an accommodation space of the wire fixing device through the first opening of the wire fixing device. Then, at least one concave structure is formed in an external surface of a first conducting part of the wire fixing device by a jig. Consequently, the conducting terminal of the wire is fixed on the wire fixing device, and the wire is electrically connected with the printed circuit board through the wire fixing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ching-Ho Chou, Do Chen, Shang-Yu Li, Chun-Jen Chung
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Patent number: 9013106Abstract: Provided is a lamp ballast having a filament heating apparatus for gas discharge lamp, including a PFC converter for receiving an AC input voltage and converting the AC input voltage into a DC bus voltage; an inverter connected to an output end of the PFC converter for converting the DC bus voltage into an AC output voltage for driving gas discharge lamps; and a filament heating apparatus connected to the output end of the PFC converter. The filament heating apparatus includes an auxiliary heating circuit for converting the DC bus voltage into a heating power for pre-heating the filaments of the gas discharge lamps; and a control circuit connected to the inverter and the auxiliary heating circuit for generating an auxiliary voltage according to the heating power to activate the PFC converter.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignees: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Weiqiang Zhang, Qi Zhang, Yan Zhong, Ching-Ho Chou, Jianping Ying
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Patent number: 8890436Abstract: A color temperature adjustable LED lamp is disclosed, which includes a 3-way lamp socket and a 3-way lamp head. The 3-way lamp socket has a 3-way switch. The 3-way lamp head is connected to the 3-way lamp socket and has a first LED array and a second LED array. The color temperature of the first LED array is different from the color temperature of the second LED array. The color temperature adjustable LED lamp includes a mains detecting circuit for detecting a conducting state of a first live wire and a second live wire in the 3-way switch to selectively operate the first LED array, the second LED array or alternatively operates the first and second LED array.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Ching-Ho Chou
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Patent number: 8890424Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination device, an illumination system, and a lamp. The illumination system includes the illumination device and a light modulation module. The illumination device includes a light emitting diode (LED) array, an alternating current (AC) current source, and an output power control module. The AC current source is electrically coupled to the LED array. The output power control module is electrically coupled to the LED array and the AC current source. The LED array, the AC current source, and the output power control module together form a closed-loop control loop. The light modulation module is electrically coupled to the closed-loop control loop for modulating illumination brightness of the LED.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lizhi Xu, Weiqiang Zhang, Jianping Ying, Ching-Ho Chou, Hsiang-Chen Wu
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Publication number: 20140292196Abstract: A thin profile electronic ballast for a lighting device includes a metal casing, a circuit board, and a metal cover. The metal casing includes an entrance and a receptacle. The circuit board includes a plurality of electronic components. The circuit board is accommodated within the receptacle of the metal casing. The entrance of the metal casing is covered by the metal cover. The circuit board is disposed in a direction vertical to the metal cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Ching-Ho Chou
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Patent number: 8760059Abstract: A current-preheat electronic ballast includes an AC-to-DC converter, a controlling unit, an auxiliary voltage generator, and an inverter. The inverter is connected with the DC bus for converting a high DC voltage into an AC output voltage and generating a resonant current and a lamp filament current to a lamp group. The inverter includes a resonant circuit and a resonant capacitor adjusting circuit. The resonant circuit provides electric energy required to preheat the lamp group. The resonant capacitor adjusting circuit judges whether the inverter is enabled according to the detecting element. After the inverter has been enabled for a delayed time, two high-voltage switching terminals of the resonant capacitor adjusting circuit are correspondingly conducted or shut off, so that an equivalent resonant capacitance value of the resonant circuit is changed and a voltage drop across two ends of a lamp filament of the lamp group is changed.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Ho Chou, Yung-Chuan Lu
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Publication number: 20140139127Abstract: An electronic ballast includes a converter, an inverter circuit, a controlling unit, and a current crest factor improvement circuit. The controlling unit issues a first control signal to control the converter and issues a second control signal and a third control signal with opposite enabling/disabling states to control on/off states of corresponding switch elements of the inverter circuit. During a dead time between the enabling state of second control signal and the enabling state of the third control signal, these switch elements are simultaneously in the off state. During the dead time, the current crest factor improvement circuit is triggered to generate a restraining signal. According to the restraining signal, an output power of the converter is decreased to a predetermined value in real time or the converter is suspended.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chang-Ching Wang, Ching-Ho Chou, Chih Lo, Weng-Fatt Chan
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Patent number: 8658915Abstract: The configurations of a two way wiring device are provided in the present invention. The proposed device includes a case having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side formed between the first side and the second side and an open bottom passing therethrough a first conducting wire, wherein the third side includes a first side segment, a second side segment and a middle segment located between the first and the second side segments, and a conducting wire guiding pathway formed on the case and the first conducting wire passing the pathway and wired out of the case through one of the first side segment and the second side segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Ho Chou, Dwo Chen, Shang-Yu Li
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Publication number: 20140042920Abstract: A color temperature adjustable LED lamp is disclosed, which includes a 3-way lamp socket and a 3-way lamp head. The 3-way lamp socket has a 3-way switch. The 3-way lamp head is connected to the 3-way lamp socket and has a first LED array and a second LED array. The color temperature of the first LED array is different from the color temperature of the second LED array. The color temperature adjustable LED lamp includes a mains detecting circuit for detecting a conducting state of a first live wire and a second live wire in the 3-way switch to selectively operate the first LED array, the second LED array or alternatively operates the first and second LED array.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Ching-Ho CHOU
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Patent number: 8587207Abstract: An electronic ballast for a light emitting load is provided, and includes a transformer module, a resonance module, a high-frequency push-pull inverter and a driving controller module. The high-frequency push-pull inverter includes a first switch component and a second switch component. The driving controller module is used for generating and providing an asymmetric driving waveform to the first switch component and the second switch component. The asymmetric driving waveform includes a first discharging waveform portion for discharging and turning off the first switch component, and also a second discharging waveform portion for discharging and turning off the second switch component. The first and second discharging waveform portions are different in current amplitudes and time spans.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Ho Chou, Tsung-Yu Ou
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Publication number: 20130207558Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination device, an illumination system, and a lamp. The illumination system includes the illumination device and a light modulation module. The illumination device includes a light emitting diode (LED) array, an alternating current (AC) current source, and an output power control module. The AC current source is electrically coupled to the LED array. The output power control module is electrically coupled to the LED array and the AC current source. The LED array, the AC current source, and the output power control module together form a closed-loop control loop. The light modulation module is electrically coupled to the closed-loop control loop for modulating illumination brightness of the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Lizhi XU, Weiqiang ZHANG, Jianping YING, Ching-Ho CHOU, Hsiang-Chen WU
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Patent number: 8508154Abstract: A lighting device is provided, having at least one light emitting diode module, a power factor correction circuit, a non-regulated isolation DC to DC converter and at least one regulated non-isolation DC to DC converter. The power factor correction circuit performs a power factor correction on an AC power source and outputs a corrected DC voltage. The non-regulated isolation DC to DC converter generates an output voltage in a predetermined voltage range according to the corrected DC voltage, wherein the non-regulated isolation DC to DC converter is an open-loop controlled buck DC to DC converter. The regulated non-isolation DC to DC converter generates a fixed current or a fixed voltage according to the output voltage output from the non-regulated isolation DC to DC converter, thereby driving the light emitting diode module.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Ho Chou, Chia-Jung Nian
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Publication number: 20130147378Abstract: An electronic ballast for a light emitting load is provided, and includes a transformer module, a resonance module, a high-frequency push-pull inverter and a driving controller module. The high-frequency push-pull inverter includes a first switch component and a second switch component. The driving controller module is used for generating and providing an asymmetric driving waveform to the first switch component and the second switch component. The asymmetric driving waveform includes a first discharging waveform portion for discharging and turning off the first switch component, and also a second discharging waveform portion for discharging and turning off the second switch component. The first and second discharging waveform portions are different in current amplitudes and time spans.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ching-Ho CHOU, Tsung-Yu OU
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Patent number: D692827Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Dwo Chen, Ching-Ho Chou, Jui-Ching Lee