Patents by Inventor Cong ZOU

Cong ZOU 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: 20250030350
    Abstract: A switching power supply includes a secondary control circuit coupled to a secondary side of a transformer of the switching power supply, and a primary control circuit coupled to a primary side of the transformer. The secondary control circuit is configured to receive a power request signal of a load device, and encode the power request signal to generate encoded information. The primary control circuit is configured to receive, by use of the transformer, a feedback signal reflecting an output voltage of the switching power supply, decode the encoded information based on a change of the feedback signal, and based thereon, control the switching power supply to supply power to the load device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Cong Zou, Sen Dou, Shaohua Peng
  • Patent number: 12095374
    Abstract: A system for controlling a skip mode of a switching power supply and a PWM controller are provided. The system includes a feedback signal detection circuit configured to detect an output voltage of the switching power supply and generate a feedback signal related to the output voltage; a primary winding sampling circuit coupled with a primary winding of the switching power supply and configured to sample a sampling voltage of the primary winding; a skip mode soft control circuit configured to receive the feedback signal and output an electrical signal; and a comparison circuit configured to determine a threshold for the sampling voltage, where the skip mode is activated when the feedback signal is greater than a soft activation voltage threshold, and the skip mode is pre-exited when the feedback signal is less than a predetermined voltage threshold and greater than a soft exit voltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BCD SHANGHAI MICRO-ELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Andong Zhao, Bo Chen, Guanghui He, Cong Zou, Sen Dou, Zheng Ying, Yizhong Xie
  • Publication number: 20240275289
    Abstract: A system for controlling a skip mode of a switching power supply and a PWM controller are provided. The system includes a feedback signal detection circuit configured to detect an output voltage of the switching power supply and generate a feedback signal related to the output voltage; a primary winding sampling circuit coupled with a primary winding of the switching power supply and configured to sample a sampling voltage of the primary winding; a skip mode soft control circuit configured to receive the feedback signal and output an electrical signal; and a comparison circuit configured to determine a threshold for the sampling voltage, where the skip mode is activated when the feedback signal is greater than a soft activation voltage threshold, and the skip mode is pre exited when the feedback signal is less than a predetermined voltage threshold and greater than a soft exit voltage threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Andong ZHAO, Bo CHEN, Guanghui HE, Cong ZOU, Sen DOU, Zheng YING, Yizhong XIE