Patents by Inventor Don Sik Kim

Don Sik Kim 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: 9547351
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply apparatus including: a first power supply unit including a transformer switching and transforming an input power, and converting the input power into a first power and providing the first power to a main output terminal and a standby output terminal; a second power supply unit converting the input power into a second power and provide the second power as an operating power of the first power supply unit; and a main switching unit intermitting supplying of the first power from the first power supply unit to the main output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., SOLUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Kuk Kim, Don Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 9515563
    Abstract: There are a power module and a distributed power supply apparatus having the same. The power module includes: a power factor correction stage switching input power to correct a power factor thereof; a DC/DC conversion stage switching the power of which the power factor has been corrected by the power factor correction stage to convert the power into preset DC power; a control unit controlling the power factor correction stage and the DC/DC conversion stage to perform a power conversion operation in a preset powered mode and stopping the power conversion operation of the DC/DC conversion stage in a preset idle mode; and a reference voltage supply unit supplying a preset reference voltage to the DC/DC conversion stage in the idle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SOLUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chong Eun Kim, Don Sik Kim, Jong Woo Kim, Duk You Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Dong Jin Park
  • Patent number: 9479068
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply device having a primary side on which a primary winding of a transformer is located and a secondary side on which a secondary winding of the transformer is located, and supplying power to a load, the device including: a photo coupler transmitting load short-circuit information from the secondary side to the primary side, a standby power supply terminal supplying power to the photo coupler; and a current passing unit connecting the photo coupler to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SOLUM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Don Sik Kim, Dong Jin Lee, Jae Cheol Ju, Jae Hak Lee, Hong Sun Park
  • Patent number: 9344000
    Abstract: There are provided a power module in which a bias voltage is varied and supplied to a control circuit controlling power conversion when an idle mode is switched to a normal mode, and a distributed power supply apparatus having the same. The power module includes: a power factor correction stage; a DC/DC conversion stage switching power to convert the power into pre-set DC power in a powering mode in which normal power is output; a standby stage converting the power into pre-set standby power in a cold standby mode in which the DC/DC conversion stage outputs power having a level lower than that of normal power; and a variable bias supply unit varying a voltage level of bias power for controlling DC/DC power conversion and supplying the same to the DC/DC conversion stage in the cold standby mode and the powering mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chong Eun Kim, Jeong Nam Lee, Duk You Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Don Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20150236587
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply apparatus including: a first power supply unit including a transformer switching and transforming an input power, and converting the input power into a first power and providing the first power to a main output terminal and a standby output terminal; a second power supply unit converting the input power into a second power and provide the second power as an operating power of the first power supply unit; and a main switching unit intermitting supplying of the first power from the first power supply unit to the main output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Jae Kuk KIM, Don Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 9112424
    Abstract: There is provided a phase shift full bridge (PSFB) type power supply device controlling a switching on time of lagging leg switches according to a load state. The power supply device includes a power supply unit supplying preset DC power by switching input power using a full bridge by a phase shift method; and a control unit controlling a switching time of a switch of the full bridge according to a load state in which the DC power is received from the power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chong Eun Kim, Jeong Nam Lee, Duk You Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Don Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20150115713
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a master circuit part charging a battery initially, supplying energy to a load that is a light load, and charging the battery when discharged; and a slave circuit part having a common output terminal with the master circuit part and supplying energy to the load that is a heavy load along with the master circuit part by distributing the load among them, wherein the master circuit part includes a rechargeable battery therein. Energy is supplied to a load using a battery at a low load that is a half load or less in a power supply circuit, thereby increasing energy efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jae Kuk KIM, Chong Eun KIM, Don Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20150003126
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply device having a primary side on which a primary winding of a transformer is located and a secondary side on which a secondary winding of the transformer is located, and supplying power to a load, the device including: a photo coupler transmitting load short-circuit information from the secondary side to the primary side, a standby power supply terminal supplying power to the photo coupler; and a current passing unit connecting the photo coupler to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Don Sik KIM, Dong Jin LEE, Jae Cheol JU, Jae Hak LEE, Hong Sun PARK
  • Patent number: 8872499
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply apparatus supplying driving power. The power supply apparatus includes: a first power converter bypassing input power when a voltage level of the input power having a predetermined voltage level is within a reference voltage level range, and converting the input power to DC power having a preset voltage level when the voltage level of the input power is outside of the reference voltage level range; and a second power converter converting the power inputted from the first power converter to driving power having a preset voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Duk You Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Chong Eun Kim, Don Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8787041
    Abstract: There is provided a power converter integrated with an auxiliary converter. The power converter includes: a flyback converter converting an input power of a power supply input terminal into a standby power through a primary side circuit connected to the power supply input terminal and a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit to supply the standby power; and a main converter converting the input power of the power supply input terminal into a main power to supply the main power, and converting the input power of the power supply input terminal into the standby power through the secondary side circuit of the flyback converter to supply the standby power, whereby the efficiency of the power converter may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chong Eun Kim, Don Sik Kim, Jae Kuk Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Shin Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20140177282
    Abstract: There is provided a phase shift full bridge (PSFB) type power supply device controlling a switching on time of lagging leg switches according to a load state. The power supply device includes a power supply unit supplying preset DC power by switching input power using a full bridge by a phase shift method; and a control unit controlling a switching time of a switch of the full bridge according to a load state in which the DC power is received from the power supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong Eun KIM, Jeong Nam LEE, Duk You KIM, Gun Woo MOON, Don Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20140177301
    Abstract: There are provided a power module in which a bias voltage is varied and supplied to a control circuit controlling power conversion when an idle mode is switched to a normal mode, and a distributed power supply apparatus having the same. The power module includes: a power factor correction stage; a DC/DC conversion stage switching power to convert the power into pre-set DC power in a powering mode in which normal power is output; a standby stage converting the power into pre-set standby power in a cold standby mode in which the DC/DC conversion stage outputs power having a level lower than that of normal power; and a variable bias supply unit varying a voltage level of bias power for controlling DC/DC power conversion and supplying the same to the DC/DC conversion stage in the cold standby mode and the powering mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Chong Eun KIM, Jeong Nam LEE, Duk You KIM, Gun Woo MOON, Don Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 8736111
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for the anti-islanding of a power conditioning system. The apparatus for the anti-islanding of a power conditioning system according to the present invention is applied to a power conditioning system including a DC/DC converter and a DC/AC inverter in order to transfer power from a solar cell array to a grid. The apparatus for the anti-islanding of a power conditioning system may include an injection signal generator generating an injection signal, an adder generating a final fundamental wave command value, a main controller performing the power control according to the final fundamental wave command value and stopping the operation of the power conditioning system when the level of the detected injection signal has reached the predetermined reference level or more, and an injection signal detector detecting the injection signal included in voltage and providing them to the main controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Doo Young Song, Tae Hoon Kim, Tae Won Lee, Don Sik Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Jae Hyung Kim, Jun Gu Kim, Yong Hyok Ji, Chung Yuen Won, Byoung Kuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8665622
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply unit supplying a standby power by sharing a switch of a main converter. The power supply unit includes: a main converter, and a standby converter. The main converter controls a current flowing in a primary side winding of a main transformer and supplies a main power through a secondary side winding of the main transformer. The standby converter controls a current flowing in a primary side winding of a standby transformer and supplies a standby power through a secondary side winding of the standby transformer, and a portion of a plurality of switches of the main converter is included in switches of the standby converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong Eun Kim, Kyu Min Cho, Don Sik Kim, Jae Kuk Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Shin Young Cho
  • Patent number: 8514599
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus and method for controlling a switch of a flyback converter for a solar generating system. The apparatus for controlling a switch of a flyback converter for a solar generating system includes: an MPPT controller generating a current command value for a maximum power point tracker of a solar cell module, based on input voltage, input current, and output voltage of the flyback converter; a current controller generating a current control signal for tracking the current command value; an output current command value generator generating the phase and magnitude command value of the output current, based on the phase of the output voltage and the current control signal; and a switch controller controlling the main switch of the flyback converter, based on the phase and magnitude command value of the output current, thereby simplifying a circuit while solving disadvantages of a discontinuous conduction mode and a boundary conduction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd, Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Tae Won Lee, Doo Young Song, Ku Yong Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Chung Yuen Won, Young Ho Kim, Byoung Kuk Lee, Yong Hyok Ji, Don Sik Kim, Tae Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8508144
    Abstract: The power supply includes: an electromagnetic interference filter including a first filter which has a pair of electromagnetically coupled cores having at least two leg parts, first and second bobbins each having a tube-shaped body part having a penetration hole into which each of the leg parts is inserted and having a winding region defined as the circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the body part, and first and second coils respectively wound around the first and second bobbins to remove common mode electromagnetic interference included in power transmitted from a power line, the electromagnetic interference filter removing differential mode electromagnetic interference due to leakage inductance formed due to the leakage of magnetic flux flowing through the cores; a power factor corrector correcting a power factor of the power where the electromagnetic interference is removed; and a power converter switching the power-factor-corrected power into a driving power having a predetermined voltage lev
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Kyoo Han, Sung Soo Hong, Mi Ran Baek, Chung Wook Roh, Hee Seung Kim, Jae Sun Won, Ku Yong Kim, Jae Cheol Ju, Don Sik Kim, Dong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8493758
    Abstract: There are provided a method and an apparatus for generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of a solar energy generating system. The apparatus includes: a voltage detector detecting a voltage input into the flyback power converter; a first calculator calculating an output power from the detected input voltage; a second calculator calculating a power variation based on the calculated output power and a voltage variation of the input voltage; and a current command value generator generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation. Accordingly, a current command value after calculating an output power may be generated with only a voltage detector, without a current detector, thereby reducing the costs of a solar energy generating system by decreasing the costs for a high-priced current detector, and simplifying circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Tae Won Lee, Yong Hyok Ji, Chung Yuen Won, Don Sik Kim, Doo Young Song, Min Ho Heo, Jin Wook Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, Young Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 8482328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switching device and a method for preventing malfunction of the same. The switching device includes: a controller for outputting a plurality of digital control signals; a protecting unit connected to the controller for protecting all signals when the plurality of digital control signals outputted from the controller are simultaneously received at a state of ON; a gate driver connected to the protecting unit for generating a switch control signal by converting the control signal passed through the protecting unit; and a plurality of switches connected to the gate driver for individually performing ON•OFF operations according to each of the switching control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Industry Foundation of Chonnam National University
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Kim, Tae Won Lee, Kwang Soo Choi, Se Ho Lee, Doo Young Song, Don Sik Kim, Sung Jun Park, Min Ho Heo
  • Publication number: 20130163290
    Abstract: There is provided an LLC type power supply apparatus for controlling switching of a secondary side rectifier based on primary side current, particularly, controlling switching of the secondary-side rectifier based on primary side resonance current and magnetizing current. The power supply apparatus includes: a switching unit switching input power; a transformer unit transforming the switched power from the switching unit; a rectifying unit including a rectifier turned on and turned off in response to a control signal to rectify the transformed power; a controlling unit controlling the switching of the switching unit, based on an output power of the rectifying unit; and a switching controlling unit controlling turning-on and turning-off of the rectifier of the rectifying unit, based on current flowing in the transformer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Gun Woo Moon, Bong Chul Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Chong Eun Kim, Dong Jin Park, Don Sik Kim, Hong Sun Park
  • Publication number: 20120307535
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply apparatus supplying driving power. The power supply apparatus includes: a first power converter bypassing input power when a voltage level of the input power having a predetermined voltage level is within a reference voltage level range, and converting the input power to DC power having a preset voltage level when the voltage level of the input power is outside of the reference voltage level range; and a second power converter converting the power inputted from the first power converter to driving power having a preset voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Duk You Kim, Gun Woo Moon, Chong Eun Kim, Don Sik Kim