Patents by Inventor Ken Chuan Hsu

Ken Chuan Hsu 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: 7839100
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a front-stage voltage-adjustment inverter, which comprises: a front-stage voltage-adjustment unit, a duty cycle modulation unit, a half-bridge driving unit and a transformer unit. The front-stage voltage-adjustment unit receives an input power, a dimming signal and a feedback signal. The front-stage voltage-adjustment unit varies the voltage of the input power according to the dimming signal and performs a feedback adjustment according to the feedback signal. In the present invention, the cycle signal generated by the duty cycle modulation unit does not vary with the dimming signal and feedback signal. Thus, the half-bridge driving unit can work in a zero-voltage switching state constantly and drive the transformer unit to output a driving power. Thereby, the present invention can decrease the switching loss and increase the service lives of loads and electronic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shih An Liang, Kuo-Hei Lee, Ken-Chuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 7781986
    Abstract: The present invention includes a PWM unit, a switch unit, a resonance unit, a transformer, a feedback unit and a frequency control unit, wherein the switch unit obtains a DC power from a power source, the PWM unit produces a working cycle signal to drive the switch unit to convert the DC power into a pulse power and the resonance unit converts the pulse power into a driving power for providing to the transformer to convert thereof into an output power, characterized in that when the resonance unit is under a starting frequency and a working frequency higher than the starting voltage, a starting voltage gain and a working voltage gain respectively corresponding thereto are produced, wherein the starting voltage gain is larger than the working voltage gain, so that the larger starting voltage gain can produce the output power with higher voltage to smoothly initiate the lamp tube set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shih An Liang, Kuo-Hei Lee, Ken-Chuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 7746006
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a protection architecture for a multi-lamp system, which applies to a multi-lamp driving system for driving a plurality of lamp loops. The present invention is characterized in that two opposite-phase loads of a loop are separately defined to be a first load and a second load, and that a voltage-division/detection loop is formed via cascading a first voltage-division element to a second voltage-division element and is coupled to between the first load and the second load to detect an abnormal current, wherein the second voltage-division element is coupled to a ground terminal, and wherein a signal-acquiring terminal is coupled to between the first voltage-division element and the second voltage-division element and acquires an abnormal voltage signal for a protection unit from the abnormal current, and wherein the protection unit detects the abnormal voltage signal and shuts off the driving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shih An Liang, Kuo Hei Lee, Ken Chuan Hsu, Chien Chih Cher
  • Publication number: 20090195172
    Abstract: The present invention includes a PWM unit, a switch unit, a resonance unit, a transformer, a feedback unit and a frequency control unit, wherein the switch unit obtains a DC power from a power source, the PWM unit produces a working cycle signal to drive the switch unit to convert the DC power into a pulse power and the resonance unit converts the pulse power into a driving power for providing to the transformer to convert thereof into an output power, characterized in that when the resonance unit is under a starting frequency and a working frequency higher than the starting voltage, a starting voltage gain and a working voltage gain respectively corresponding thereto are produced, wherein the starting voltage gain is larger than the working voltage gain, so that the larger starting voltage gain can produce the output power with higher voltage to smoothly initiate the lamp tube set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Shih An LIANG, Kuo-Hei Lee, Ken-Chuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20090167199
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a front-stage voltage-adjustment inverter, which comprises: a front-stage voltage-adjustment unit, a duty cycle modulation unit, a half-bridge driving unit and a transformer unit. The front-stage voltage-adjustment unit receives an input power, a dimming signal and a feedback signal. The front-stage voltage-adjustment unit varies the voltage of the input power according to the dimming signal and performs a feedback adjustment according to the feedback signal. In the present invention, the cycle signal generated by the duty cycle modulation unit does not vary with the dimming signal and feedback signal. Thus, the half-bridge driving unit can work in a zero-voltage switching state constantly and drive the transformer unit to output a driving power. Thereby, the present invention can decrease the switching loss and increase the service lives of loads and electronic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Shih An Liang, Kuo-Hei Lee, Ken-Chuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20090102392
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a protection architecture for a multi-lamp system, which applies to a multi-lamp driving system for driving a plurality of lamp loops. The present invention is characterized in that two opposite-phase loads of a loop are separately defined to be a first load and a second load, and that a voltage-division/detection loop is formed via cascading a first voltage-division element to a second voltage-division element and is coupled to between the first load and the second load to detect an abnormal current, wherein the second voltage-division element is coupled to a ground terminal, and wherein a signal-acquiring terminal is coupled to between the first voltage-division element and the second voltage-division element and acquires an abnormal voltage signal for a protection unit from the abnormal current, and wherein the protection unit detects the abnormal voltage signal and shuts off the driving system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Shih An Liang, Kuo Hei Lee, Ken Chuan Hsu, Chien Chih Cher