Patents by Inventor KUAN-FU CHOU

KUAN-FU 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).

  • Patent number: 9698671
    Abstract: A single-stage AC-to-DC converter includes a bus capacitor, a power factor correcting module, a resonant converting module and a control module. The power factor correcting module generates, based on an AC (alternating current) input voltage, a first control signal and a second control signal, a DC (direct current) bus voltage across the bus capacitor and an intermediate voltage switching between the bus voltage and zero. The resonant converting module generates a DC output voltage based on the intermediate voltage. The control module generates, based on the bus voltage, the first and second control signals, each of which switches between an active state and an inactive state and has a duty cycle associated with the bus voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Jing-Yuan Lin, Kuan-Fu Chou, Yao-Ching Hsieh, Huang-Jen Chiu, Yu-Kang Lo, Po-Jung Tseng
  • Publication number: 20170133926
    Abstract: A single-stage AC-to-DC converter includes a bus capacitor, a power factor correcting module, a resonant converting module and a control module. The power factor correcting module generates, based on an AC (alternating current) input voltage, a first control signal and a second control signal, a DC (direct current) bus voltage across the bus capacitor and an intermediate voltage switching between the bus voltage and zero. The resonant converting module generates a DC output voltage based on the intermediate voltage. The control module generates, based on the bus voltage, the first and second control signals, each of which switches between an active state and an inactive state and has a duty cycle associated with the bus voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: JING-YUAN LIN, KUAN-FU CHOU, YAO-CHING HSIEH, HUANG-JEN CHIU, YU-KANG LO, PO-JUNG TSENG