Patents by Inventor Lon-Kou Chang
Lon-Kou Chang 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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Patent number: 9954460Abstract: A voltage control device includes an output module and a control module. The output module provides an output current at an output terminal thereof based on a control voltage. The control module includes a comparing circuit, a capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The comparing circuit compares a to-be-compared voltage, which is associated at least with a to-be-controlled voltage at the output terminal of the output module, with a predetermined reference voltage to generate a comparison signal. The capacitor provides the control voltage. The charging circuit is operable to charge the capacitor based on the comparison signal. The discharging circuit is operable to discharge the capacitor based on the comparison signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: MACROBLOCK, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Che-Wei Chang, Ting-Ta Chiang, Shi-Jie Liao
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Publication number: 20170110979Abstract: A voltage control device includes an output module and a control module. The output module provides an output current at an output terminal thereof based on a control voltage. The control module includes a comparing circuit, a capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The comparing circuit compares a to-be-compared voltage, which is associated at least with a to-be-controlled voltage at the output terminal of the output module, with a predetermined reference voltage to generate a comparison signal. The capacitor provides the control voltage. The charging circuit is operable to charge the capacitor based on the comparison signal. The discharging circuit is operable to discharge the capacitor based on the comparison signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: MACROBLOCK. INC.Inventors: Lon-Kou CHANG, Che-Wei CHANG, Ting-Ta CHIANG, Shi-Jie LIAO
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Patent number: 9263941Abstract: A resonant converter with power factor correction includes a power-obtaining circuit, an energy-storage element and an energy-transferred circuit. The power-obtaining circuit is used for receiving an input line voltage. The energy-storage element is coupled between the power-obtaining circuit and the energy-transferred circuit. The energy-transferred circuit is used for generating an output power. In a first time period, based on a first control signal, the energy-storage element and the power-obtaining circuit operate a soft switching so that the energy-storage element is charged to obtain the input line power and generate an energy-storage voltage. In a second time period, based on a second control signal, the energy-storage element and the energy-transferred circuit operate a soft switching so that the energy-storage element is discharged to make the energy-storage voltage converted into the output power.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Yi-Wen Huang, Han-Hsiang Huang
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Patent number: 9136699Abstract: A dynamic damper in a lighting driving circuit for limiting an inrush current includes a damper circuit and a timing circuit comprising capacitor. The damper circuit is connected to the timing circuit. When an input voltage is provided to the dynamic damper, the capacitor begins to be charged and the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor rises. The damper circuit enters to a first working state and generates a dynamic damper resistor value. When the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor is greater than a first threshold voltage, the damper circuit enters to a second working state and the dynamic damper resistor value begins to decrease. When the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor is greater than a second threshold voltage, the damper circuit enters to a short-circuit state, and the dynamic damper resistor value decreases to zero to facilitate the normal work of the power source converter.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Hsing-Fu Liu, Li-Wei Yen, Jyun-Ji Chen
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Patent number: 8937463Abstract: A common-core power factor correction resonant converter includes an energy-transforming circuit. The energy-transforming circuit receives an input line voltage and generates an output power. The energy-transforming circuit includes a coupling inductor and a charge-storage capacitor. The coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are charged by the input line voltage in response to a control signal, so as to generate a charge-storage capacitor voltage. When the charge-storage capacitor voltage is charged to a preset voltage level, the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are discharged according to the control signal. Then, the energy in the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor is transformed to the output load and provide the output voltage or current regulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Yi-Wen Huang, Han-Hsiang Huang
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Patent number: 8787051Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for controlling an equivalent resistance of a converter. The method includes receiving a power source input signal, generating a first control signal according to a voltage level and a state of the power source input signal to adjust an equivalent resistance of the voltage conversion module and cause the voltage conversion module to operate in the damper mode or the converter mode, when the voltage conversion module operates in the converter mode converting the power source input signal to an output signal, and when the voltage conversion module operates in the damper mode detecting the voltage level or the current level of the power source input signal, and adjusting the equivalent resistance so that the voltage conversion module could operate in the bleeder mode or the converter mode to convert the power source input signal to the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Yi-Wen Huang, Han-Hsiang Huang
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Publication number: 20140002035Abstract: A common-core power factor correction resonant converter includes an energy-transforming circuit. The energy-transforming circuit receives an input line voltage and generates an output power. The energy-transforming circuit includes a coupling inductor and a charge-storage capacitor. The coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are charged by the input line voltage in response to a control signal, so as to generate a charge-storage capacitor voltage. When the charge-storage capacitor voltage is charged to a preset voltage level, the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are discharged according to the control signal. Then, the energy in the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor is transformed to the output load and provide the output voltage or current regulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Yi-Wen Huang, Han-Hsiang Huang
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Patent number: 8610375Abstract: An adaptive bleeder circuit is applicable to a power converter, in which the power converter has a transformer primary side and a transformer secondary side, and the power converter enables input power to be selectively input or not input to the transformer primary side through a pulse-width-modulated signal. The adaptive bleeder circuit includes a switched bleeder circuit, and the bleeder circuit switch dynamically adjusts a turn on/off ratio (or referred to as duty ratio) of the switch element according to the TRIAC holding current and the converter input current of an alternating current (AC) TRIAC. When the input current is less than the holding current, the bleeder circuit increases conduction time ratio of the pulse-width-modulated signal, such that the input current recovers to the holding current to maintain normal conduction of the AC TRIAC.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Chang-Yu Wu, Li-Wei Yen
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Patent number: 8575901Abstract: An auto-selecting holding current circuit is applicable to a converter. A primary side of the converter has a Triode for Alternating Current (TRIAC) and a bleeder circuit. The auto-selecting holding current circuit includes a first sensor module, a second sensor module and a reference voltage selecting circuit. The first sensor module detects an input current drop time or an input voltage drop time to output a sense signal. The second sensor module receives a current detector signal and outputs a critical current signal to detect a holding-current value range of the TRIAC. The reference voltage selecting circuit outputs a reference current signal to the bleeder circuit, and the reference current signal corresponds to a holding-current value of the TRIAC. Therefore, the bleeder circuit maintains normal operation of the TRIACs with different holding-current values.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Hsing-Fu Liu, Chang-Yu Wu, Li-Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20130187543Abstract: A dynamic damper in a lighting driving circuit for limiting an inrush current includes a damper circuit and a timing circuit comprising capacitor. The damper circuit is connected to the timing circuit. When an input voltage is provided to the dynamic damper, the capacitor begins to be charged and the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor rises. The damper circuit enters to a first working state and generates a dynamic damper resistor value. When the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor is greater than a first threshold voltage, the damper circuit enters to a second working state and the dynamic damper resistor value begins to decrease. When the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor is greater than a second threshold voltage, the damper circuit enters to a short-circuit state, and the dynamic damper resistor value decreases to zero to facilitate the normal work of the power source converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Hsing-Fu Liu, Li-Wei Yen, Jyun-Ji Chen
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Patent number: 8422253Abstract: A circuit regulator is used to generate a pulse-width-modulation signal, so as to control a power to be selectively input or not input to a primary side of a switching power supply. The circuit regulator includes a synchronous timing pulse generation circuit, outputs a starting pulse after performing signal process of time delay, timing pulse regulation, and synchronization control on a pulse-width-modulation signal and a discharging time signal of a secondary side, and accordingly effectively controls a pulse starting time of the pulse-width-modulation signal. Therefore, the synchronous timing pulse generation circuit can be applied to the circuit regulator, so as to further effectively prevent an inductor current of the switching power supply from entering a Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Chang-Yu Wu, Hsing-Fu Liu
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Publication number: 20130009616Abstract: An auto-selecting holding current circuit is applicable to a converter. A primary side of the converter has a Triode for Alternating Current (TRIAC) and a bleeder circuit. The auto-selecting holding current circuit includes a first sensor module, a second sensor module and a reference voltage selecting circuit. The first sensor module detects an input current drop time or an input voltage drop time to output a sense signal. The second sensor module receives a current detector signal and outputs a critical current signal to detect a holding-current value range of the TRIAC. The reference voltage selecting circuit outputs a reference current signal to the bleeder circuit, and the reference current signal corresponds to a holding-current value of the TRIAC. Therefore, the bleeder circuit maintains normal operation of the TRIACs with different holding-current values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Hsing-Fu Liu, Chang-Yu Wu, Li-Wei Yen
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Patent number: 8300433Abstract: An isolated primary circuit regulator is applied to a primary side of a transformer of a power supply. The isolated primary circuit regulator outputs a switching signal, and switches the transformer by using the switching signal, thereby stabilizing an output current. The isolated primary circuit regulator includes a discharge time detector, an oscillator, a pulse width modulator and a control circuit. The discharge time detector is used for detecting a discharge time of a switching current generated at a secondary side of the transformer. The oscillator is used for generating an oscillation signal. The control circuit is used for outputting an adjustment signal. The pulse width modulator outputs a switching signal according to the oscillation signal output by the oscillator and the adjustment signal output by the control circuit. The switching signal has a duty cycle and a frequency corresponding to the oscillation signal and the adjustment signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Tsung-Hsien Lu, Ruei-Ming Gan
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Publication number: 20120188794Abstract: An adaptive bleeder circuit is applicable to a power converter, in which the power converter has a transformer primary side and a transformer secondary side, and the power converter enables input power to be selectively input or not input to the transformer primary side through a pulse-width-modulated signal. The adaptive bleeder circuit includes a switched bleeder circuit, and the bleeder circuit switch dynamically adjusts a turn on/off ratio (or referred to as duty ratio) of the switch element according to the TRIAC holding current and the converter input current of an alternating current (AC) TRIAC. When the input current is less than the holding current, the bleeder circuit increases conduction time ratio of the pulse-width-modulated signal, such that the input current recovers to the holding current to maintain normal conduction of the AC TRIAC.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Chang-Yu Wu, Li-Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20120033459Abstract: A circuit regulator is used to generate a pulse-width-modulation signal, so as to control a power to be selectively input or not input to a primary side of a switching power supply. The circuit regulator includes a synchronous timing pulse generation circuit, outputs a starting pulse after performing signal process of time delay, timing pulse regulation, and synchronization control on a pulse-width-modulation signal and a discharging time signal of a secondary side, and accordingly effectively controls a pulse starting time of the pulse-width-modulation signal. Therefore, the synchronous timing pulse generation circuit can be applied to the circuit regulator, so as to further effectively prevent an inductor current of the switching power supply from entering a Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon Kou Chang, Chang Yu Wu, Hsing Fu Liu
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Publication number: 20110242859Abstract: An isolated primary circuit regulator is applied to a primary side of a transformer of a power supply. The isolated primary circuit regulator outputs a switching signal, and switches the transformer by using the switching signal, thereby stabilizing an output current. The isolated primary circuit regulator includes a discharge time detector, an oscillator, a pulse width modulator and a control circuit. The discharge time detector is used for detecting a discharge time of a switching current generated at a secondary side of the transformer. The oscillator is used for generating an oscillation signal. The control circuit is used for outputting an adjustment signal. The pulse width modulator outputs a switching signal according to the oscillation signal output by the oscillator and the adjustment signal output by the control circuit. The switching signal has a duty cycle and a frequency corresponding to the oscillation signal and the adjustment signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: MACROBLOCK, INC.Inventors: Lon Kou Chang, Tsung Hsien Lu, Ruei Ming Gan