Patents by Inventor Ming-Jung Tsai

Ming-Jung Tsai 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: 9490739
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit with function of auto-calibrating rotation speed error is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, an error amplifier and a current compensation circuit. In calibration mode, the rotation speed control circuit selects a calibration clock signal and a calibration voltage through the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer correspondingly according to a mode switch signal, and adjusts current value of a first current accordingly. In other words, the rotation speed control circuit utilizes the first current to compensate error of the external capacitor through the calibration clock signal fixed and the calibration voltage fixed in the duration of calibration mode, so as to avoid that aging of the external capacitor leads to rotation speed error and then affects the whole operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen, Chien-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9407087
    Abstract: An over voltage protection circuit comprises an input end, coupled to an input power, for receiving an input voltage provided by the input power; and a driving module, coupled between the input end and a ground end, for generating a discharging current when the input voltage is larger than a predefined voltage, to reduce the input voltage to the predefined voltage. The driving module comprises a voltage regulating module, a p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOS), and an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOS). The PMOS and the NMOS are an upper gate switch and a lower gate switch of a motor driver or a fan driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 9325266
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a DC motor control method comprising comparing a first periodic signal and a second periodic signal for generating a control signal, wherein the frequency of the first periodic signal is lower than the frequency of the second periodic signal; configuring the amplitudes of the first periodic signal and the second periodic signal according to the needed speed of the DC motor, wherein increasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is increased, and decreasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Chia-Tai Yang
  • Publication number: 20160087562
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a direct-current (DC) motor, includes a driving circuit for converting an input voltage into a first and a second output voltages, a Hall sensor for generating a first and a second time sequential control signals according to a working condition of the DC motor, a current sensing unit for comparing the motor current to a reference current to generate a comparison result, and a control unit coupled to the driving circuit, the current sensing unit and the Hall sensor for controlling a working status of the driving circuit according to the first and the second time sequential control signals and the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Ching-Shan Lu, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150365030
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a DC motor control method comprising comparing a first periodic signal and a second periodic signal for generating a control signal, wherein the frequency of the first periodic signal is lower than the frequency of the second periodic signal; configuring the amplitudes of the first periodic signal and the second periodic signal according to the needed speed of the DC motor, wherein increasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is increased, and decreasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: MING-JUNG TSAI, CHIA-TAI YANG
  • Patent number: 9184684
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a motor includes: a driving-stage circuit, for converting an input voltage into a first output voltage and a second output voltage, and comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor; an output stage circuit, for converting the first output voltage or the second output voltage into a motor speed signal; and a control unit, coupled to the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors and the output stage circuit, for generating first, second, third and fourth transistor control signals to control the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 9130498
    Abstract: A signal-phase DC motor control circuit is disclosed. The signal-phase DC motor control circuit includes a logic circuit, a switching circuit and a driving circuit. The logic circuit transmits a first logic signal, a second logic signal, a third logic signal and a forth logic signal. The switching circuit transmits a first direction driving signal according to a PWM signal and the first logic signal, and transmits a second direction driving signal according to the PWM signal and the second logic signal. The driving circuit transmits a first output signal according to the first direction driving signal and the fourth logic signal, and transmits a second output signal according to the second direction driving signal and the third logic signal. The first output signal and the second output signal are positive half-wave sinusoidal wave, and the phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal is 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Ching-Sheng Li, Chia-Tai Yang
  • Publication number: 20150061551
    Abstract: A signal-phase DC motor control circuit is disclosed. The signal-phase DC motor control circuit includes a logic circuit, a switching circuit and a driving circuit. The logic circuit transmits a first logic signal, a second logic signal, a third logic signal and a forth logic signal. The switching circuit transmits a first direction driving signal according to a PWM signal and the first logic signal, and transmits a second direction driving signal according to the PWM signal and the second logic signal. The driving circuit transmits a first output signal according to the first direction driving signal and the fourth logic signal, and transmits a second output signal according to the second direction driving signal and the third logic signal. The first output signal and the second output signal are positive half-wave sinusoidal wave, and the phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal is 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MING-JUNG TSAI, CHING-SHENG LI, CHIA-TAI YANG
  • Patent number: 8947035
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a temperature-controlled voltage duty generator, a pulse-width signal duty generator, a multiplier and a rotation speed signal generator. The temperature-controlled voltage duty generator converts temperature-controlled voltage to digital temperature-controlled voltage and executes linear interpolation operation according to a first setting data so as to output temperature-controlled voltage duty signal. The pulse-width signal duty generator coverts pulse-width input signal to a digital pulse-width input signal and executes linear interpolation operation according to a second setting data so as to output a pulse-width duty signal. The temperature-controlled voltage duty signal and the pulse-width duty signal are executed for multiplication by the multiplier so as to output mixing-duty signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Li, Shen-Min Lo, Kun-Min Chen, Chia-Tai Yang, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150023801
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit with function of auto-calibrating rotation speed error is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, an error amplifier and a current compensation circuit. In calibration mode, the rotation speed control circuit selects a calibration clock signal and a calibration voltage through the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer correspondingly according to a mode switch signal, and adjusts current value of a first current accordingly. In other words, the rotation speed control circuit utilizes the first current to compensate error of the external capacitor through the calibration clock signal fixed and the calibration voltage fixed in the duration of calibration mode, so as to avoid that aging of the external capacitor leads to rotation speed error and then affects the whole operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MING-JUNG TSAI, CHING-SHENG LI, KUN-MIN CHEN, CHIEN-CHENG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140321016
    Abstract: An over voltage protection circuit comprises an input end, coupled to an input power, for receiving an input voltage provided by the input power; and a driving module, coupled between the input end and a ground end, for generating a discharging current when the input voltage is larger than a predefined voltage, to reduce the input voltage to the predefined voltage. The driving module comprises a voltage regulating module, a p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOS), and an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOS). The PMOS and the NMOS are an upper gate switch and a lower gate switch of a motor driver or a fan driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20140169982
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a temperature-controlled voltage duty generator, a pulse-width signal duty generator, a multiplier and a rotation speed signal generator. The temperature-controlled voltage duty generator converts temperature-controlled voltage to digital temperature-controlled voltage and executes linear interpolation operation according to a first setting data so as to output temperature-controlled voltage duty signal. The pulse-width signal duty generator coverts pulse-width input signal to a digital pulse-width input signal and executes linear interpolation operation according to a second setting data so as to output a pulse-width duty signal. The temperature-controlled voltage duty signal and the pulse-width duty signal are executed for multiplication by the multiplier so as to output mixing-duty signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHING-SHENG LI, SHEN-MIN LO, KUN-MIN CHEN, CHIA-TAI YANG, MING-JUNG TSAI
  • Publication number: 20140028232
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a direct-current (DC) motor, includes a driving circuit for converting an input voltage into a first and a second output voltages, a Hall sensor for generating a first and a second time sequential control signals according to a working condition of the DC motor, a current sensing unit for detecting a motor current through the DC motor and comparing the motor current to a reference current to generate a comparison result and determine a first transition voltage selector value accordingly, and a control unit coupled to the driving circuit, the current sensing unit and the Hall sensor for controlling a working status of the driving circuit according to the first and the second time sequential control signals and the first transition voltage selector value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Ching-Shan Lu, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130307458
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit for driving a motor includes: a driving-stage circuit, for converting an input voltage into a first output voltage and a second output voltage, and comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor; an output stage circuit, for converting the first output voltage or the second output voltage into a motor speed signal; and a control unit, coupled to the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors and the output stage circuit, for generating first, second, third and fourth transistor control signals to control the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 8581534
    Abstract: A method for adjusting rotational speed of a motor is also disclosed. The method includes determining whether an input voltage of the motor enters into a predetermined voltage range; generating a pulse width modulation signal when the input voltage of the motor enters into the predetermined voltage range; and driving the motor to rotate according to the pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Jyun-Ping Jiang, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20130162187
    Abstract: A method for adjusting rotational speed of a motor is also disclosed. The method includes determining whether an input voltage of the motor enters into a predetermined voltage range; generating a pulse width modulation signal when the input voltage of the motor enters into the predetermined voltage range; and driving the motor to rotate according to the pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Jyun-Ping Jiang, Ching-Sheng Li, Kun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 8441243
    Abstract: Power control circuit with reducing noise and switching loss includes a first gate driver for driving a first switch, an additional gate driver for driving the first switch, and a managing circuit for controlling the first and the additional gate driver to drive the first switch according to a switching signal and turning off the additional gate driver according to a switching voltage on a first end of the first switch, wherein the first end of the first switch is coupled to a load, second end of the first switch is coupled to an input power source, a third end of the first switch is coupled to the first and the additional gate drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ke-Tsung Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130099709
    Abstract: A circuit protection method for a motor control circuit includes determining whether the motor control circuit complies with an operating condition when the motor control circuit is in a start mode, a lock mode or a restart mode, and modulating a current outputted from the motor control circuit when the motor control circuit complies with the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Publication number: 20130093373
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a motor driving circuit for driving a motor, including an electrostatic discharge diode, having an input port and an output port coupled to a first DC power supply, a pulse width modulation source coupled to the input port of the electrostatic discharge diode to generate a pulse width modulation signal, and a driving module including a voltage detecting module comparing the pulse width modulation signal with a voltage of the output port of the electrostatic discharge diode to generate a voltage comparison result, a lock/restart module generating a shut-down signal according to the voltage comparison result, a control module generating a control signal according to the shut-down signal, and a bridge circuit switching the motor on or off by turning on or turning off an up-bridge circuit and a down-bridge circuit according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Ming-Jung Tsai, Ching-Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 8395343
    Abstract: A rotation speed control circuit for controlling a rotation speed of a fan includes: a rotation speed detector, for generating a rotation speed voltage according to a rotation speed signal corresponding to the rotation speed; a sample and hold element, coupled to the rotation speed detector, for sampling and storing the rotation speed voltage; an error amplifier, coupled to the sample and hold element, for controlling a voltage of a filter capacitor according to the rotation speed voltage and a reference voltage, to adjust an error voltage; and a pulse width modulation signal generator, coupled to the filter capacitor, for generating a pulse width modulation signal according to the error voltage and a triangle wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Tsai, Kun-Min Chen, Ching-Sheng Li, Sung-Ming Lai