Patents by Inventor Po-Yen Chen

Po-Yen Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20160043449
    Abstract: An efficient perovskite solar cells can be synthesized from used car batteries by using both the anodes and cathodes of car batteries as material sources for the synthesis of lead iodide perovskite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Angela M. BELCHER, Po-Yen CHEN, Paula T. HAMMOND-CUNNINGHAM, Jifa QI
  • Patent number: 9257904
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) conversion circuit suitable for driving a load comprises a buck-boost converter, a resonant stage circuit and an output stage circuit. The buck-boost converter has two input ends receiving a first DC signal, and two output ends outputting a second DC signal. The resonant stage circuit has two input ends receiving the second DC signal. The resonant stage circuit converts the second DC signal to energy and further converts the energy to a negative voltage by a resonance effect. The resonant stage circuit has two input ends outputting the energy. The output stage circuit has two input ends receiving the energy to store the energy, and two output ends outputting energy to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Tien Tsai, Ching-Ran Lee, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Publication number: 20160006357
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus, which converts power of a DC power supply and provides it to the loading, includes a transformer, an electronic switch, a leakage energy recycling circuit, and a output circuit. The transformer has a primary winding, which receives the power, and a secondary winding, which outputs the converted power. An end of the electronic switch is electrically connected to the primary winding; another end thereof is electrically connected to the DC power supply. The leakage energy recycling circuit is electrically connected to the primary winding, and repeatedly and alternatively outputs power of positive and negative voltage. The circuit receives and stores leakage energy of the transformer, and feedbacks it to the transformer. The output circuit is electrically connected to the secondary winding to receive the converted power and to provide it to the loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Po-Yen CHEN, Ching-Tsai PAN, Ta-Sheng HUNG
  • Patent number: 9203297
    Abstract: An AC/DC converter includes a rectifier circuit and an active power factor correction circuit. The rectifier circuit is electrically connected to a power supply, and is used to convert an alternate current into a direct current, wherein the rectifier circuit has a positive output and a negative output for sending out the direct current. The active power factor correction circuit electrically connects the rectifier circuit and a loading, wherein the active power factor correction circuit is used to suppress voltage ripples provided to the loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: HEP TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ta-Sheng Hung
  • Patent number: 9190904
    Abstract: A DC conversion circuit in the disclosure includes a buck-boost converter and a resonant stage circuit. The buck-boost converter has two input ends, a negative output end and a positive output end. The buck-boost converter receives a first DC signal via its two input ends, and outputs a second DC signal via its two output ends. The resonant stage circuit has two input ends and two output ends. The resonant stage circuit receives the second DC signal via its two input ends, converts the second DC signal into energy for power charging, and outputs the energy to a load via its two output ends. Then, the resonant stage circuit converts the energy, which is used for power charging, to form a negative voltage by a resonance effect, and outputs the energy to the load via its two output ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Tien Tsai, Ching-Ran Lee, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Publication number: 20150280580
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus, which converts power of a DC power supply and provides it to a plurality of loadings, includes a transformer, an electronic switch, a leakage energy recycling circuit, and a plurality of output circuits. The transformer has a plurality of primary windings, which receives the power, and a plurality of secondary windings, which outputs the converted power. One end of the electronic switch is electrically connected to the primary windings; the other end thereof is electrically connected to the DC power supply. The leakage energy recycling circuit is electrically connected to the primary windings, and repeatedly and alternatively outputs the powers of positive and negative voltage. The circuit receives and stores leakage energy of the transformer, and feedbacks it to the transformer. The output circuits are electrically connected to the secondary windings to receive the converted power and to provide it to the loadings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: PO-YEN CHEN, CHING-TSAI PAN, TA- SHENG Hung
  • Patent number: 9093898
    Abstract: The present invention provides a buck converter with single stage. The buck converter includes a buck device, a semiconductor component coupled to the buck device, a first resonance circuit coupled to the semiconductor component for adjusting operation time constant, and a second resonance circuit coupled to the first resonance circuit for suppressing ripple. The present invention controls the actuation time of circuit architecture change through LC resonance circuit timing means, automatically changes circuit architecture without active element, is balanced automatically without control energy, and simplifies circuit design. The present invention is characteristic of negative voltage source, which overcomes problems of load voltage potential barrier, and realizes a circuit design of sharing the energy storage and the filtering elements, so as to achieve fast input response, low output ripple and long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Patent number: 9054603
    Abstract: A DC to AC conversion circuit including an inverter, a first inductor, a first capacitor, a second inductor and a second capacitor is provided. The inverter has two input contact points and two output contact points. The input contact points receive a DC signal, and the output contact points output an AC signal. The first terminal of the first inductor is coupled to one of the two output contact points. The first capacitor is coupled to the first inductor in parallel. The first terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the second terminal of the first inductor, and the second terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to another one of two output contact points. The first terminal of the second inductor is coupled to the first terminal of the second capacitor, and the second terminal of the second inductor is coupled to a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan, Pao-Chuan Lin, Ming-Che Yang
  • Patent number: 9048750
    Abstract: The present disclose relates to a power active buck power factor correction device, comprising: a AC source; a rectifying device coupled to the AC source for receiving and rectifying the AC source so as to generate an input voltage; a first converting device coupled to the assistance device for receiving, transmitting, converting and storing energy; a load coupled to the first converting device; and an assistance device coupled to the first converting device for generating an assistance voltage. Specifically, the polarity of the assistance voltage is same with the input voltage, but is contrary to an output voltage, so that the first converting device may continue to work and receive an input current under the input voltage is smaller than the output voltage while the discontinue time of the input current is getting shorter so as to obtain the perfected power factor correction effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Tien Tsai, Ching-Ran Lee, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Patent number: 9000609
    Abstract: An extension cord with AC and DC output, includes a first conducting line coupled to a positive end of a DC source and a first end of an AC source, a second conducting line coupled to a negative end of the DC source, a third conducting line coupled to a second end of the AC source, a first socket, and a second socket. The first socket includes a first node, a second node a third node respectively coupled to the first conducting line, the second conducting line, and the third conducting line. The second socket includes a fourth node, a fifth node and a sixth node respectively coupled to the first conducting line, the second conducting line, and the third conducting line. The second node floats when the first socket is provided with the AC output. The third node floats when the first socket is provided with the DC output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Yu-Hsiang Lee, Hao-Chien Cheng
  • Patent number: 8995153
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a passive power factor correction circuit. The passive power factor correction circuit comprises: a filtering device being used for decreasing high order harmonic of an input current; a resonance device being coupled to the filtering device for controlling operation time of the input current; and a suppression device being coupled to the resonance device for suppressing ripple of the input current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Patent number: 8854844
    Abstract: An AC/DC converter includes a rectifier circuit and a power factor correction circuit. An input port of the rectifier circuit receives an alternate current. The power factor correction circuit includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first diode and a second diode. An end of the first inductor electrically connects to a positive pole of an output port of the rectifier circuit, and the other end electrically connects to a ground terminal of the output port through two parallel series routes which are bridged by the first diode. Wherein a series route contains the first capacitor and the second diode, and the other series route contains the second inductor and the second capacitor. The second capacitor is provided for parallel connecting with a loading. In this way, the input current could be controlled to increase the power factor effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hep Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ta-Sheng Hung
  • Patent number: 8760897
    Abstract: A DC-AC converter is provided. The DC-AC converter includes a time-varying DC power generating circuit, an AC power generating circuit and a transmission capacitor. The time-varying DC power generating circuit is controlled by a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to transform a DC source into a time-varying DC power. With reference to the time-varying DC power, the AC power generating circuit is controlled by a first polarity switching and a second polarity switching signal to generate an AC power. The transmission capacitor, coupled to the time-varying DC power generating circuit and the AC power generating circuit, transmits the time-varying DC power from the time-varying DC generating circuit to the AC power generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Che Yang, Pao-Chuan Lin, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsa Pan, Yeh-Hsiang Ho
  • Publication number: 20140153305
    Abstract: An AC/DC converter includes a rectifier circuit and a power factor correction circuit. An input port of the rectifier circuit receives an alternate current. The power factor correction circuit includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first diode and a second diode. An end of the first inductor electrically connects to a positive pole of an output port of the rectifier circuit, and the other end electrically connects to a ground terminal of the output port through two parallel series routes which are bridged by the first diode. Wherein a series route contains the first capacitor and the second diode, and the other series route contains the second inductor and the second capacitor. The second capacitor is provided for parallel connecting with a loading. In this way, the input current could be controlled to increase the power factor effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: HEP TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai PAN, Po-Yen CHEN, Ta-Sheng HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140153296
    Abstract: An isolated power conversion apparatus includes an isolation transformer and an auto charge pump circuit. The isolation transformer has a primary side and a second side, wherein the primary side is electrically connected to a pulsed power supply, and the secondary side has a first end and a second end; the auto charge pump circuit electrically connects the isolation transformer to a loading to improve power conversion efficiency and suppress output voltage ripples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: HEP TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai PAN, Po-Yen CHEN, Ta-Sheng HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140153306
    Abstract: An AC/DC converter includes a rectifier circuit and an active power factor correction circuit. The rectifier circuit is electrically connected to a power supply, and is used to convert an alternate current into a direct current, wherein the rectifier circuit has a positive output and a negative output for sending out the direct current. The active power factor correction circuit electrically connects the rectifier circuit and a loading, wherein the active power factor correction circuit is used to suppress voltage ripples provided to the loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: HEP TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai PAN, Po-Yen CHEN, Ta-Sheng HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140139128
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) conversion circuit suitable for driving a load comprises a buck-boost converter, a resonant stage circuit and an output stage circuit. The buck-boost converter has two input ends receiving a first DC signal, and two output ends outputting a second DC signal. The resonant stage circuit has two input ends receiving the second DC signal. The resonant stage circuit converts the second DC signal to energy and further converts the energy to a negative voltage by a resonance effect. The resonant stage circuit has two input ends outputting the energy. The output stage circuit has two input ends receiving the energy to store the energy, and two output ends outputting energy to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Wen-Tien Tsai, Ching-Ran Lee, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Publication number: 20140132231
    Abstract: A DC conversion circuit in the disclosure includes a buck-boost converter and a resonant stage circuit. The buck-boost converter has two input ends, a negative output end and a positive output end. The buck-boost converter receives a first DC signal via its two input ends, and outputs a second DC signal via its two output ends. The resonant stage circuit has two input ends and two output ends. The resonant stage circuit receives the second DC signal via its two input ends, converts the second DC signal into energy for power charging, and outputs the energy to a load via its two output ends. Then, the resonant stage circuit converts the energy, which is used for power charging, to form a negative voltage by a resonance effect, and outputs the energy to the load via its two output ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Wen-Tien TSAI, Ching-Ran LEE, Po-Yen CHEN, Ching-Tsai PAN
  • Patent number: 8724356
    Abstract: A two-stage isolated DC/AC conversion circuit structure, consisting of a main switch, a second switch attached to a controller, another controller for controlling, and in work mode 1 and 2, after passing through the capacitor filter the low frequency half sine wave power is stored on this capacitor. After an inductor outputs the low frequency half sine wave power through this capacitor filter, it can respectively pass through the first and second transformers to increase the voltage, and then pass through the first and second secondary diode rectifiers, outputting the positive and negative half waves AC to the end user, and allow the end user to obtain the whole wave of the AC. Using the first and second diodes prevents outputting in reverse, and has the effect of isolation, and prevents all the stored energy for the later stage end user recharging to the front stage DC/AC conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8716944
    Abstract: A non-isolated AC/DC converter having power factor correction, comprising an active switch connected to a waveform controller for control, and sequentially showing conduction, cut off, making the alternating current power supply pass through one circuit rectifier for rectifying and forming one positive half sine wave electricity supply, which passes through a voltage step-down circuit to proceed with decreasing the voltage, then passing through a filter/storage circuit for filtering and forming direct current power supply, which is stored on this filter/storage circuit, then releasing the energy and supplying electricity to the electricity end; as a transformer isn't required, the circuit volume can be reduced, lowering costs, raising circuit conversion rates and achieving power factor correction and increasing the lifespan of the transformer, moreover, through the waveform controller controlling the output waveform, the storage circuit utilizes a lower capacity capacitor to avoid using an electrolytic capaci
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Yu-Hsiang Lee