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: 20140112026
    Abstract: A resonant DC converter, combines a voltage type auto charge pump circuit with a full-bridge or half-bridge resonant DC conversion circuit at a primary side of a transformer, combines a double-voltage rectifier circuit at a secondary side of the transformer, and grants the circuit of the invention with characteristics of variable circuit architecture by means of the design of circuit parameters and the action of the LC resonant circuit. Integration of switching elements of the converter circuit and the use of characteristics of automatically changing the circuit architecture contribute to reduce the switching losses and increase the circuit conversion efficiency. Low output voltage ripple enables the circuit of the invention to avoid using large-capacitance electrolytic capacitors and be able to extend the service life of the transformer. The operation of the circuit of the invention at boost or buck mode can be controlled by adjusting the circuit parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ming-Chieh Cheng, Ching-Hsiang Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140104893
    Abstract: An isolated interleaved DC converter has a main circuit architecture integrating a transformer, a dual-phase interleaved step-up circuit, a voltage type auto charge pump circuit with a double-voltage rectifier circuit. The circuit of the invention integrates with the transformer, and combines the dual-phase interleaved boost circuit and the voltage type auto charge pump circuit at a primary side of the transformer to reduce the input current ripple. At a secondary side of the transformer, the circuit of the invention further combines the double-voltage rectifier circuit. The active switching elements can be further integrated in the dual-phase interleaved boost circuit to realize the soft switching technology while reducing EMI and the switching loss and increasing the circuit conversion efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ming-Chieh Cheng, Ching-Hsiang Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140098573
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter is coupled between a DC source and a load. The DC/DC converter includes a first charge pump circuit coupled to the DC source, a second charge pump coupled to the load, a first switch coupled to the first charge pump circuit, a second switch coupled to the second charge pump circuit, and a first inductor, wherein, one terminal of the first inductor coupled to the first charge pump circuit and the second charge pump circuit, and the other terminal coupled to a common node between the first switch and the second switch. And wherein, the first inductor, the first switch and the second switch are configured between the first charge pump and the second charge pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai PAN, Po-Yen CHEN, Ming-Chieh CHENG
  • Publication number: 20140092662
    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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Yen CHEN, Ching-Tsai PAN, Pao-Chuan LIN, Ming-Che YANG
  • Publication number: 20140084898
    Abstract: A step down DC converter includes a switch, one end of the switch is coupled to a DC voltage source, and the other end of the switch is coupled to a first inductor and a first diode which serial coupled to the first inductor. The converter further includes an auto charge pump circuit which is coupled to the first inductor and the first diode and provides an output current to a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ming-Chieh Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140056046
    Abstract: A passive power factor correction circuit includes: a DC capacitor and an input capacitor, coupled to a rectifying circuit and charged by a DC voltage from the rectifying circuit; an output capacitor, coupled to a load; first diode and a second diode, coupled to the input capacitor and the output capacitor; and an inductor, coupled to the load, the input capacitor and the output capacitor. Charging into and discharging from the DC capacitor are completed within a half cycle of an input AC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Tien TSAI, Ching-Ran LEE, Po-Yen CHEN, Ching-Tsai PAN
  • Patent number: 8653428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar-powered wireless communication module with daylight intensity measurement, which comprises: a solar cell module, capable of converting solar energy into electricity; a Microcontroller Unit (MCU), coupled to the solar cell module for detecting and outputting values regarding the voltage and the current of the electricity converted from the solar cell module; and a wireless communication unit, powered by the electricity from the solar cell module and coupled to the MCU for transmitting values outputted from the MCU to a control end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Ran Lee, Li-Ling Lee, Ching-Tsa Pan
  • Patent number: 8643294
    Abstract: A single stage electronic ballast with power factor correction is provided. The single stage electronic ballast can work under the present intensity discharge lamp without any change and provide higher efficient, lower power consumption of lighting system, and better lighting quality of lamps. The single stage electronic ballast can also provide a stable current to load (lamp) for a long time. The single stage electronic ballast includes a first switch and a second switch that are controlled with complementary switching so as to provide an output voltage in response to the input power source and the variation of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, En-Lin Chen, Chih-Lung Lee, Yu-Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20140029318
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Publication number: 20130250637
    Abstract: The present invention is a single-stage voltage converter. With only one switch, a higher DC (direct current) voltage at input end is converted into a lower DC voltage at output end. Thus, a lower-voltage load is provided with the lower DC voltage. The present invention is characterized in power factor correction and high step down voltage ratio. The present invention can be applied to multiple DC pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Yu-Hsiang Lee, Po-Yen Chen
  • Publication number: 20130181625
    Abstract: A single stage electronic ballast with power factor correction is provided. The single stage electronic ballast can work under the present intensity discharge lamp without any change and provide higher efficient, lower power consumption of lighting system, and better lighting quality of lamps. The single stage electronic ballast can also provide a stable current to load (lamp) for a long time. The single stage electronic ballast includes a first switch and a second switch that are controlled with complementary switching so as to provide an output voltage in response to the input power source and the variation of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai PAN, Po-Yen Chen, En-Lin Chen, Chih-Lung Lee, Yu-Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20130175864
    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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: CHING-TSAI PAN, PO-YEN CHEN, YU-HSIANG LEE, HAO-CHIEN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20130170266
    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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Hsiang Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130169242
    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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: WEN-TIEN TSAI, Ching-Ran Lee, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsa Pan
  • Publication number: 20130169176
    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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Ching-Tsai Pan, Po-Yen Chen, Yu-Hsiang Lee
  • Publication number: 20130148383
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Che Yang, Pao-Chuan Lin, Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Tsa Pan, Yeh-Hsiang Ho
  • Patent number: 8278847
    Abstract: A light source mixture control device for controlling a light source emitting different spectrums is provided. A coordination conversion unit receives and converts a hue signal and a luminance signal into a first to a third undecoupled color light component. A first color light component decoupling control unit decouples a first color light component from the first to the third undecoupled color light component. A second color light component decoupling control unit decouples the first undecoupled color light component into a first decoupled color light component. A third color light component decoupling control unit decouples the second undecoupled color light component into a second decoupled color light component. A fourth color light component decoupling control unit decouples the third undecoupled color light component into a third decoupled color light component. The first to the third decoupled color light component respectively control the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Ran Lee, Li-Ling Lee, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Patent number: 8193734
    Abstract: An light emitting diode (LED) control, a plurality of duty cycle signals corresponding to a plurality of LEDs are stored in a dual-port memory by memory mapping. By sampling, the stored duty cycle signals are outputted to generate a plurality of parallel single-bit data each having one single bit. After the single-bit data are converted by a data transmission module, each bit of the single-bit data is serially outputted to a drive module to drive the LEDs. Thus, the ON duty cycles of the LEDs are modulated by pulse width modulation (PWM), light emitted from the LEDs are mixed in time-domain, and the brightness of the LEDs can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Yeu-Torng Yau, Hung-Chun Li, Li-Ling Lee, Ming-Che Yang
  • Publication number: 20110121762
    Abstract: A light source mixture control device for controlling a light source emitting different spectrums is provided. A coordination conversion unit receives and converts a hue signal and a luminance signal into a first to a third undecoupled color light component. A first color light component decoupling control unit decouples a first color light component from the first to the third undecoupled color light component. A second color light component decoupling control unit decouples the first undecoupled color light component into a first decoupled color light component. A third color light component decoupling control unit decouples the second undecoupled color light component into a second decoupled color light component. A fourth color light component decoupling control unit decouples the third undecoupled color light component into a third decoupled color light component. The first to the third decoupled color light component respectively control the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Yen Chen, Ching-Ran Lee, Li-Ling Lee, Ching-Tsai Pan
  • Patent number: 7825709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tri-state delay-typed phase lock loop, which comprises: a phase and frequency detector, a mode detector, a mode selector, a first sampling delay unit, a plurality of counters, a second sampling delay unit, and a phase and frequency calculator. The phase and frequency of the input reference signal can be determined automatically by the phase lock loop, and the output synchronization signal can be generated such that the frequency and the phase of the output synchronization signal are identical to those of the input reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Pao-Chuan Lin, Yi-Shuo Huang, Ching-Tsa Pan, Po-Yen Chen