Patents by Inventor Shang-Kay YANG

Shang-Kay YANG 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: 20250080006
    Abstract: A multi-phase power converter includes at least two power conversion circuits and a control signal generation unit. Each power conversion circuit includes a switch bridge arm formed by an upper switch and a lower switch connected in series. The control signal generation unit receives an output current of the multi-phase power converter and acquires a loading condition of the multi-phase power converter according to the output current, and provides control signals for each upper switch and each lower switch. The control signal generation unit correspondingly turns on or turns off the upper switches and the lower switches according to the loading condition being a light-loading condition so that the at least two switch bridge arms are alternately driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Publication number: 20250070655
    Abstract: A resonant converter converts a DC voltage into an output voltage. The resonant converter includes a transformer, a primary-side circuit, and a control module. The primary-side circuit receives the DC voltage, and includes a resonant circuit. The resonant circuit is coupled to the primary-side winding to form a resonant module. The control module is coupled to the primary-side circuit, and controls the primary-side circuit to convert the DC voltage so as to generate a winding voltage at two ends of the resonant module. When the control module detects that an output current of the resonant converter is in a current interval between a predetermined current and a rated current, the control module adjusts a duty cycle of the winding voltage with a variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Publication number: 20250070653
    Abstract: An electromagnetic interference suppression method for at least one power supply is provided. Each of the at least one power supply includes a first conversion circuit and a second conversion circuit. The first conversion circuit receives an input voltage and outputs a first output voltage. The second conversion circuit receives the first output voltage and outputs a load current. If the input voltage received by the first conversion circuit of the at least one power supply is a DC voltage, an electromagnetic interference suppression operation is performed. Then, the electromagnetic interference suppression operation is performed to determine whether the load current is greater than a preset current and lower than an upper current limit. If the determining condition is satisfied, the first output voltage is dynamically adjusted, and a peak-peak value of the first output voltage is not zero with the varying load current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Shang-Kay Yang, Hsien-Kai Wang, Yen-Wei Lin, Hsing-Yi Chung
  • Publication number: 20240405689
    Abstract: A bridge converter is disclosed for converting an input voltage to an output voltage for providing to a load. The bridge converter has a switching circuit, a rectifying circuit, a transformer, a control unit and a drive module. The drive module drives the switching circuit to converting the input voltage according to control signals generated by the control unit. When a loading of the load is lower than a predetermined level, the control unit fixes operation frequencies of the control signals at a maximum frequency, controls the drive module to drive the switching circuit in a first time period, and disables the drive module to not drive the switching circuit in a second time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Shang-Kay YANG
  • Patent number: 12095378
    Abstract: A bridge converter converts an input voltage into an output voltage, and includes a switching circuit, a transformer, a rectifying circuit, and a control module. The switching circuit includes a first switch and a second switch. The control module sets a first time period and a second time period. The control module provides a first control signal and a second control signal to control the switching circuit based on the output voltage. The control module fixes an operation frequency of the first control signal and the second control signal at the maximum frequency based on that the control module is set in a standby mode, and provides the first control signal and the second control signal in the first time period, and shields the first control signal and the second control signal in the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shang-Kay Yang, Hsien-Kai Wang, Yen-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20240195291
    Abstract: A power converter includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit and a controller. The controller acquires a switching frequency based on an instantaneous value of the input voltage, and acquires an upper limit frequency and a lower limit frequency based on an effective value of an input current. When the controller determines that the effective value is greater than a medium load threshold, an operation mode of the PFC circuit is switched from a critical conduction mode or a triangular current mode to a continuous conduction mode based on the switching frequency being less than the lower limit frequency, and to limit the switching frequency to the lower limit frequency. Furthermore, the controller adjusts the lower limit frequency between a first lower limit frequency and a second lower limit frequency based on the increase or decrease of the effective value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Publication number: 20240178740
    Abstract: A power converter with reduced power consumption receives an input voltage and provides an output voltage to supply power to a load. The power converter includes a power factor correction circuit, a driver circuit, and a controller. The power factor correction circuit includes at least one inductor and an output capacitor. When the controller determines that an effective value of an input current is correspondingly lower than a current lower limit, a specific time period starts based on the output voltage reaching a voltage lower limit, and the specific time period ends based on the output voltage reaching a voltage upper limit. In the specific time period, the controller enables the driver circuit based on the input current being correspondingly greater than a predetermined threshold so as to continuously transfer the energy stored in the at least one inductor to the output capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Publication number: 20230231485
    Abstract: A bridge converter converts an input voltage into an output voltage, and includes a switching circuit, a transformer, a rectifying circuit, and a control module. The switching circuit includes a first switch and a second switch. The control module sets a first time period and a second time period. The control module provides a first control signal and a second control signal to control the switching circuit based on the output voltage. The control module fixes an operation frequency of the first control signal and the second control signal at the maximum frequency based on that the control module is set in a standby mode, and provides the first control signal and the second control signal in the first time period, and shields the first control signal and the second control signal in the second time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Patent number: 11677326
    Abstract: An LLC resonant converter includes a transformer and a primary-side circuit coupled to the transformer. The primary-side circuit includes a first bridge arm, a second bridge arm, and a control unit. The first bridge arm includes a first switch and a second switch, and the second bridge arm includes a third switch and a fourth switch. The control unit provides a first control signal to control the first switch and provides a fourth control signal to control the fourth switch. The control unit adjusts a switching frequency of the first control signal and the fourth control signal according to an output voltage. When the switching frequency increases to a frequency threshold value, the switching frequency is controlled to be fixed at the frequency threshold, and the first control signal and the fourth control signal are controlled to have a variable phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shang-Kay Yang, Hsien-Kai Wang, Yen-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11658584
    Abstract: An LLC resonance converter includes a switching circuit, a resonance tank, a transformer, a synchronous rectification unit, and a control unit. The switching circuit includes a first switch controlled by a first control signal and a second switch controlled by a second control signal. The synchronous rectification unit includes a first synchronous rectification switch controlled by a first rectification control signal and a second synchronous rectification switch controlled by a second rectification control signal. The first control signal, the first rectification control signal, the second control signal, and the second rectification control signal include an operation frequency and a phase shift amount. When the operating frequency is lower to a specific value or the phase shift amount is higher to a specific value, the control unit fixes one of them to extend a hold-up time of the LLC resonance converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shang-Kay Yang, Hsien-Kai Wang, Yen-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20220416677
    Abstract: An LLC resonance converter includes a switching circuit, a resonance tank, a transformer, a synchronous rectification unit, and a control unit. The switching circuit includes a first switch controlled by a first control signal and a second switch controlled by a second control signal. The synchronous rectification unit includes a first synchronous rectification switch controlled by a first rectification control signal and a second synchronous rectification switch controlled by a second rectification control signal. The first control signal, the first rectification control signal, the second control signal, and the second rectification control signal include an operation frequency and a phase shift amount. When the operating frequency is lower to a specific value or the phase shift amount is higher to a specific value, the control unit fixes one of them to extend a hold-up time of the LLC resonance converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Patent number: 11509213
    Abstract: An LLC resonant converter includes a square wave generator having a first switch and a second switch, a resonant tank, a transformer, a synchronous rectifying (SR) unit having a first SR switch and a second SR switch, and a control unit. The control unit provides a first control signal controls the first switch, a second control signal controls the second switch, a first rectifying control signal controls the first SR switch, a second rectifying control signal controls the second SR switch. When a frequency control command is lower than a phase-shift frequency, the first control signal and the first rectifying control signal are frequency-variable and phase-shifted, and the second control signal and the second rectifying control signal are frequency-variable and phase-shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shang-Kay Yang, Hsien-Kai Wang, Yen-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20220103082
    Abstract: An LLC resonant converter includes a square wave generator having a first switch and a second switch, a resonant tank, a transformer, a synchronous rectifying (SR) unit having a first SR switch and a second SR switch, and a control unit. The control unit provides a first control signal controls the first switch, a second control signal controls the second switch, a first rectifying control signal controls the first SR switch, a second rectifying control signal controls the second SR switch. When a frequency control command is lower than a phase-shift frequency, the first control signal and the first rectifying control signal are frequency-variable and phase-shifted, and the second control signal and the second rectifying control signal are frequency-variable and phase-shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN
  • Publication number: 20220103080
    Abstract: An LLC resonant converter includes a transformer and a primary-side circuit coupled to the transformer. The primary-side circuit includes a first bridge arm, a second bridge arm, and a control unit. The first bridge arm includes a first switch and a second switch, and the second bridge arm includes a third switch and a fourth switch. The control unit provides a first control signal to control the first switch and provides a fourth control signal to control the fourth switch. The control unit adjusts a switching frequency of the first control signal and the fourth control signal according to an output voltage. When the switching frequency increases to a frequency threshold value, the switching frequency is controlled to be fixed at the frequency threshold, and the first control signal and the fourth control signal are controlled to have a variable phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shang-Kay YANG, Hsien-Kai WANG, Yen-Wei LIN