Patents by Inventor Shungen Sun

Shungen Sun 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: 11979953
    Abstract: The present application provides a color LED driving circuit, which comprises a set of switches and a color controller. The switch assembly has a first switch and a second switch, respectively having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The first terminal of the first switch is configured to be coupled to a first LED load, and the first terminal of the second switch is configured to be coupled to a second LED load. The color controller comprises a first controller and a second controller. A ground terminal of the first controller is coupled to ground. The first controller is used to generate an output signal according to a PWM signal, and transmit the output signal to the second controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Shungen Sun, He Huang, Liqiang Hu
  • Patent number: 11909300
    Abstract: A switch-mode power supply (SMPS), an SMPS system and a power supply method for an SMPS system are disclosed. The SMPS controller includes an output-voltage power supply unit, a built-in energy storage unit and a logic control unit. The output-voltage power supply unit is configured to charge the built-in energy storage unit using an output voltage from the SMPS system so that the built-in energy storage unit can provide an operating voltage for the logic control unit. The use of a stand-off energy storage capacitor can be dispensed with, and the use of the output voltage as a power supply is enabled. As a result, significant reductions in overall and standby power dissipation are achieved. In addition, the SMPS controller may further include a high-voltage power supply unit, which provides a hybrid power supply solution, together with the output-voltage power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rulong Jiang, Liqiang Hu, Shungen Sun, Zhen Zhu, Xiaoru Gao, Yihui Chen, Hong Zhang, Pengfei Lu
  • Patent number: 11839002
    Abstract: A control circuit for a constant-current drive circuit, as well as a constant-current drive circuit are disclosed. The control circuit can obtain output information of the constant-current drive circuit and use it in combination with reference information to determine, according to an output condition corresponding to the current load of the constant-current drive circuit, a time point for the system to enter or exit a rapid drive mode. Therefore, it can be suitably used in various application scenarios to determine a time point for the system to entry into or exit from the rapid start mode. Compared with fast charging for a fixed period of time as used in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention can effectively overcome the problem of easy overshooting or inadequate acceleration during start as found in various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Cai, Shungen Sun
  • Publication number: 20230387798
    Abstract: A control circuit for a switched-mode power converter to generate a control signal for controlling switching transistors in the power converter is disclosed. The control circuit includes: a comparator; a ramp compensation circuit for producing and applying a ramp compensation signal to a first or second input of the comparator; an on-time generation circuit to generate an on-time timer signal; and a control signal generation circuit to generate, based on the comparison signal and the on-time timer signal, the control signal for controlling the switching transistors in the power converter. The ramp compensation signal output from the ramp compensation circuit is configured with: a first slope during an inductor demagnetization interval in operation of the power converter in CCM and a second slope during an inductor demagnetization interval and a zero-current interval in operation of the power converter in DCM, the first slope is greater than the second slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shungen SUN, Hanfei YANG
  • Patent number: 11737180
    Abstract: A control circuit, a chip and a control method are disclosed. The control circuit includes: an adjustment signal generation unit configured to detect an electrical signal reflecting a power supplied to a load under control of a current value of a reference signal, generate a feedback signal and output an adjustment signal based on both the feedback signal and the reference signal; and a control unit coupled to the adjustment signal generation unit and configured to control the switching circuit on and off based on the adjustment signal. With the generated adjustment signal that reflects a change in an adjustment metric indicated in the reference signal, the control circuit and the driving system can be adapted in real time to the specifications of any AC power standard. Moreover, much more granular adjustments can be made in the power supplied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoru Gao, Shungen Sun, Fuqiang Zhang, Xiaohui Cai
  • Patent number: 11728722
    Abstract: A control circuit for a power converter comprising switching transistors and an output inductor is disclosed. One terminal of the output inductor serves as an output node, and another terminal of the output inductor serves as a switching node. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for controlling switching transistors in the power converter. The control circuit includes: a RC oscillator network connected to two terminals of the output inductor, the RC oscillator network configured to generate an oscillation signal containing a feedback ramp slope compensation component in response to a change in a voltage across the terminals of the output inductor; a comparator; an on-time generation circuit; and a control signal generation circuit to generate the control signal for controlling the switching transistors in the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shungen Sun, Hanfei Yang
  • Publication number: 20230198395
    Abstract: A control circuit for a switched-mode power converter to generate a control signal for controlling switching transistors in the power converter is disclosed. The control circuit includes: a comparator; a ramp compensation circuit for producing and applying a ramp compensation signal to a first or second input of the comparator; an on-time generation circuit to generate an on-time timer signal; and a control signal generation circuit to generate, based on the comparison signal and the on-time timer signal, the control signal for controlling the switching transistors in the power converter. The ramp compensation signal output from the ramp compensation circuit is configured with: a first slope during an inductor demagnetization interval in operation of the power converter in CCM and a second slope during an inductor demagnetization interval and a zero-current interval in operation of the power converter in DCM, the first slope is greater than the second slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Shungen SUN, Hanfei YANG
  • Patent number: 11606034
    Abstract: Multiphase power processing circuit and a method for control thereof are disclosed, with which, exchange of data is achievable between a multiphase controller and any of power processing circuits via pins of at least two of the three categories, Enable, PWM and Temperature Indicator, of the multiphase controller. The exchanged data may include, but is not limited to, a phase identifier, an over-current protection threshold, an over-current protection threshold, an over-temperature protection threshold, a current sampling gain, a current sampling bias, a temperature sampling gain, a temperature sampling bias, a drive speed and the like of the power processing circuit. In this way, improvements in system flexibility and security are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shungen Sun
  • Publication number: 20230041543
    Abstract: The present application provides a color LED driving circuit, which comprises a set of switches and a color controller. The switch assembly has a first switch and a second switch, respectively having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The first terminal of the first switch is configured to be coupled to a first LED load, and the first terminal of the second switch is configured to be coupled to a second LED load. The color controller comprises a first controller and a second controller. A ground terminal of the first controller is coupled to ground. The first controller is used to generate an output signal according to a PWM signal, and transmit the output signal to the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shungen SUN, He HUANG, Liqiang HU
  • Publication number: 20230034309
    Abstract: A magnetic core structure and an electromagnetic coupling device are provided by the present application. Wherein the magnetic core structure includes a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core; the first magnetic core includes a main portion and two side pillars fixedly connected to the main portion. Convex structures are set on end surfaces of the two side pillars away from the main portion, respectively; and the convex structures abut against a surface of the second magnetic core after the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core are assembled together, so as to form a gap between the end surfaces of the two side pillars away from the main portion and the surface of the second magnetic core. The magnetic core structure and the electromagnetic coupling device disclosed by the present application can precisely control an air gap between the two magnetic cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Shungen SUN
  • Publication number: 20230034590
    Abstract: A control circuit for a constant-current drive circuit, as well as a constant-current drive circuit are disclosed. The control circuit can obtain output information of the constant-current drive circuit and use it in combination with reference information to determine, according to an output condition corresponding to the current load of the constant-current drive circuit, a time point for the system to enter or exit a rapid drive mode. Therefore, it can be suitably used in various application scenarios to determine a time point for the system to entry into or exit from the rapid start mode. Compared with fast charging for a fixed period of time as used in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention can effectively overcome the problem of easy overshooting or inadequate acceleration during start as found in various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaohui CAI, Shungen SUN
  • Patent number: 11490483
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a leakage protection circuit, a method and a drive device. The leakage protection circuit is used for being electrically connected with the power supply line of a load, and may be configured to sample the power supply line at intervals, detect the voltage of the sampled electrical signals to determine whether the voltage of the AC input power is divided, and provide leakage protection based on the determined result. The present disclosure can prevent human from electric shock through sampling the electric signals from the power supply line at intervals and performing voltage detection and comparasion to determine whether the voltage of the accessed AC input power is divided, when the voltage of the accessed AC input power is determined to be divided, the power supply line will be controlled in non-conductive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shungen Sun, Weijia Yu
  • Publication number: 20220216783
    Abstract: A high power factor control circuit is disclosed, which is used in an AC/DC converter. The converter includes a rectification module, a conversion module and a load. The rectification module receives AC power and rectifies it into a DC current, and the conversion module converts the DC current to drive power as desired by the load and provides it to the load. The conversion module includes a conversion element including an inductive element and a switching element. The control circuit includes a peak limiting signal generator and a switching element control module. The peak limiting signal generator receives a reference signal and produces at least one peak limiting signal from a sample signal. The switching element control module is configured to control switching of the switching element so that, within at least half a line-frequency period, a value of the ripple in the output current flowing through the load is not greater than a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaoru GAO, Shungen SUN
  • Publication number: 20220209662
    Abstract: A control circuit for a power converter is disclosed. The power converter includes a switching circuit including a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor. The control circuit includes: a comparator having a first input configured to receive at least a reference signal, a second input configured to receive at least a feedback signal and an output configured to output a comparison signal; a minimum off-time generation circuit; an on-time generation circuit for producing an on-time signal for controlling both the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor; and a ramp compensation circuit configured to generate a ramp compensation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Shungen SUN
  • Publication number: 20220209646
    Abstract: A control circuit for a power converter comprising switching transistors and an output inductor is disclosed. One terminal of the output inductor serves as an output node, and another terminal of the output inductor serves as a switching node. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for controlling switching transistors in the power converter. The control circuit includes: a RC oscillator network connected to two terminals of the output inductor, the RC oscillator network configured to generate an oscillation signal containing a feedback ramp slope compensation component in response to a change in a voltage across the terminals of the output inductor; a comparator; an on-time generation circuit; and a control signal generation circuit to generate the control signal for controlling the switching transistors in the power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Shungen SUN, Hanfei YANG
  • Publication number: 20210408912
    Abstract: Multiphase power processing circuit and a method for control thereof are disclosed, with which, exchange of data is achievable between a multiphase controller and any of power processing circuits via pins of at least two of the three categories, Enable, PWM and Temperature Indicator, of the multiphase controller. The exchanged data may include, but is not limited to, a phase identifier, an over-current protection threshold, an over-current protection threshold, an over-temperature protection threshold, a current sampling gain, a current sampling bias, a temperature sampling gain, a temperature sampling bias, a drive speed and the like of the power processing circuit. In this way, improvements in system flexibility and security are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shungen SUN
  • Publication number: 20210384832
    Abstract: A switch-mode power supply (SMPS), an SMPS system and a power supply method for an SMPS system are disclosed. The SMPS controller includes an output-voltage power supply unit, a built-in energy storage unit and a logic control unit. The output-voltage power supply unit is configured to charge the built-in energy storage unit using an output voltage from the SMPS system so that the built-in energy storage unit can provide an operating voltage for the logic control unit. The use of a stand-off energy storage capacitor can be dispensed with, and the use of the output voltage as a power supply is enabled. As a result, significant reductions in overall and standby power dissipation are achieved. In addition, the SMPS controller may further include a high-voltage power supply unit, which provides a hybrid power supply solution, together with the output-voltage power supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Rulong JIANG, Liqiang HU, Shungen SUN, Zhen ZHU, Xiaoru GAO, Yihui CHEN, Hong ZHANG, Pengfei LU
  • Publication number: 20210282241
    Abstract: A control circuit, a chip and a control method are disclosed. The control circuit includes: an adjustment signal generation unit configured to detect an electrical signal reflecting a power supplied to a load under control of a current value of a reference signal, generate a feedback signal and output an adjustment signal based on both the feedback signal and the reference signal; and a control unit coupled to the adjustment signal generation unit and configured to control the switching circuit on and off based on the adjustment signal. With the generated adjustment signal that reflects a change in an adjustment metric indicated in the reference signal, the control circuit and the driving system can be adapted in real time to the specifications of any AC power standard. Moreover, much more granular adjustments can be made in the power supplied to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoru GAO, Shungen SUN, Fuqiang ZHANG, Xiaohui CAI
  • Publication number: 20210212180
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a leakage protection circuit, a method and a drive device. The leakage protection circuit is used for being electrically connected with the power supply line of a load, and may be configured to sample the power supply line at intervals, detect the voltage of the sampled electrical signals to determine whether the voltage of the AC input power is divided, and provide leakage protection based on the determined result. The present disclosure can prevent human from electric shock through sampling the electric signals from the power supply line at intervals and performing voltage detection and comparasion to determine whether the voltage of the accessed AC input power is divided, when the voltage of the accessed AC input power is determined to be divided, the power supply line will be controlled in non-conductive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shungen SUN, Weijia YU
  • Patent number: 11002441
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a leakage protection circuit, a method and a drive device. The leakage protection circuit is used for being electrically connected with the power supply line of a load, and may be configured to sample the power supply line at intervals, detect the voltage of the sampled electrical signals to determine whether the voltage of the AC input power is divided, and provide leakage protection based on the determined result. The present disclosure can prevent human from electric shock through sampling the electric signals from the power supply line at intervals and performing voltage detection and comparison to determine whether the voltage of the accessed AC input power is divided, when the voltage of the accessed AC input power is determined to be divided, the power supply line will be controlled in non-conductive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shungen Sun, Weijia Yu