Patents by Inventor Song-Lin Tong

Song-Lin Tong 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: 9557789
    Abstract: A power control device includes a connector, a detecting module, a control module, a first output module, a second output module, a first switch module, and a second switch module. The detecting module measures a current and outputs different signals according to a comparison result between the current and a preset value. The first output module and the second output module are selectively used to supply power for the connector according to a value of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ShenZhen Treasure City Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Bai, Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 9176200
    Abstract: A power supply test device includes a function generator, a loading circuit, a current detection circuit, and a controller. The function generator outputs a square-wave signal to the loading circuit. The loading circuit is electronically connected to a power supply, the loading circuit regulates an output current of the power supply according to the square-wave signal. The current detection circuit cooperates with the controller in detecting a slope of the output current. The controller compares the detected slope with a preset value, and regulates the square-wave signal according to the comparison to regulate the slope of the output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Chao Li, Yun Bai, Dan-Dan Liu, Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 8957653
    Abstract: A power supply control circuit includes a main controller, a current detection unit electronically connected to the main controller, and a mode switch unit electronically connected to the main controller. The current detection unit cooperates with the main controller in detecting a value of an output current of a power supply circuit. The main controller determines whether the power supply circuit is operating in a discontinuous conduction mode or in a continuous conduction mode according to the value of the output current of the power supply circuit, and controls the mode switch unit to switch the power supply circuit to the continuous conduction mode when the power supply circuit operates in the discontinuous conduction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fu-Sen Yang, Peng Chen, Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 8947836
    Abstract: A test device includes a transformer, a loop analyzer, and a protection circuit. The protection circuit includes a control unit, a signal acquisition and amplification unit, and an electronic switch. When the loop analyzer outputs a signal, the signal acquisition and amplification unit acquires the signal output from the loop analyzer, amplifies the acquired signal, and outputs the amplified signal to the control unit. The control unit transforms the received signal from analog form to digital form, and compares the digital signal with a reference value. If the digital signal is greater than the reference value, the control unit outputs a control signal to the electronic switch, to turn off the electronic switch. The signal output from the loop analyzer cannot be transmitted to a buck circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 8933704
    Abstract: A device for testing capacitive loads of a power supply includes a controller, a power supply switching circuit, a capacitive load switching circuit, and a current sampling circuit. The power supply switching circuit selects one of output voltages of the power supply to be electronically connected to the capacitive load switching circuit and the current sampling circuit. The current sampling circuit samples an output current of one output of the power supply selected by the controller. The controller turns on and off switches of the capacitive load switching circuit for matching an output current of the power supply with a reference current until the output current equals to the reference current. The controller outputs a total magnitude of the capacitive loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Bai, Fu-Sen Yang, Song-Lin Tong
  • Publication number: 20140375143
    Abstract: A power control device includes a connector, a detecting module, a control module, a first output module, a second output module, a first switch module, and a second switch module. The detecting module measures a current and outputs different signals according to a comparison result between the current and a preset value. The first output module and the second output module are selectively used to supply power for the connector according to a value of the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yun BAI, Song-Lin TONG
  • Publication number: 20140319930
    Abstract: A power supply circuit which ceases the supply of power to an external device if the ground connection of the external device is broken includes a connector module, a test module, and a switch module. The connector module connects to the external device. The test module tests the connection between the connector module and the external device and can output a first or a second signal. The switch module is connected between the test module and the connector module, when the switch module receives the first signal from the test module, the switch module permits a connection between the connector module and power supply. When the switch module receives the second signal from the test module, the switch module disconnects the connector module from the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SONG-LIN TONG, XI-RONG PENG
  • Patent number: 8872521
    Abstract: An electrical parameter detection device is configured for detecting electrical parameters of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) connector including a plurality of power pins. The electrical parameter detection device includes a processor module, a first detection module, and a second detection module. The processor module continuously detects voltage values of electric potentials provided by each of the power pins of the PCI connector using the first detection module, and determines time sequences of the electric potentials according to the voltage values of the electric potentials. Furthermore, the processor module detects the amount of power provided by each of the power pins of the PCI connector using the second detection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ya-Jun Pan, Qi-Yan Luo, Peng Chen, Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 8868938
    Abstract: A power circuit which is applicable to a data storage device. A boost circuit receives a first voltage and converts it to a second voltage. A charging and discharging circuit receives the second voltage and charges a charging capacitor. As long as a voltage detecting circuit detects that the second voltage exists, it outputs a first selection signal. When the voltage detecting circuit detects that the second voltage does not exist, it outputs a second selection signal and also outputs a signal to the charging and discharging circuit, to release a stored voltage. A voltage selection circuit will output the second voltage according to the first selection signal, or will output the stored voltage from the charging capacitor according to the second selection signal. Buck circuits convert the second voltage or the stored voltage to the different voltages required by a control chip of the data storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi-Yan Luo, Peng Chen, Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 8861219
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) includes two power supply units, a central processing unit (CPU), two inductors and a temperature compensation resistor. One of the inductor is electrically connected between one power supply unit and the CPU, the other inductor is electrically connected between another power supply unit and the CPU. The temperature compensation resistor is electrically connected between the power supply units and ground, and is positioned between the two inductors to adjust output voltage from the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi-Yan Luo, Zhou Yang, Song-Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 8854782
    Abstract: An overcurrent protection device includes a power input terminal, a power output terminal, a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, a testing circuit, and a switch element. The power input terminal and the first signal terminal are connected to a power supply. The power output terminal and the second signal terminal are connected to a computer motherboard. If the first and second terminals are disconnected from each other when the computer motherboard works, the power supply stops working. The testing circuit includes a fixed resistor and a control chip parallel connected between the power input and output terminal. The control chip stores a predetermined voltage threshold, and detects voltage between the two terminals of the fixed resistor, and compares the measured voltage with the predetermined voltage threshold. The switch element disconnects the first and second signal terminals when the measured voltage is greater than the predetermined voltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi-Yan Luo, Song-Lin Tong, Peng Chen
  • Publication number: 20140281596
    Abstract: A frequency adjustment system includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit, an adjusting circuit, and a voltage regulator module (VRM). The PLL circuit outputs a trigger signal when a communication frequency of a chip changes. The adjusting circuit adjusts a clock frequency of the adjusting circuit to receive communication data. The adjusting circuit further outputs a control signal to the VRM. The VRM outputs a voltage according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: SONG-LIN TONG, YUN BAI, XI-RONG PENG, PENG CHEN
  • Patent number: 8810064
    Abstract: A sequence control circuit for power sources includes two switched circuits and a sequence control unit. Each of the switched circuits has a control node and is coupled between a power source and a load. The sequence control unit includes two output terminals coupled to the control nodes. The output terminals generate control signals to control the sequence of the circuits being turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi-Yan Luo, Song-Lin Tong, Peng Chen, Fu-Sen Yang
  • Patent number: 8806234
    Abstract: A motherboard includes a motherboard power supply connector and a time delay circuit. The motherboard power supply connector connects a power supply unit. The motherboard power supply connector has a power supply on pin and a power good pin. The power good pin is configured for receiving a power good signal from the power supply unit. The time delay circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal is configured for receiving a power supply on signal. The output terminal is connected to the power supply on pin and is configured for sending the power supply on signal to the power supply on pin after a time delay determined by the time delay circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song-Lin Tong, Qi-Yan Luo, Peng Chen
  • Patent number: 8739106
    Abstract: A computer motherboard includes a motherboard substrate defining a CPU loading area and a CPU voltage regulator power supply layout area. The power supply layout area is equally divided into a number of phase regions, and each of the phase regions has a number of spaced circuit layers. The circuit layers in the phase regions are symmetrical about a central axis of the CPU loading area, and a difference between each two simulating impedances between an impedance center of each of the phase regions and a loading center of the CPU loading area is within 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song-Lin Tong, Ling-Ling Shen
  • Publication number: 20140139187
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a load, a chargeable battery, a discharging circuit, a charging circuit, an adapter, and a control circuit. When the adapter operates normally, the control circuit measures a voltage of the chargeable battery, and controls the charging circuit to charge the chargeable battery when the voltage of the chargeable battery is less than a preset value. The control circuit measures a charging current and a temperature of the chargeable battery, and regulates the charging current through the charging circuit according to the measured charging current and temperature. The adapter provides a voltage to the load through the discharging circuit. When the adapter is powered off, the control circuit does not sense a voltage a voltage from the adapter. The control circuit controls the chargeable battery to power the load through the discharging circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XI-RONG PENG, SONG-LIN TONG
  • Publication number: 20140125273
    Abstract: A control system for a battery includes a battery backup unit (BBU), a switch circuit coupled between the BBU and the adapter, and a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) coupled to the BBU and the switch circuit. The CPLD controls the switch circuit to turn on when an actual rate between a rest voltage and a rated voltage of the battery is less than a predetermined rate, to charge the battery through the switch circuit. If the actual rate is greater than or equal to the predetermined rate, the CPLD maintains the adapter to charge or discharge the battery according to state of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SONG-LIN TONG
  • Patent number: 8700817
    Abstract: A detection device to detect a power serving time of a super capacitor for a power-disconnected storage card and an amount of the data packets capable of being stored during the detected serving time is provided. The power-disconnected storage card includes a memory. The detection device includes a power supply unit, the super capacitor, a controller, a storage unit, and a detection unit. The storage unit stores the data packets. The detection unit includes a charge notification module, a data notification module and a time module. The charge notification module generates a first notification signal to the time module. The data notification module generates a second notification signal to the time module when the storage unit transmits the data packet to the memory. The time module records time when the memory completely store the data packet according to the first notification signal and the second notification signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Qi-Yan Luo, Song-Lin Tong
  • Publication number: 20140089882
    Abstract: In a method for modularizing power supplies placed on a printed circuit board (PCB) using a computing device, a circuit design drawing of a power supply is obtained from a database. The method acquires circuit design data of the power supply from the circuit design drawing of the power supply, and modularizes the circuit design data to generate a virtual power supply. The method generates a first layout of the virtual power supply on the PCB in a landscape orientation according to a horizontal dimension of the PCB, and generates a second layout of the virtual power supply on the PCB in a portrait orientation according to a vertical dimension of the PCB. A component information system (CIS) management library is created in the database, and the first layout and the second layout of the virtual power supply are stored in the CIS management library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHOU YANG, SONG-LIN TONG
  • Patent number: 8659281
    Abstract: A buck converter includes a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET connected in series, a PWM module coupled to gates of the first MOSFET and the second MOSFET, and a control unit being coupled to the input current acquired unit, the input voltage acquired unit, the output current acquired unit, the output voltage acquired unit and the PWM module respectively, wherein the control unit controls a switch frequency of the PWM module and acquires the input current, the input voltage, the output current and the output voltage from the input current acquired unit, the input voltage acquired unit, the output current acquired unit and the output voltage acquired unit respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song-Lin Tong, Qi-Yan Luo, Peng Chen