Abstract: An electrostatic discharge device including at least two conductive materials isolated from each other and at least one electrostatic eliminator. The conductive materials are located outside two opposite side walls of an insulated fluid-carrying member and separated from the side walls thereof. When electrostatic charges are accumulated on the insulated fluid-carrying member, the electrostatic charges form an electrostatic voltage on the conductive materials. The electrostatic eliminator is electrically connected to the conductive materials and directly disconnected from a grounding terminal. The electrostatic eliminator releases and eliminates the electrostatic charges by the conductive materials to reduce the electrostatic voltage. In addition, the insulated fluid-carrying member can also be replaced by an insulation container. When the insulation container is used, induction electrodes can replace the conductive materials in the insulation container.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge device includes at least two conductive materials and at least one electrostatic eliminating circuit. The conductive materials are attached to the outer wall of an insulating hollow tube. The conductive materials separate from each other and overlap in a radial direction of the insulating hollow tube. Static charges are accumulated on the insulating hollow tube to form an electrostatic voltage across the conductive materials. The electrostatic eliminating circuit is electrically connected to the conductive materials and disconnected from a grounding terminal. The electrostatic eliminating circuit receives and eliminates the static charges through the conductive materials to reduce the electrostatic voltage.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge device includes at least two conductive materials and at least one electrostatic eliminating circuit. The conductive materials are attached to the outer wall of an insulating hollow tube. The conductive materials separate from each other and overlap in a radial direction of the insulating hollow tube. Static charges are accumulated on the insulating hollow tube to form an electrostatic voltage across the conductive materials. The electrostatic eliminating circuit is electrically connected to the conductive materials and disconnected from a grounding terminal. The electrostatic eliminating circuit receives and eliminates the static charges through the conductive materials to reduce the electrostatic voltage.

Abstract: A zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) piezoelectric driving circuit, suitable for use in a switching type power converter. It receives an input DC voltage from a half-bridge driving circuit, and through switching of an high-side switch set and a low-side switch set of the half-bridge driving circuit, converts it to an AC voltage and provides it to a piezoelectric element to drive a load. Wherein, a shunt circuit is connected electrically between the half-bridge driving circuit and the piezoelectric element for zero-voltage-switching (ZVS). Namely, when the high-side switch set and the low-side switch set are both switched off, the shunt circuit resonates with its parasitic capacitance, so that the high-side switch set and the low-side switch set perform ZVS, thus realizing ZVS in a wide range of frequency and a large range of load.

Abstract: A piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit, wherein a rectifier is used to rectify an AC voltage provided by the supply main into a DC voltage. Then, a quasi-resonant switching module performs resonance by means of the DC voltage to produce an induced current, to raise resonance frequency to operation frequency of a piezoelectric oscillator. Finally, the piezoelectric oscillator performs resonance and filtering using the induced current, to generate a sine wave current. Then, the sine wave current is rectified to output a DC current to drive an LED module.

Abstract: A light-emitting-diode (LED) protection circuit, comprising: a light-emitting-diode module; two fuse elements, connected respectively to said LED module; and a discharge protection element, connected to said LED module and said two fuse elements. When current flowing through said fuse element exceeds a current protection value, said fuse element will turn into an open circuit state, to cut off an over current and prevent it from flowing to said LED module to avoid damages. In addition, when instantaneous high voltage occurs, such as incurred by a spike or a lightning, said discharge protection element can be used as an over current discharge route, to provide said LED module with a current bypass route.

Abstract: A light adjusting circuit, it provide power required for an overall operation of light adjusting circuit, and it utilizes a light adjusting controller to perform light adjusting of load. During light adjusting, in case operating voltage of a driving controller is equal to or greater than a threshold value, then a rectifier or a power controller provides a first power supply to driving controller through an AC voltage adjusted by light adjusting controller, so that it can regulate a driving voltage through power controller based on DC voltage variation, to drive a load. Otherwise, in case operating voltage of driving controller is less than threshold value, it is switched to a battery to provide a second power supply to driving controller, to make it have stable operating voltage, control power controller to output driving voltage to load, to eliminate blinking of load when conduction angle is small.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric power supply converter, wherein, a piezoelectric element is utilized to replace a conventional capacitor, due to characteristic of mechanical resonance of said piezoelectric element, said piezoelectric element may contain higher capacitance than said conventional capacitor, and a parasitic resistance of said piezoelectric element is smaller that that of an ordinary capacitor. Through a resonance between an externally added inductive element and a piezoelectric-capacitor and said resonance of said piezoelectric element itself, said piezoelectric element is capable of transmitting electrical energy efficiently, thus achieving large output power. Therefore, said piezoelectric-capacitor is capable of improving shortcomings of said conventional capacitors of low voltage endurance, large leakage current, and small output power.

Abstract: A light-emitting-diode (LED) protection circuit, comprising: a light-emitting-diode module; two fuse elements, connected respectively to said LED module; and a discharge protection element, connected to said LED module and said two fuse elements. When current flowing through said fuse element exceeds a current protection value, said fuse element will turn into an open circuit state, to cut off an over current and prevent it from flowing to said LED module to avoid damages. In addition, when instantaneous high voltage occurs, such as incurred by a spike or a lightning, said discharge protection element can be used as an over current discharge route, to provide said LED module with a current bypass route.

Abstract: A lighting device implemented through utilizing an insulating type piezoelectric transformer in driving light-emitting-diodes (LEDs), comprising at least said insulating type piezoelectric transformer connected to an LED module, a primary side of said insulating type piezoelectric transformer is used to receive a pulse voltage, and that is converted into an AC voltage in a piezoelectric voltage transformation way, and said AC voltage is output from a secondary side of said insulating type piezoelectric transformer to said LED module in proceeding with lighting function. Due to its various advantages of small leakage current, good insulation capability, high voltage endurance, low operation temperature, compact size, thin profile, high energy conversion efficiency, said insulating type piezoelectric transformer can be used to not only raise lighting efficiency, but also reduce overall size of said lighting device.

Abstract: The invention is disclosed a lighting device using an alternating current to drive light emitting diodes (LEDs). The lighting device uses at least two parallel-connected LED modules. In front of each LED module has connected to a current balancing unit in series that has same capacitance or inductance. The LED module comprises a first polarity LED bar and a second polarity LED bar connected in parallel. The LED module receives an alternating current voltage from the current balancing unit, which alternatively drive the first polarity LED bar and the second polarity LED bar. The light device uses different impedances of the current balancing unit and the LED to provide smooth and uniform current to the LED module and achieves a stable luminance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a piezoelectric cascade resonant lamp-ignition circuit, which uses the intrinsic capacitors of a piezoelectric transformer as piezoelectric capacitors. One lamp is cascaded to one set of the piezoelectric capacitors. Several sets of the piezoelectric capacitors and a resonant inductor are cascaded to form a resonant lamp-ignition circuit. The lamp-ignition circuit of the present invention has advantages of low temperature, small leakage current, high breakdown voltage and high lamp ignition efficiency. When applied to drive several lamps, the present invention uses a fixed frequency to attain a fixed inner impedance of the equivalent circuit of the piezoelectric capacitor. Thereby, the currents of the lamps are balanced to have an identical value.

Abstract: A lighting device implemented through utilizing an insulating type piezoelectric transformer in driving light-emitting-diodes (LEDs), comprising at least said insulating type piezoelectric transformer connected to an LED module, a primary side of said insulating type piezoelectric transformer is used to receive a pulse voltage, and that is converted into an AC voltage in a piezoelectric voltage transformation way, and said AC voltage is output from a secondary side of said insulating type piezoelectric transformer to said LED module in proceeding with lighting function. Due to its various advantages of small leakage current, good insulation capability, high voltage endurance, low operation temperature, compact size, thin profile, high energy conversion efficiency, said insulating type piezoelectric transformer can be used to not only raise lighting efficiency, but also reduce overall size of said lighting device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric power supply converter, wherein, a piezoelectric element is utilized to replace a conventional capacitor, due to characteristic of mechanical resonance of said piezoelectric element, said piezoelectric element may contain higher capacitance than said conventional capacitor, and a parasitic resistance of said piezoelectric element is smaller that that of an ordinary capacitor. Through a resonance between an externally added inductive element and a piezoelectric-capacitor and said resonance of said piezoelectric element itself, said piezoelectric element is capable of transmitting electrical energy efficiently, thus achieving large output power. Therefore, said piezoelectric-capacitor is capable of improving shortcomings of said conventional capacitors of low voltage endurance, large leakage current, and small output power.

Abstract: A piezoelectric type resonance high-voltage light-starting circuit, wherein, the intrinsic capacitance characteristic of a piezoelectric transformer is utilized as a piezoelectric capacitor, and said piezoelectric transformer connected to a light tube is connected in series with an independent inductor, thus forming a resonance type series-connected or parallel-connected light-starting circuit, hereby achieving the efficacy of small leakage current, low operating temperature, and high voltage endurance, as such raising the light-starting efficiency. Furthermore, in the application of said circuit mentioned above, output voltage is further amplified through a booster transformer, thus achieving its characteristics of high illuminance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-voltage lamp-ignition piezoelectric oscillator, wherein a piezoelectric capacitor is connected to an LC resonance circuit in parallel to transform power. The LC resonance circuit is used to generate resonance. Voltage is applied to the piezoelectric capacitor to deform the piezoelectric material due to the inverse-piezoelectric effect and then generate electricity after deformation due to the piezoelectric effect. The combination of piezoelectric and inverse-piezoelectric effects generates additional charge and boosts the voltage. Thereby, the present invention decreases power consumption and reduces cost.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an insulation piezoelectric transformer, wherein upper electrodes and corresponding lower electrodes are respectively formed on the upper surface and lower surface of a ceramic substrate to form the primary side and the secondary side. A high DC voltage is applied to the primary side and the secondary side to polarize the ceramic material in between the upper and lower electrodes. The unpolarized portion of substrate still keeps the properties of a ceramic material and functions as an insulator of the primary and secondary sides. Therefore, the present invention functions as an insulation piezoelectric transformer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-voltage lamp-ignition piezoelectric oscillator, wherein a piezoelectric capacitor is connected to an LC resonance circuit in parallel to transform power. The LC resonance circuit is used to generate resonance. Voltage is applied to the piezoelectric capacitor to deform the piezoelectric material due to the inverse-piezoelectric effect and then generate electricity after deformation due to the piezoelectric effect. The combination of piezoelectric and inverse-piezoelectric effects generates additional charge and boosts the voltage. Thereby, the present invention decreases power consumption and reduces cost.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a piezoelectric cascade resonant lamp-ignition circuit, which uses the intrinsic capacitors of a piezoelectric transformer as piezoelectric capacitors. One lamp is cascaded to one set of the piezoelectric capacitors. Several sets of the piezoelectric capacitors and a resonant inductor are cascaded to form a resonant lamp-ignition circuit. The lamp-ignition circuit of the present invention has advantages of low temperature, small leakage current, high breakdown voltage and high lamp ignition efficiency. When applied to drive several lamps, the present invention uses a fixed frequency to attain a fixed inner impedance of the equivalent circuit of the piezoelectric capacitor. Thereby, the currents of the lamps are balanced to have an identical value.

Abstract: A piezoelectric-transformer and carrier arrangement in which the carrier is press-molded from elastic material, for example, silicon rubber and has integrated binding belt and retainers for securing the piezoelectric-transformer to the carrier body, for enabling the input and output terminal lead wires of the piezoelectric-transformer to be directly connected to an external device, for example, a circuit board.