Electronic device with heating protection circuit and heating protection method thereof
AssigneePegatron Corporation
InventorHung-Wei Yen
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Abstract
This invention discloses an electronic device with a heating protection circuit and a heating protection method thereof. The electronic device includes a control module, a heating protection circuit, a heating switch module, and a heating module. The control module provides a first control signal and a second control signal via a plurality of control pins, respectively. The heating protection circuit generates a third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal. The heating switch module controls the heating module whether to heat according to the third control signal.
Claims14
An electronic device comprising:
- a control module having a plurality of control pins, the control module providing
- a first control signal and a second control signal via the control pins, respectively;
- a heating protection circuit coupled with the control pins of the control module for receiving the first control signal and the second control signal, the heating protection circuit generating a third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal;
- a heating module;
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- a heating switch module coupled with the heating protection circuit and the heating module, the heating switch module receiving the third control signal and controlling the heating module whether to heat according to the third control signal;
- wherein the heating protection circuit includes a heating protection unit coupled with the control module and the heating switch module, and the heating protection unit receives the first control signal and the second control signal from the control module and generates the third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal thus to transmit the third control signal to the heating switch module;
- wherein the heating protection unit is a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and has a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, the first pin and the second pin are coupled with the control module, the third pin is coupled with the heating switch module, the heating protection unit receives the first control signal and the second control signal from the control module via the first pin and the second pin, respectively, and the heating protection unit transmits the third control signal to the heating switch module via the third pin.
A heating protection circuit applied to an electronic device, the electronic device including a control module, a heating switch module, and a heating module, the control module providing a first control signal and a second control signal via a plurality of control pins, respectively, the heating protection circuit comprising:
- a heating protection unit coupled with the control module and the heating switch module, receiving the first control signal and the second control signal from the control module, and generating a third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal thus to transmit the third control signal to the heating switch module;
- wherein when the heating switch module receives the third control signal, the heating switch module controls the heating module whether to heat according to the third control signal;
- wherein the heating protection unit is a MOSFET and has a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, the first pin and the second pin are coupled with the control module, the third pin is coupled with the heating switch module, the heating protection unit receives the first control signal and the second control signal from the control module via the first pin and the second pin, respectively, and the heating protection unit transmits the third control signal to the heating switch module via the third pin.
A heating protection method of an electronic device, the electronic device including a control module, a heating protection circuit, a heating module, and a heating switch module, the control module having a plurality of control pins, the method comprising the following steps of:
- using the control module to provide a first control signal and a second control signal via the control pins, respectively;
- using the heating protection circuit to receive the first control signal and the second control signal from the control pins and to generate a third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal;
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- using the heating switch module to receive the third control signal and to control the heating module whether to heat according to the third control signal;
- wherein the heating protection circuit includes a heating protection unit and a plurality of resistors, the heating protection unit is a MOSFET, the heating protection unit receives the first control signal and the second control signal from the control module and generates the third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal thus to transmit the third control signal to the heating switch module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.