Voltage detector and protection apparatus using the same
AssigneeRichpower Microelectronics Corporation
InventorsYu-Ming Chen, Pei-Lun Huang, Kuo-Chin Chiu
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Abstract
A voltage detector includes a zener diode having a cathode connected to a detect terminal of the voltage detector, a junction field effect transistor having an input terminal connected to an anode of the zener diode, and a resistor connected between an output terminal and a control terminal of the junction field effect transistor. When the voltage on the detect terminal is higher than the breakdown voltage of the zener diode, the junction field effect transistor produces a current flowing through the resistor, and thereby a detection signal can be obtained from the voltage across the resistor.
Claims11
A voltage detector for detecting an input voltage to generate a detection signal, the voltage detector comprising:
- a detect terminal for receiving the input voltage;
- a junction field effect transistor having an input terminal, an output terminal and a control terminal;
- a zener diode having a cathode connected to the detect terminal and an anode connected to the input terminal of the junction field effect transistor;
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- a resistor connected between the output terminal and control terminal of the junction field effect transistor;
- wherein the detection signal is derived from a voltage drop across the resistor.
A protection apparatus for an AC-DC switching power converter including a first and a second AC power input terminals for being connected to an AC power source, and a high-frequency filter capacitor connected between the first and second AC power input terminals for filtering out high-frequency noise, the protection apparatus comprising:
- a rectifier circuit connected to the two terminals of the high-frequency filter capacitor, for rectifying a first voltage across the high-frequency filter capacitor to generate a second voltage;
- a voltage detector connected to the rectifier circuit, for detecting the second voltage to generate a detection signal;
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- a brownout detect circuit connected to the voltage detector, for determining a brownout protection signal according to the detection signal.
A protection apparatus for an AC-DC switching power converter including a first and a second AC power input terminals for being connected to an AC power source, and a high-frequency filter capacitor connected between the first and second AC power input tet minals for filtering out high-frequency noise, the protection apparatus comprising:
- a rectifier circuit connected to the two terminals of the high-frequency filter capacitor, for rectifying a first voltage across the high-frequency filter capacitor to generate a second voltage;
- a voltage detector connected to the rectifier circuit, for detecting the second voltage to generate a detection signal;
- a power-source-removal detect circuit connected to the voltage detector, for determining a power-source-removal signal according to the detection signal;
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- a switch connected between the high-frequency filter capacitor and a ground terminal, for discharging the high-frequency filter capacitor in response to the power-source-removal signal.
A protection apparatus for an AC-DC switching power converter including a first and a second AC power input terminals for being connected to an AC power source, and a high-frequency filter capacitor connected between the first and second AC power input terminals for filtering out high-frequency noise, the protection apparatus comprising:
- a rectifier circuit connected to the two terminals of the high-frequency filter capacitor, for rectifying a first voltage across the high-frequency filter capacitor to generate a second voltage;
- a voltage detector connected to the rectifier circuit, for detecting the second voltage to generate a detection signal;
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- a power-source-removal detect circuit connected to the voltage detector, for determining a power-source-removal signal for the voltage detector according to the detection signal;
- wherein the voltage detector discharges the high-frequency filter capacitor in response to the power-source-removal signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.