Power supply
AssigneeThe Noble Company
InventorBo Gao
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Abstract
A power supply circuit includes: an anti-electromagnetic interference circuit configured to receive input alternating current power and to output filtered alternating current power; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the filtered alternating current power; a current correction circuit configured to perform passive power factor correction on the rectified alternating current power; a single-ended flyback converter circuit coupled to the output of the current correction circuit; and a dimming control circuit coupled between the output of the single-ended flyback converter circuit and a light load, wherein the current correction circuit is configured to control a waveform of the rectified alternating current power to follow a current output to the light load in order to provide passive power factor correction.
Claims6
A power supply circuit comprising:
- an anti-electromagnetic interference circuit configured to receive input alternating current power and to output filtered alternating current power;
- a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the filtered alternating current power;
- a current correction circuit configured to perform passive power factor correction on the rectified alternating current power;
- a single-ended flyback converter circuit coupled to the output of the current correction circuit;
- and
- a dimming control circuit coupled between the output of the single-ended flyback converter circuit and a light load,
- wherein the current correction circuit is configured to control a waveform of the rectified alternating current power to follow a current output to the light load in order to provide passive power factor correction,
- wherein the single-ended flyback converter circuit comprises:
- a power supply controller;
- an output transformer coupled to the power supply controller;
- a secondary transformer coupled to the output transformer;
- an optocoupler coupled between the power supply controller and the secondary transformer;
- and
- a dimming control circuit coupled to the secondary transformer and configured to provide dimming control, and
- wherein the dimming control circuit comprises:
- a three-terminal integrated voltage regulator;
- a dimming controller coupled to the three-terminal integrated voltage regulator;
- a MOS transistor;
- and
- a load output terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.