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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M3/00—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
  • H02M3/22—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC
  • H02M3/24—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters
  • H02M3/28—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC
  • H02M3/325—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
  • H02M3/335—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
  • H02M3/33538—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only of the forward type
  • H02M3/33546—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only of the forward type with automatic control of the output voltage or current
  • H02M3/33553—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only of the forward type with automatic control of the output voltage or current with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M3/00—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
  • H02M3/22—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC
  • H02M3/24—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters
  • H02M3/28—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC
  • H02M3/325—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
  • H02M3/335—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M3/00—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
  • H02M3/22—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC
  • H02M3/24—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters
  • H02M3/28—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC
  • H02M3/325—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
  • H02M3/335—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
  • H02M3/338—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only in a self-oscillating arrangement
  • H02M3/3385—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only in a self-oscillating arrangement with automatic control of output voltage or current
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M1/00—Details of apparatus for conversion
  • H02M1/0003—Details of control, feedback or regulation circuits
  • H02M1/0032—Control circuits allowing low power mode operation, e.g. in standby mode
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
  • Y02B70/00—Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption
  • Y02B70/10—Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a low power switch mode power supply comprising a primary oscillating circuit, which primary oscillating circuit is connected to a DC power source, which primary oscillating circuit is connected to a first primary coil of a transformer, which transformer comprises at least a first secondary coil, which secondary coil is connected tlirough a rectifier to a output circuit, which output circuit comprises at least a first capacitor for forming a mostly DC output voltage, the switch mode power supply further comprises a feed back circuit, which feed back circuit uses the actual output voltage for control of the primary switching circuit.
• the present invention also relates to a method for operating a low power switch mode power supply, where a mostly DC input power is converted to AC power by an oscil- lator, which AC power is transformed to a AC voltage and AC current, which output power is converted into DC power, where the output DC voltage is used as a fed back signal for controlling the oscillator.
• EP 1798845 Al concerns a multi-output switched-mode power supply has an AC/DC converter with an AC input voltage at its input, a DC/ AC converter and a transformer, which provides a Vac3 voltage at its output, which is coupled to a plurality of output blocks.
• Each output block consists of a switch, a filter and a controller.
• the switch of each output block has its input connected to the Vac3 voltage and provides at its out- put a rectified switch output voltage when turned on and high impedance when turned off.
• the filter of each output block has its input coupled to an output of the corresponding switch and provides at its output a smoothed output voltage Voutl, Vout2, Voutn.
• the controller which has its first input connected to the output voltage, its second input connected to a reference voltage, and its third input connected to the Vac3 voltage, provides at its output a switch control signal to the corresponding switch.
• the switch control signal turning the corresponding switch on is generated when the output voltage drops below the reference voltage and the Vac3 voltage is zero, and the switch control signal turning the corresponding switch off is generated when the output voltage increases above the reference voltage.
• a further object of the invention is to reduce a stand by power consumption for protecting the global environment.
• a feedback circuit comprises an opto coupler, which input LED of the opto coupler is connected through a current an voltage limiting circuit to the output voltage
• which low power switch mode power supply comprises a first current loop in form of a voltage divider, which voltage divider is connected to the DC power source through at least one large resistor, which large resistor is connected to the basis of a first transistor, which voltage divider is connected to the collector of a second transistor, which emitter of the second transistor is connected to ground
• which low power switch mode power supply further comprises a second current loop in form of the primary coil of the transformer which first end is connected to the DC power source and the second end of primary coil is connected to the collector/emitter of the first transistor, which second current loop further comprises a resistor, which resistor is connected to ground, which basis of the first transistor is further connected to an output transistor of the opto coupler.
• the oscillator is controlled by a feedback signal over the opto coupler dependent of the output voltage at the secondary side of the circuit.
• the number of oscillations can be limited to only one oscillation and then no activity for a relatively long time period. If no power is used at the secondary side of the switch mode transformer, maybe only one oscillation per second is performed. If there is any demand then more oscillations take place and even a relative high power demand can be achieved if the oscillator is operating continuously.
• the oscillator is operating in the way where the oscillation automatically stops after each single oscillation.
• the switch mode power supply can be designed in a way where there is a galvanic isolation between the input side and the output side. In that way, the input to the switch mode power supply could be a traditional connection to an AC grid with a voltage approximately 1 10-230 volts AC. Because a transformer is used for the power transmission and the feed back is performed by an opto coupler, it is possible to perform the galvanic isolation.
• the transformer comprise a second primary coil, which coil is by one end connected to ground, and the second end of the coil is connected to the voltage divider of the first current loop.
• a second primary coil By using a second primary coil, it is possible to start the activation by a relative limited current and then let this limited current generate a weak current pulse in the second primary coil and use the energy of this pulse to increase the activation current for a transistor and then first afterwards increase the current up to a higher level.
• the circuit is constructed so that as soon as the current is increasing to a certain level, the circuit as such is closed.
• the use of the second primary coil also leads to a reduction in the time period in which current is flowing through the primary coil. Hereby it can be achieved that the power demand on the primary side is further reduced.
• the single switching sequence of the oscillator in standby situation is performed at a rate as long as once per second.
• the resting period current is only flowing through very large resistors. Therefore the power in the resting periods for the oscilla- tor is as low as a few mW. Only in the short switching period is the power consumption higher. Therefore, the power consumption in standby condition can be reduced to less than 10 mW.
• Many electronic devices have standby power consumption above one W.
• a low power relay unit can receive power for operation from the low power switch mode power supply, which relay unit comprises a bi-stable relay, which bi-stable relay has a coil connected to a control circuit, which control circuit comprises a first and a second current loop, which first and second current loop each comprises two elec- tronic switches for forming a electronic bridge, which coil of the relay unit is connected between the switches of the bridge, where at least one electronic switch is connected to a processor, which processor generates activation pulses for the electronic switches, which processor further is connected to a input device.
• a bi-stabJe relay can be switched between two stable positions with a very low power demand.
• the bi-stable relay could be part of a power switch in any electric or electronic devices.
• the relay unit could have switches that can be used by normal electric net connections with up to several amperes and a voltage up to 230 volts. If this unit has to be used with a much larger power demand, it is possible by using further a relay for switching e.g. a three-phase connection to an electronic or electric device.
• the combination of the switch mode power supply and the relay unit can lead to an extremely low standby power in all kinds of electric or electronic devices. Nearly all lands of electric or electronic devices are today connected to the grid and have a standby power consumption that typically has a value of some W.
• the pending invention can be used in several ways but one way of using this invention is to build this invention into the electronic or electric devices as part of a power supply.
• switch mode power supply and the relay unit for the supply of a row of sockets which can be connected to electronic devices. All these devices can power up immediately, and in fact the relay unit can be coded in a way in where a normal infra red communication device is switching on the relay unit.
• the low power switch mode power supply is used to supply a relay unit, which relay unit control the position of a bi-stable relay, which relay unit change the position of the bi stable relay based of an input signal.
• the use of the switch mode power supply together with the relay unit will in a standby situation be nearly no power consumption from the relay unit because the relay is bi-stable. Only a small processor is in operation in order to have the input device active. The power consumption in that circuit can be extremely low. The low power consumption can result in that the oscillator in the switch mode power supply is only switching perhaps once per second. Therefore, the power supply in a standby situation is so low that the actual power demand is reduced to a few mW.
• the relay unit can receive an input signal from a communication device.
• the communication device could be e.g. an infra red communication device used for controlling a television.
• the communication device could be designed so that a number of different input commands to the infra red communication device all will result in a power on of the device.
• One disadvantage by using this invention could be that it will be necessary to at first switch on the power supply and then as the next give further one command before the television switches on.
• the power supply and the relay unit can be part of the power supply in a power consuming device.
• the standby power supply e.g. in a washing machine or a dishwasher can be reduced to a very low level.
• the use of this invention can reduce this power consumption in the standby situation to a power consumption that is close to zero.
• the oscillator comprises a first and a second current loop, which first current loop generate an acti- vation current for a second current loop, were the primary coil of a transformer is part of the second current loop, where the second loop comprises a current/voltage measuring system and generates increasing current in the second current loop and closes the current flow in the second current loop.
• the first current loop is generating the control signal for opening the second current loop if the signal is undisturbed from to opto coupler.
• the oscillator can start automatically because if no input signal occurs the current in the first loop will automatically open a transistor in the second loop.
• Figure 1 shows a possible embodiment for a switch mode power supply.
• Figure 2 shows a possible embodiment for a relay unit.
• Figure 3 shows a combination of figures 1 and 2.
• Figure 1 shows a possible embodiment for a switch mode power supply.
• An AC input having a voltage 80-230 volts is at first sent through fuses Fl and further through a resistor R2 to one of the input terminals of a diode bridge.
• the other input line is connected through a resistor Rl to the other side of the diode bridge.
• the output of the diode bridge is in one end forming a negative voltage and the other end forming a positive voltage.
• the capacitor Cl is connected between the positive and the negative part of the circuit for forming a mostly DC voltage.
• a first current loop 1 is formed by relatively big resistors R3 and R4. Furthermore, the first current loop contains a diode Dl and a resistor R5.
• first current loop connected to the collector of a transistor Q2 where the emitter is further connected to the negative power terminal.
• a second current loop 2 starting from the posi- tive terminal connected to the primary side of a transformer where this primary side on the opposite side of the coil is connected to the collector of the transistor Ql .
• the emitter of the transistor Ql is connected through a resistor R6 to the negative terminal.
• the basis of the transistor Ql is connected to the resistor R5 and the collector of the transistor Q2, Further the basis of the transistor Q2 is connected to the emitter of the Ql and to the resistor R6.
• the secondary side of the transformer is connected through a diode D2 to a capacitor C3.
• the diode D2 is connected through a resis- tor R7 to a zenerdiode Zl to the transmitting part of an opto coupler ISOl .
• the receiving part of the opto coupler which is a photo transistor has its emitter connected to the negative voltage and the collector is connected to the first current loop between the collector of Q2 and the resistor R5 which is also the connection to the basis of the Ql.
• the output is further connected to a regulation unit Ul which can perform a power regulation to a voltage which is reduced in the shown example to 6 volts.
• the primary side of the transformer comprises a further coil 4, 5 which coil at one end is connected to the negative terminal and which other end through a capacitor C2 is connected to the second current loop.
• a further opening current generated for the transistor Ql if the Ql transistor has started opening for current flowing through the second current loop.
• the resistor R6 has an increasing voltage which generates basic current into the transistor Q2 which is then opened. Opening of the transistor Q2 is also removing the basis current from the Ql which is then closed. Thereby, the current flowing through the R6 is decreasing, and the basis current for the Q2 decreases as the Q2 stops conducting.
• the switching as such stops after each single oscillation.
• Next oscillation starts only in a situation of low output voltage.
• the output voltage is able to send a sufficient current through the Zl Zener diode and the light emitting diode of the opto coupler ISOl and hereby bring the transistor in the opto coupler to conduct.
• the basis current of the Ql is reduced, and the Ql is not able to start conducting before the current in the opto coupler is stopped.
• FIG. 2 shows the relay circuit which could be connected to the switch mode power supply as indicated in figure 1.
• the relay circuit comprises an electronic switching bridge in which bridge four transistors are forming legs and where the midpoint of the bridge both are connected to each side a relay coil in a bi-stable relay LSI.
• the first leg in the bridge is formed of two transistors QI l and Q9.
• Basis of the QI l is connected to the positive power supply to a resistor RlO and through a transistor Rl 1 to one part of the relay coil.
• the other leg of the bridge is formed of the transistor Q12 and the transistor QlO.
• the Ql 2 is the basis of the Ql 2 connected to the positive power supply through a resistor Rl 1 and through a resistor Rl 3 to the opposite side of the relay coil.
• Both the transistors Q9 and QlO of the bridge have an emitter connected to the ground.
• the midpoint of the bridge is also a collector connection from both sides of the bridge. These midpoints are connected to each side of the relay coil.
• the relay coil is further over resistor Rl 1 and R 13 connected to the basis of the transistors Q 11 and Q 12.
• the basis of both the transistors Q9 and QlO are by resistors R14 and Rl 5 connected to a processor ICl.
• This processor ICl is further connected to a memory IC2.
• the ICl is also connected to a crystal Yl for internal generating a clock frequency.
• the processor ECl has an input lines connected to an input device which could be cable or other communication means for connection to any kind of input means.
• Figure 3 shows a combination of figures 1 and 2.

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