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Constant voltage circuit and a stabilized power supply unit

US5519306A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1994
Grant dateMay 21, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P80/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A DC constant voltage circuit comprises a rectifier and a boosting chopper circuit controlled by a general purpose PWM control IC. The general purpose PWM control IC receives a reference voltage Vref which regulates the output voltage by pulse width modulation and produces a voltage having the same waveform and phase as the input current to improve the power factor of the output voltage. An AC constant voltage circuit comprises a common line connecting an AC input terminal and an output terminal, positive and negative boosting chopper circuits for boosting and chopping a half-wave rectified respectively in both positive and negative sides into a DC voltage and a DC-AC inverter for inverting the DC voltage into the AC output voltage. The positive and negative boosting chopper circuits are used as a filter for improving the power factor and adjusting the waveform and phase of the output voltage to be the same as the sine full waveform of the input voltage.

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